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Gregg Spaulding, Lynda Rubino and Mayda Kramer are all running for seats on the Board of Education.

Rockville Centre School Board candidates in their own words

Last week, the Herald presented some questions that the candidates for Board of Education answered in their own words. It is our hope that these questions will help give the voters a better idea of … more

5/14/14

Night games?

Class sizes and the new lights at the high school field were the two controversial topics that the Board of Education took up at its meeting last week. Board members discussed slight revisions to … more

By Alex Costello | 5/14/14

Gregg Spaulding, Lynda Rubino and Mayda Kramer are all running for seats on the Rockville Centre Board of Education.

In their own words

Every year, the Herald ask the candidates for the Board of Education to answer questions about the race and education so that residents have a better idea of who they will be voting for. This … more

5/7/14

Gregg Spaulding and Mayda Kramer, right, are being challenged by Lynda Rubino.

Meet Rockville Centre's candidates

Rockville Centre residents will have more than just a budget to vote for this year, as there are contested races for seats on both the school district and library Board of Trustees. There are … more

By Alex Costello | 4/30/14

Dr. William Johnson, Rockville Centre Superintendent of Schools.

District says ‘no’ to more teachers

For the second straight year, parents’ requests for more teachers and smaller classes in Rockville Centre’s elementary schools have been denied by the Board of Education. At a budget hearing … more

By Alex Costello | 4/2/14

Get involved in school budgeting

The average homeowner in Nassau County typically spends 60 to 65 percent of his or her local taxes on schools. Don’t you want to know how your money is being spent? more

3/27/14

A sample question from the state’s Common Core algebra module asks students to solve complex problems.

A tale of two tests

With the end of the school year on the horizon, Rockville Centre School District administrators were forced to make a choice for eighth-grade algebra students: Which of the two Regents exams that … more

By Alex Costello | 1/16/14

Education Law

Q: We planned on buying a home in a particular school district, but the sale fell through and we are still in our old home. Our children have already started school in … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 11/11/13

Parent Denis Tarpey addressed the Board of Education, asking why Hewitt Elementary School couldn’t have another class added next year.

Transfer from Hewitt? No thanks.

Nearly 100 parents attended the Board of Education meeting last week to protest the board’s decision to allow them to transfer their children to other schools, and to demand more and smaller … more

By Alex Costello | 8/15/13

Board of Education OKs student transfers

The Rockville Centre Board of Education stirred up controversy when it approved a resolution allowing parents to transfer their children from crowded classes to smaller classes at other elementary … more

By Alex Costello | 7/24/13

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