Polls will be open at South Side High School on May 18 as residents of the Rockville Centre Union Free school district have the opportunity to vote on school and library budgets and elect trustees for those boards. In this at large election, three district residents are vying for two open seats on the Board of Education. The candidate who receives the second highest vote tally will be sworn in immediately to fill a vacant term that runs through June 30, 2011. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes will be sworn in on July 1, 2010 for a full three-year term as a trustee. The following are answers to questions that the Herald submitted to the three candidates. more

On the board Budget Hearing, May 4 at 8:30 p.m. in South Side High School Room 112. Board of Education annual Election and Budget vote, May 18 in the main gym of South Side High School from 7 … more

In a ceremony to mark Earth Day last week, three kindergarten classes at Wilson Elementary School gathered on the front lawn to "adopt" a new tree. more

Following through on a promise to lower the preliminary budget, Rockville Centre School District administrators cut two teaching positions, trimming the proposed 2010-11 spending plan by $160,000, during the preliminary budget hearing on April 20. more

Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria. more

Possibly signaling the beginning of an end to tensions between two municipal entities, the Rockville Centre Board of Education signed an agreement with the Village of Rockville Centre to share … more

On March 24 Wilson Elementary School held the final round of its annual Scrabble Tournament. more

High Honor Roll Grade 9 Adelkopf, Stephanie R Aldana, Robert T Allen, Gina Marie Alles, Brendan J Ambrosino, Miriam Angelis, John A Azueta, Jack A Baez, Lauren … more

“The target dates for both the village and us,” said Rockville Centre school Superintendent Dr. William Johnson, referring to the inter municipal agreements being forged between the schools and the village, “was tonight, but we will work as hard as possible to get the documents completed and shipped off to the boards“ (in time for the next school board meeting on April 20 and the April 29 village meeting). more

Dr. Michael Griffin was recently appointed as Interim Administrator for Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services for the Rockville Centre School District, a position he will hold through June … more