While many school district leaders want consolidation studied for educational purposes, a merger of Valley Stream’s four districts would likely have an impact on people’s taxes — some for the better and some for the worse.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/20/10
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A consolidated Valley Stream school district, for the first time, would create a unified elementary education in the community. This is one of the benefits that school leaders say would be brought about by a merger if it were to happen.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/13/10
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Though consolidation of Valley Stream’s four school districts has been talked about since the Central High School District was formed in the 1920s, rarely have there been any serious efforts to form one unified school system.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/6/10
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As summer faints into bygone memories, school opened with a bang as crowds of children and teenagers — more than 9,000 of them — rushed through the doors of Valley Stream schools for their first day on Sept. 8.
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Clarissa Hamlin and Andrew Hackmack
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9/15/10
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Valley Stream’s four school districts are in for some extra money, thanks to a new $10 billion federal education jobs bill.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/1/10
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Rockville Centre captured the District 30 - 11/12 Girls Softball Championship by defeating Oceanside Fastpitch on July 12 at Klein Field in the Skelos Sports Complex.
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8/4/10
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Test scores fell in all four Valley Stream school districts, across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department raised the passing mark on state assessments in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/4/10
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The RVC girls 9-10 year-old Williamsport Team defeated Lynbrook in the district championship softball game, 21-9, to complete a sweep to take home the District 30 title.
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7/28/10
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For Harriet Rabinowitz, director of special education for District 30, her job has been an essential part of her life. She has been an impassioned contributor to the district and is retiring this summer after 11 years of her service.
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Michelle Gil
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7/21/10
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Frank Chiachiere will serve as the president of District 13’s Board of Education for the 2010-11 school year. Joan Gartner, who was just re-elected to a three-year term, was selected as vice president.
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7/14/10
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