Out of about 1,500 students in the 10th and 11th grades in the Valley Stream Central High School District, nearly 100 had yet to re-register by the end of last week. more

For the second straight year, school districts are facing the possibility of a midyear aid cut as Gov. Paterson seeks to plug New York state’s deficit. more

Central High School senior Marcelle Little Dawes recently learned that she has been awarded Pace University’s Homer S. Pace Medal that recognizes students with high SAT and GPA performance, perseverance and motivation. more

Valley Stream Central High School hosted its homecoming festivities on Saturday, Oct. 10. more

As they have at recent Central District Board of Education sessions, roughly a half-dozen parents and members of a recently formed, ad hoc community group, Time for Turf, spoke again at the Oct. 7 board meeting, reiterating their desire to see artificial-turf football fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. And, they said, they're not going away. In two recent meetings at which Time for Turf members spoke, they were unchallenged in their calls for synthetic-turf fields, with Central District officials primarily listening to their concerns and, most recently, forming a district committee to examine ways to improve all of Central's 31 athletic fields at its three high schools and two middle schools. This time, the calls for artificial turf were met by vocal opposition from Fred Kleiman, a local resident. Repeatedly noting the per-field cost for synthetic turf of more than $1 million, Kleiman said it would be "fiscally irresponsible" of the Central District to consider such a proposal, given that it would likely mean a property-tax increase amid a deep recession. more

More than 170 people attended the Central High School Alumni Association dinner last Saturday at the Coral House in Baldwin. more

After the television show “Inside Edition” aired an episode last March underscoring the risks of students driving during school days, officials in the Valley Stream Central High School District began reevaluating its own student-driving policy. more

More than 130 people came together last week to remember a young man whose life ended too soon. The fourth annual John LaBarbera golf outing was held at the Douglaston Golf Course on Sept. 28. more

eaching the Nassau Class AA girls’ soccer playoffs with a junior-oriented roster was a solid accomplishment last fall for Valley Stream Central. Coach Cassie Maturando is expecting the Lady Eagles to go further this year in large part because of “a terrific group of seniors,” she said. more

School districts will have more time to prepare students for this year’s state tests, but the schedule change caught some officials by surprise. more