June Irvin, a former North Merrick School District superintendent, Old Mill Road School principal and active community member, died on April 27 of natural causes. She was 76.
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Sari Zeidler
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5/4/10
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Following through on a promise to lower the preliminary budget, Rockville Centre School District administrators cut two teaching positions, trimming the proposed 2010-11 spending plan by $160,000, during the preliminary budget hearing on April 20.
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Judy Rattner
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4/28/10
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At a meeting on April 12, the Island Park School District unveiled the revenue side of its budget, which includes a 2.83 percent increase in the district’s tax levy.
The levy, increasing from …
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Alex Costello
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4/21/10
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Members of the bargaining units representing teachers, school-related personnel and administrators ratified new two-year contracts with the East Meadow School District. The East …
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Mike Caputo
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4/15/10
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Rockville Centre school Superintendent Dr. William Johnson said there was “not a whole lot to say” about the proposed 2010-11 spending plan of $93.5 million that if adopted by the Board of Education, will go to a vote on May 18.
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4/14/10
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The Franklin Square School District has found a new superintendent, and the Board of Education didn’t have to look far.
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Matthew Hampton
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4/14/10
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Back in 1983, when Oceanside Middle School opened, students could take short elective classes known as mods. There were the basics, like calligraphy, typing and computer programming. And there were …
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by Alex Costello
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4/13/10
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Friends of Senior Services (FOSSI) has scheduled its annual Monte Carlo Night for May 1 and Rockville Centre Superintendent of Parks and Recreation will be honored as its Man of the Year.
Monte …
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4/7/10
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n remarks during the March 24 school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. William Johnson reiterated that the preliminary 2010-11 budget of $93.5 million is a "a preservation budget," meaning it keeps all programs in place this year that are operating efficiently. If adopted by the board, it will go to the public in a May 18 vote.
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Judy Rattner
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3/31/10
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On March 25, a year since the first hearings on the subject, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency accepted the application of developer AvalonBay Communities for a tax abatement for its proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre.
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Alex Costello
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3/31/10
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