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Members of the bargaining unit representing Rockville Centre teachers and teaching assistants, the largest of seven bargaining units in the school district, voted on Tuesday to ratify a memorandum of agreement for a new four-year contract. The Board of Education is expected to vote on whether to approve the memorandum of agreement at its next meeting on April 3.
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Judy Rattner
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3/29/12
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A trio of thorny issues — the 2012-13 school calendar, linking teacher evaluations to state aid, and the 2 percent tax levy cap — topped the agenda at the Jan. 18 Board of Education meeting
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Judy Rattner
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1/25/12
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There were a few bright spots among the results released by the New York State Education Department last week, but for the most part, Rockville Centre students scored lower on English Language Arts and math proficiency tests this school year than in 2009-10.
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Judy Rattner
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8/17/11
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In an unexpected development at the end of the Board of Education organizational meeting on July 5, school board President Liz Dion announced that the board and Superintendent Dr. William Johnson had reached agreement on a new four-year contract for Johnson that includes no salary increases and boosts his health care contributions.
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Judy Rattner
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7/13/11
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In a surprise statement that came at the end of the Board of Education organizational meeting on July 5, school board President Liz Dion announced that the board and Superintendent Dr. William Johnson have reached agreement on a new four-year contract for him that includes no salary increases over its term and increases his contributions toward health care benefits. In a departure from previous contracts, the new contract does not contain a so-called “evergreen” clause that causes it to automatically renew at the end of each year.
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Judy Rattner
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7/11/11
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It would be inaccurate to describe the population of Rockville Centre as a mosaic — the village is, after all, 88 percent white — but 2010 U.S. Census data show that it has become slightly more diverse since the last census, in 2000.
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Judy Rattner
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4/13/11
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The mood was somber as school board trustees and Rockville Centre school district administrators sat down on Feb. 1 for the first of six public work sessions on the 2011-12 budget.
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Judy Rattner
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2/9/11
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The Nassau County Legislature voted 11-8 to approve County Executive Ed Mangano’s $2.6 billion budget on Saturday night, following a contentious, two-day public hearing in Mineola that turned …
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David Weingrad and Scott Brinton
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11/3/10
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“Just when you think everything’s going well,” said school Superintendent Dr. William Johnson of new testing guidelines recently issued by the New York State Education Department, “it’s not.”
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Judy Rattner
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10/6/10
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It was back to school for Rockville Centre students on Tuesday, as a fleet of bright yellow school buses and legions of parents took their children to school on what otherwise would have been a sunny — and quiet — late-summer day.
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Judy Rattner
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9/8/10
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