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East Meadow's Jayden Henriquez, right, lunged for a loose ball ahead of Valley Stream Central's Dylan Madden during the Jets' win last Saturday.

East Meadow’s boys’ basketball team is beginning to gain some traction. After being idle for two weeks and coming off a pair of non-league victories using just five bodies, the Jets … more

By Tony Bellissimo | 1/16/22

The Residency Advisory Committee announced on June 17 that 54 non-resident students were withdrawn from Valley Stream schools this year.

Non-resident students removed from Valley Stream schools

Fifty-four students were removed from Valley Stream schools this year for not residing within district boundaries, the Central High School District’s Residency Advisory Committee reported on June 17. more

By Melissa Koenig | 6/27/19

Tina Castelluzzo represented SEPTA at the Central High School District’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee to discuss the district’s waiver policy last year.

Valley Streamers, Malvernites raise money for PTA, SEPTA mom

Malvernite Bettina “Tina” Castelluzzo dislikes asking for help, even with little money to pay for her impending divorce, a new home and college and vocational school expenses. But when she realized that she couldn’t afford everything, she accepted her friend Caroline Bormann’s aid. more

By Melissa Koenig | 6/6/19

Valley Stream school districts present budgets

For the past few months, administrators at all four Valley Stream school districts have been presenting their proposed 2019-20 budgets, which residents can approve or vote down on May 21. The … more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/11/19

Tony Iadevaio, left, received a 2013 Everett R. Dyer Award from then District 24 Board of Education President Paul DePace.

Valley Stream's longest-serving BOE member steps down

District 24 community members gave Tony Iadevaio a standing ovation the district’s Board of Education meeting on March 27, after he announced that he would not seek re-election this spring. He has served almost 40 years on the elementary school district’s Board of Education and more than 30 years on the high school district’s board — becoming Valley Stream’s longest-serving school trustee. more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/4/19

Students including Sumaiya Ramsaroop, right, spoke about the condition of Valley Stream North High School. Simar Thind and Sasha Smalls followed her.

North High School in poor condition, students say

One by one, students from Valley Stream North High School stood before the Central High School District Board of Education on March 12 to detail how the school’s facilities hinder their ability to learn. more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/21/19

Lori Lang, left, spoke about the need for after-school busing for private school students at a Board of Education meeting in October.

CHSD officials deny after-school busing request for private school students

About five months after Lori Lang asked the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education to implement a policy that would provide private-school students with after-school transportation, Superintendent Bill Heidenreich said he would not recommend that the board move forward with the request for the next school year. more

2/21/19

After Devi Arjune spoke about her petition to add Diwali onto school calendars, the Central High School District Board of Education agreed to dissuade teachers from giving tests and assigning homework on the holiday.

Valley Stream CHSD BOE: No homework, tests on Diwali

After local activists spoke in favor of South High School senior Devi Arjune’s petition to have Diwali added to the school calendar, the Board of Education decided it would dissuade teachers from assigning homework and tests on the holiday. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Lori Lang spoke about the need for after-school busing for private-school students at the Central High School District’s Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting.

Private-school parents from Valley Stream call for after-school busing

Almost every day of the week, Valley Stream freshman John Valencia stays after school at Chaminade High School for various clubs. But because of local school district busing policies, he routinely struggles to find a way back home. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/18/18

Students in Valley Stream continued to opt out of the New York State English Language Arts and mathematics tests this year.

Roughly half of Valley Stream students are proficient, state test data shows

Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/4/18

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