Last week, the Lynbrook Board of Education held the second of two hearings on their proposed budget for the 2015-2016 school year, and asked residents to pass the largest tax levy increase possible …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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3/11/15
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Tis the season of tax levies, enrollment projections and capital reserve funds. It’s school budget time . . .
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2/25/15
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District 24 school officials are hoping that the state comes through with more aid next year, after disappointing numbers in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s preliminary state budget, which was released in …
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/13/14
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Voters on Tuesday passed all four of Valley Stream’s school budgets — with at least 60 percent in favor in every district — and returned all incumbents to their Board of Education seats.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/21/13
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This was not an easy year for Valley Stream’s four school districts, with the pressure of the property tax cap, rising health insurance and pension costs, and new mandates from the Common Core Learning Standards and teacher evaluation system.
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5/16/13
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Valley Stream’s four school districts are among the 96 percent of districts statewide proposing budgets with tax levy increases at or below the tax-cap limit. Each budget will require only a simple majority to pass when voters head to the polls on Tuesday.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/16/13
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A breakdown of the Valley Stream Central High School District's budget proposal.
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5/16/13
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A breakdown of the budget proposals for Valley Stream's three elementary school districts.
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5/16/13
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and many state legislators, view 2011’s tax cap law as one of the crowning achievements of this administration.
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3/28/13
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Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest.
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1/24/13
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