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School district changing voting machines

The Rockville Centre School District will be using scanning-type voting machines for the first time for its budget vote in May. The machines, which voters should be familiar with from other … more

By Alex Costello | 3/2/16

South Side Middle School will be changing the selection criteria for its eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., after numerous complaints from parents.

SSMS changing D.C. field trip requirements

Because of the complaints it has received from many parents, South Side Middle School plans to change the way it chooses students for the annual eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C. The trip has … more

By Alex Costello | 1/27/16

SSHS has high grad rate

Last week, the State Education Department released official graduation rates for schools across New York, and South Side High School was once again one of the best in the state. In the 2015-14 … more

By Alex Costello | 1/20/16

Task force: Overhaul Common Core

In its final report issued last Thursday, Governor Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more

By Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

Dealing with sexting

The sexting stories coming out of the Kings Park and Smithtown school districts highlight the difficulties that parents and school administrators face with trying to protect children in an … more

By Alex Costello | 11/18/15

South Side High School fell off Newsweek’s list of the country’s best high schools this year, after years of being toward the top. District officials concluded it was because of changes to the way the list was calculated, not the school.

Formula changes pushed SSHS off list

Late last month, Newsweek released its ranking of the best high schools in the country. And South Side High School, which is routinely named one of the best by not just Newsweek, was no where to be … more

By Alex Costello | 9/16/15

Watson Principal Joan Waldman happily cut the ribbon on the school’s new extension. (Tim Baker/Herald)

Watson officially opens new wing

Watson School celebrated its new addition with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 10. Built over what used to be an interior courtyard, the 5,300 square-foot addition has three brightly-colored … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 9/16/15

Johnson: ‘We have to figure out how to do it better’

Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, citing growing pressure from education experts, announced that he authorized a comprehensive review of the state’s Common Core standards and their implementation. … more

By Alex Costello | 9/9/15

South Side has steadily dropped in the Newsweek rankings in recent years. Superintendent Dr. William Johnson attributes it to the way Newsweek changed its evaluations formula each year.

Why did South Side slide off best schools list?

After years of consistently being named one of the best high schools in the country, South Side High School was not on Newsweek’s most recent list of those schools. The demotion came as a … more

By Alex Costello | 9/2/15

The portable classrooms were demolished to make room for the school’s second expansion, which will replace them with a permanent addition to the building. (Christina Daly/Herald)

Portables come down

It wasn’t as grand as Jericho, but the walls finally came down. After years of waiting, the Rockville Centre School District finally began demolishing the portable classrooms at South Side … more

By Alex Costello | 9/2/15

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