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Transportation requests must be submitted before April 1 for the upcoming September 2022 school year.

VS district 24 alerts parents of transportation service deadline

As per Education Law, Section 3635, district 24 must legally provide transportation for district children in grades K-6 attending private and parochial schools. These requests must be submitted … more

By Karina Kovac | 2/10/22

Wheeler Avenue Elementary School is one of four K-6 schools in Valley Stream’s District 13. Some parents are seeking a remote-learning option for their children in the 2021-21 academic year.

A petition by parent calls for remote learning in Valley Stream District 13

With the start of the school year only days away, parent Marteena Morano-Singh circulated an online petition calling for Valley Stream School District 13 to provide students with a remote learning … more

By Juan Lasso | 8/26/21

New York must require masks in school

New York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers. Thank you, Governor. more

8/26/21

L.I. school board tries to ban Black Lives Matter

The Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality. more

By Alan Singer | 8/19/21

Dr. Wayne Loper was appointed by the V.S. Central High School District BOE as acting superintendent until June 30, 2021.

Valley Stream Central High School District superintendent granted leave of absence

At a special meeting held via Zoom on June 10, Valley Stream Central High School District’s Board of Education voted to grant a medical leave of absence for Superintendent Dr. William Heidenreich. more

By Jessica M. Semins | 6/16/21

Maintaining a teacher’s freedom to teach

It was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent . . . more

By Alan Singer | 5/6/21

District 13 parent Jessica Ramirez with her sons Antonio, 8, Luca, 6, and Ryan 2. She said she looked forward to sending Ryan to the district’s universal pre-K program if it is implemented within the next two years.

Valley Stream districts weigh use of state universal pre-k funds

By Peter Belfiore pbelfiore@liherald.com Flush with federal relief funding, and factoring in a potential windfall from a tax hike on New York’s millionaires, state lawmakers passed a $212 … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/15/21

Wantagh school officials are investigating an incident in which a Wantagh student athlete allegedly directed an anti-Asian remark at a visiting member of the South High School girls varsity tennis team on March 17.

Wantagh officials investigating hate speech

Wantagh school district officials are investigating an incident in which a Wantagh student athlete allegedly directed an anti-Asian remark at a visiting member of the Valley Stream South High School girls varsity tennis team last week. more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/2/21

Ninth-grader Kennedy Carreras, of Valley Stream, has attended school virtually since September.

Ups and downs of Covid learning

Early last fall, with the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic still looming, Valley Streamer Sabrina Carreras elected to have her ninth-grade daughter, Kennedy, attend Memorial Junior High School … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 2/11/21

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

By Peter Belfiore | 1/14/21

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