Ambulances rushed one teacher and 14 students Thursday afternoon from Camp Avenue School in North Merrick to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow due to possible carbon monoxide poisoning. All 15 were evaluated at the hospital and released, according to NUMC spokeswoman Shelly Lotenberg.
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By Brian Racow
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10/10/13
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Many parents of Camp Avenue School’s incoming second-grade students are of one mind about the size of their children’s classes: they are far too big.
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By Brian Racow
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7/3/13
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The North Merrick School District is the recent recipient of several grants that will help it pay for new computers and security upgrades in each of its of three schools as well as an exterior beautification project at Fayette. The grants consist of tax revenue that State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. and Norma Gonsalves, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, allocated for the district.
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By Brian Racow
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7/3/13
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The North Merrick School District was able to sidestep painful cuts to educational and counseling programs next year because of an 11th-hour restoration of state aid dollars at the end of last month.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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4/18/13
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A cockroach infestation that has been ongoing at Old Mill Road School since the spring has seen improvements over the past few weeks, said North Merrick Superintendent David Feller, but parents remain concerned about potential health issues.
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By David Weingrad
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10/10/12
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Most elementary school students were too young to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. In fact, many weren’t even born yet.
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David Weingrad
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9/11/11
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No one is sure precisely what the 2 percent tax-levy cap passed by the state last week will mean for Bellmore-Merrick’s four elementary districts and one high school district, but it could force the districts to cut student programming and lay off teachers in order to stay under the legal limit.
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By Scott Brinton, David Weingrad and Deirdre Krasula
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6/30/11
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Teachers and administrators in the North Merrick School District have agreed to voluntarily forgo their raises in the 2011-12 academic year, saving the district $350,000.
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By David Weingrad
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4/15/11
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Camp Avenue Elementary School in North Merrick recently held its annual “Walk to School Day,” encouraging children to arrive at school the old-fashioned way -– on foot.
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By David Weingrad
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10/21/10
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