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The Merrick School District administration has proposed eliminating the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary School, or FLES, program. Above, Levy-Lakeside Elementary School students who won the National Foreign Languages Week essay and poster contest in 2012.

Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.” more

By Brian Racow | 1/28/15

Veterans listened at a Merrick Board of Education meeting this spring.

Merrick district passes vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education on Sept. 9 approved school tax exemptions for local veterans, ending months of rancor that followed the board’s choice last winter to miss a deadline to pass the exemptions for the 2014-15 school year. more

By Brian Racow | 9/17/14

James O’Neill, a Vietnam War veteran and second vice commander of the Merrick American Legion, spoke this spring at a Merrick Board of Education meeting. The board has postponed a vote on veterans’ tax exemptions to Sept. 9.

School board postpones vets’ tax break vote

Merrick School District trustees said in May that they would put tax breaks for community veterans to a vote on Aug. 12, but the board has postponed the vote another 28 days to Sept. 9. more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

John DeTomasso, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District superintendent, presented Camp Avenue Elementary School first-grader Amelia Raspanti with her award in the annual Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful poster and essay contest.

Students honored in Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful contest at Fayette School

Smiling parents snapped photos of their children as they walked across the floor of Harold D. Fayette Elementary School’s general-purpose room. The occasion: an award ceremony for the young winners of the Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful contest. more

By Casey Pinner | 6/12/14

North Merrick students worked on their math during a recent lesson.

‘Opt-outs’ in Merricks increase during math exams

Sometime between when third- to eighth-grade students took state English Language Arts tests at the beginning of April and when they took state math tests four weeks later, some Merrick and North Merrick parents decided that enough was enough. more

By Brian Racow | 5/23/14

A group of veterans attended the Merrick Board of Education’s meeting on April 8. Several spoke out in favor of school tax exemptions for veterans.

School board pledges Aug. vote on vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education will vote in three months whether to grant community veterans school tax breaks, board members told a group of veterans, including leaders of Merrick’s American Legion Post 1282, at the board’s May 13 meeting. more

By Brian Racow | 5/21/14

There will likely be one less sixth grade classroom teacher at Chatterton School come the fall. Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma said this is due to declining student enrollment. He described a budget for next school year that would “continue to maintain a high quality education for the children” and would be cost-neutral to Merrick property taxpayers after they receive a rebate check from the state.

Community to vote on Merrick School District budget

The Merrick School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for next school year that will, if approved by the community in the school vote on May 20, sustain level funding for most of the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent Dominick Palma. more

By Brian Racow | 5/14/14

Police were at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School on July 28 to investigate a trespassing case at the building. No property was damaged, and police are working to identify the trespassers, according to Dr. Dominick Palma, the Merrick School District superintendent.

Superintendent: Teens break into Levy-Lakeside Elementary School

A group of teenagers found a way inside Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, off Merrick Road in Merrick, on July 28, according to Dr. Dominick Palma, the Merrick School District superintendent. The trespassing teens ran when they were approached by a school custodian, Palma said. more

By Brian Racow | 8/8/13

Joe Baker, president of the South Merrick Community Civic Association, made a statement to the Merrick Board of Education on school security.

Merrick board votes down school guards

The Merrick Board of Education last week approved a measure to hire a security consulting firm to conduct a security audit at the district’s three elementary schools, but fell one vote short of passing a separate measure to hire a firm that would have provided private, unarmed guards at the schools. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 2/14/13

Dr. Dominick Palma is beginning his first year as superintendent of the Merrick School District.

Merrick superintendent takes the reins

The Merrick School District will welcome students back to classes on Sept. 4, and that will also be the first day of work for the district’s new superintendent, Dr. Dominick Palma. more

By David Weingrad | 8/28/12

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