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Parents of kindergartners at William S. Covert Elementary School say the classes of 24 and 25 students are too large when considering the children's needs.
Parents of Covert Elementary School kindergartners push for smaller class sizes
Parents of kindergartners at William S. Covert Elementary School are pushing district administrators to add a third class to the grade in order to decrease the number of students in what they called “overcrowded and distracting” classrooms. more
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Schools Superintendent Dr. William Johnson said administrators would go back to the drawing board after the Board of Education rejected portions of the district's plan to narrow an $800,000 budget gap during a meeting on March 28.
Rockville Centre school officials mull how to cut 2018-19 budget
Board of Education members shot down a proposed plan by Rockville Centre school administrators that would have closed an $800,000 gap in the 2018-19 budget, asking the district to look elsewhere for cuts. more
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Teachers carrying guns? Not here.
In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more
State’s newly adopted Next Generation standards ‘encouraging’
After two years of collecting input from parents, educators and the public to revise New York’s controversial learning standards and assessments, the Board of Regents approved the State Education Department’s Next Generation Learning Standards for English and mathematics earlier this month, sparking hope among some Rockville Centre school leaders. more
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According to Rockville Centre school officials, 58 percent of the students in grades 3 to 7 opted out of the May 2-4 math test.
Slight drop in RVC math test opt-outs
The Rockville Centre School District saw slight dips in the number and percentage of third-through-seventh graders who opted out of the New York State math assessment last week, and the latest figure … more
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Trucks like this one, have been spotted around Long Island, urging parents to opt their children out of Common Core testing.
Over sixty percent opt out of ELA test in RVC
The Rockville Centre School District saw a slight increase in the number and percentage of third- through eighth-grade students who opted out of the New York State English Language Arts assessments … more
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School Superintendent Dr. William Johnson hoped to outline what he described as “consistent change” at the state level in regards to education policy to make it easier for parents to make decisions about their children’s education.
Rockville Centre school officials and parents discuss Common Core at forum
It has been four years since New York state attempted its rollout of the Common Core standards and assessment protocols, and every year since then, school administrators and parents still meet to … more
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Payroll and benefits account for most of the $112.7 million budget for 2017-18.
School budget increased by $3.2M
The Rockville Centre Board of Education introduced its 2017-18 school budget at its meeting on Feb. 15. The spending plan, totaling just under $112.7 million, is $3.2 million larger than the current … more
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Rockville Centre resident Barry Hochhauser was the first to show support of Superintendent William Johnson during the Jan. 18 meeting.
Residents speak out on Johnson
Rockville Centre residents got their first chance to publicly voice their opinions on the resignation of Superintendent William Johnson at the Board of Education meeting on Jan. 18. It was the … more
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RVC Superintendent Johnson to step down
Dr. William Johnson, a towering educational figure not only locally but throughout the state, will step down as the Rockville Centre Public Schools superintendent after the 2017-18 school year, Board … more
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