The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education kicked off the 2015-16 school year on July 14 by electing Skip Haile as president and Janet Goller as vice president. more

Who would have thought that the Independent U.S. senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, would so quickly close the gap with presumed 2016 presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton? more

When ticking off the many and varied phys. ed. programs that Saul Lerner has brought to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, you quickly realize what a profound and lasting impact he has had on the lives of thousands of students, his colleagues say. Among the programs are girls’ lacrosse, boys’ badminton, bicycling in gym classes, and first aid/cardiopulmonary resuscitation for all students, a program begun with the Merrick-based Robbie Levine Foundation, to name just a few. Lerner is the Central District’s director of physical education, health, athletics, driver’s education and adult education. After 19 years in the district and 35 years in education, Lerner, 58, will retire on June 30. “It’s been a great run,” he said during an interview last week, “and I loved every minute of it, and I love the community.” more

The teenager, a student at Calhoun High School, had a “severe case of alcohol poisoning,” said Calhoun Principal Nicole Hollings in an email to parents on June 12. He drank at a “large gathering” of Calhoun seniors in the woods between Brookside School and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Hollings wrote. more

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is working on a plan that would allow most students to take algebra and earth science in eighth grade, if they wish, according to Superintendent John DeTommaso. more

Bellmore-Merrick Central District Superintendent John DeTommaso recently said the district’s 2015-16 spending plan has the potential to be “one of the best budgets in Bellmore-Merrick in the last 10 years,” noting that, if passed, it would restore previously cut teaching and administrative positions and reduce class sizes, particularly for special-education classes. more

The budget for next school year would sustain funding for the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

The district would add one English as a new language teacher, who would rotate between Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside, and two special education teachers, who would work at Birch and Levy-Lakeside. more

North Merrick School District officials, including Superintendent David Feller and Facilities Director James Saitta, will give multiple public presentations in coming days on the district’s plans for a $14.65 million capital improvements bond. more

The District 13 Board of Education voted on Tuesday to hire a replacement for Superintendent Adrienne Robb-Fund, who will retire at the close of the school year, selecting a superintendent currently … more