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Polls will be open for the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school district budget and Board of Education votes on Tuesday.

Polls open Tuesday for Lynbrook, East Rockaway school budget votes

Residents of the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on budgets and Board of Education races. more

By Mike Smollins and Melissa Koenig | 5/10/18

East Rockaway School District Superintendent Lisa Ruiz updated parents and community members about officials’ safety plans at an April 12 forum.

Clear backpacks are among new East Rockaway School District safety measures

In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, East Rockaway School District officials are requiring junior and senior high students to carry their books and supplies in clear plastic backpacks. more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/26/18

Jacqueline Scrio presented the proposed budget to disrict officials on April 10.

East Rockaway School District officials adopt $39.4 million 2018-19 budget

The East Rockaway Board of Education adopted a $39.4 million budget for the 2018-19 school year at its meeting on Tuesday — a 3 percent increase from 2017-18. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/19/18

A crossing guard position will be removed from the intersection of Forest and Rocklyn avenues starting on April 9.

Crossing guard position removed in East Rockaway

The Nassau County Police Department will remove a crossing guard from the post at Forest and Rocklyn avenues on April 9, according to East Rockaway School District officials. more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/5/18

East Rockaway School District officials met on March 13 to discuss the 2018-19 budget.

East Rockaway school officials talk 2018-19 budget

East Rockaway School District officials held their third meeting on the 2018-19 budget on March 13. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/22/18

A flyer was sent out to East Rockaway residents asking them to vote to name the proposed Rockweiler mascot, which would replace Rockman.

East Rockaway residents upset over proposed new mascot

In April 2014, East Rockaway School District officials received a cease and desist letter from Marvel Entertainment because the district’s mascot, “The Rockman,” was perceived as being too similar to The Thing from “Fantastic Four.” more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/19/18

Parents in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts have signed a petition urging the Village of East Rockaway to stop using schools as polling places when classes are in session. Above, the Marion Street School with its doors open during a vote.

East Rockaway, Lynbrook parents: Stop voting at schools

In the wake of last month’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., parents in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts have revived a petition urging Village of East Rockaway officials to stop holding public votes in schools. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/8/18

Paul Lynch, left, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent of finance, operations and information systems, presented the district’s smart bond proposal in December 2016. Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak, second from left, wrote a letter to the State Education Department last month after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., because the nearly $893,000 plan — which focuses on school safety initiatives — has yet to be approved.

Lynbrook school officials awaiting funds for safety initiatives

With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/1/18

Josh Goldenberg of Legends of Learning, far right, spoke to Gerard Beleckas, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment, second from left, and Plainedge Superintendent Dr. Edward Salina at a technology symposium at Levittown Memorial Education Center.

Nassau County superintendents and administrators talk tech

Superintendents and administrators from across Nassau County — including from Lynbrook and East Rockaway — gathered at the Levittown Memorial Education Center on Jan. 8 for the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents’ Emerging Technology Symposium. more

1/17/18

John Halligan spoke to students and parents in four separate assemblies at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School last month, and shared the story about his son Ryan, who took his own life at age 13 in 2003 after being bullied.

‘Ryan’s Story’ teaches East Rockaway students dangers of bullying

Tears streamed down the faces of many students and faculty members at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School last month as John Halligan told the tragic story of his son Ryan, who took his own life at age 13 in 2003 after being bullied. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/11/18

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