The public can now know what school districts have known for the past year: how teachers are doing. New York state recently released teacher evaluation results for the 2012-13 school year, and the numbers showed that a vast majority of educators in Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown are doing a good job.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
9/10/14
|
The second year of Common Core testing showed improved results, but passing rates still fell well below past levels.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
8/27/14
|
Levittown School District officials are looking to save money on transportation costs by bringing six routes in-house, meaning those children would be taken to an from school on Levittown buses, instead of those of a private company.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
8/20/14
|
In the 1970s, Tonie McDonald walked the halls of Levittown Memorial High School as a student. In 2014, she is Dr. Tonie McDonald, and is walking the halls of what is now the district’s central office and career and technical education center as the superintendent of schools.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
8/13/14
|
A five-mile stretch of Sunrise Highway that runs through Freeport, Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh will be resurfaced by the New York State Department of Transportation, officials said.
more
By Julie Mansmann
|
5/21/14
|
On May 7, the Levittown School District Board of Education appointed Dr. Tonie McDonald the district’s next superintendent of schools, effective July 1.
“The Board of Education has taken the …
more
By Michael Ganci
|
5/20/14
|
With Women’s History Month coming to a close, seven young women at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls’ high school in Hempstead, were looking to write their own chapter as they prepared …
more
By Emily Webb
|
3/18/14
|
The race for New York’s 4th Congressional District seat will be unlike races this year in most congressional districts around the country. That is, there is no surefire winner, and as things stand currently, the field is wide open to candidates from both major parities.
more
By Brian Racow
|
1/27/14
|
This is the time of year when baseball fans live in a state of perpetual hope that their favorite team will acquire some decent players so that next season won’t be a disaster.
more
12/19/13
|