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Meet the candidates for the Merrick School District Board of Education

Six candidates are vying for a seat on the Merrick School District Board of Education. Get to know them before casting your mail-in vote on June 9. more

6/1/20

School elections set for June 9

By executive order last Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reset the school budget and trustees election statewide to Tuesday, June 9. Every voter will receive an absentee ballot with a postage-paid envelope … more

By Scott Brinton | 5/4/20

Hofstra University is one of more than 200 higher-education institutions nationwide that have pledged to disregard any discipline students may face for walking out of school to protest gun violence on March 14.

33 New York colleges pledge prospective students will not be penalized for anti-gun violence walkout

With high school students on Long Island and nationwide preparing to walk out of school on Wednesday in protest of gun violence, more than 200 colleges and universities have pledged students’ admission prospects will not be affected by any discipline they face at their schools for participating. more

By Erik Hawkins | 3/12/18

Thank a school trustee today

It is probably among the nation’s most thankless jobs –– Board of Education trustee. School board members spend untold hours . . . more

10/27/16

Susan Schwartz, a trustee of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and Merrick School District, center, received a plaque from JoAnn DeLauter, president of the Central District Board of Education, and John DeTommaso, superintendent of the Central District, commending her on many years of service to both boards.

Susan Schwartz honored for school boards service

Susan Schwartz, an elementary school teacher who served on the Merrick School District Board of Education for 15 years and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education for eight years, will retire from the boards at the end of June. more

6/17/15

School board candidates are unopposed

Four incumbents and one newcomer are running for election to the Merricks’ school boards this year, and they are just about certain to win. All are running unopposed. more

5/13/15

For volunteers, to give is to get

Since April is National Volunteer Month, let’s consider what volunteering really is: a vital part of every community . . . more

4/16/15

It's not too late to get involved in the school budget process

Tis the season of tax levies, enrollment projections and capital reserve funds. It’s school budget time . . . more

2/25/15

James O’Neill, a Vietnam War veteran and second vice commander of the Merrick American Legion, spoke this spring at a Merrick Board of Education meeting. The board has postponed a vote on veterans’ tax exemptions to Sept. 9.

School board postpones vets’ tax break vote

Merrick School District trustees said in May that they would put tax breaks for community veterans to a vote on Aug. 12, but the board has postponed the vote another 28 days to Sept. 9. more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

Do you know New York state's Open Meetings Law?

With the gridlock in Washington, and the latest scandal involving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s alleged meddling in the work of the commission he created to help root out corruption in Albany, it’s too easy to think that “government” — and government shenanigans — are something far away, either up the Hudson or down I-95. more

7/30/14

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