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The Central High School District is set to face a loss of $1.1 million in state aid next year as New York faces a $15 billion budget deficit.
Facing $1.1 million state aid shortfall, CHSD prepares status-quo budget
The cuts were coming. Facing a $15 billion budget deficit, New York state has allocated $27.1 million in state aid to the Valley Stream Central High School District under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s … more
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Sadly, we’re in this pandemic for the long haul
Some 100,000 New Yorkers may face debilitating long-term health effects after falling ill to Covid-19, according to “What If You Never Get Better?” in the most recent issue of The New York Times Magazine. more
Baumann & Sons Buses is suing Valley Stream’s four school districts for a total of $1.6 million in a bankruptcy lawsuit after the family of bus companies went out of business in April.
Bus companies sue schools for non-payment during pandemic
A family of bus companies is suing 47 school districts across Long Island, including all four in Valley Stream, for contract fees that the companies allege went unpaid during, and in some cases … more
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How long will we suffer, and how well will we heal?
It’s now nearly a year since the Trump administration learned that a deadly virus was making its way into our country. During that period, the White House and many governors have engaged in a political wrestling match . . . more
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin, at lectern, and other town officials on Monday announced an initiative to help reimburse local school districts that have incurred unbudgeted expenses during the coronavirus pandemic. The $5.5 million, made possible by funding through the federal CARES Act, will provide $150,000 to each of the town’s 36 school districts and Nassau BOCES.
Hempstead Town earmarks $5.5M in CARES funds for schools
Town of Hempstead officials on Monday announced that each of the 36 school districts within the town and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services would receive a $150,000 grant to help pay for … more
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Members of the Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club helped stock the Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard earlier this year.
Local Rotarians do their part during the pandemic
For more than 75 years, the Freeport-Merrick Rotary has lived by one motto: “Service above self.” And although the pandemic has hindered the club’s usual fundraising efforts, … more
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Lost and found in the pandemic
I think sometime around the end of October, my husband and I ran out of things to say. Sitting across the dinner table from each other over plates of Costco soup and a homemade Greek salad with wimpy lettuce, our eyes met and . . . more
Anthony Cruz in 2019. On Saturday he distributed a letter on behalf of Central High School District teachers asking for additional remote teaching and sick leave options during the pandemic.
CHSD teachers ask for additional Covid remote teaching options
At least a handful of Valley Stream teachers are asking for additional Covid-19 accommodations from the Central High School District, including an exception for the use of paid sick leave days while … more
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‘So much for trying to do the right thing’
Q. We were told to file a permit to rent our house next door, which an inspector came and looked at and said it was a “simple” permit. more
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John O'Connell
Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away
Besides the sad deaths of a quarter-million Americans, the pandemic claimed another victim this month: the re-election of President Trump. Had the election been held in February . . . more
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