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After the Wantagh Union Free School District failed to garner a supermajority of 60 percent of voters for its roughly $83.5 million 2021-22 budget, which would have pierced the district’s tax-levy cap with a 3.82 percent increase, the Board of Education held a planning session last Friday to discuss how the district could move forward.
With two main options on the table — moving straight to a contingency budget or putting the proposed budget up for a revote — the Board of Education chose the latter.
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By Jennifer Corr
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5/27/21
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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.
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/2/21
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The Wantagh community is currently at a crossroad.
The current version of the 2021-2022 Wantagh School District budget presented to the public is valued at about $83.5 million, a 2.82 percent change from last year’s budget. And the estimated tax levy to support this budget is approximately $64.1 million, representing a 4.80 percent change from the current tax levy.
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By Jennifer Corr
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4/2/21
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Just one week after the Wantagh School District’s preliminary 2019-20 draft budget was presented to the board of education in the first preliminary budget forum, the second forum revealed some …
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By Alexandra Dieckmann and Timothy Denton
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4/11/19
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Victoria Alssid, the nurse at Forest Lake Elementary School in Wantagh, wanted to pursue her line of work ever since she was in grade school. Her passion for taking care of others earned her the 2018 …
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By Alexandra Dieckmann
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2/4/19
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Given the number of unanswered questions about Wantagh’s school budget this year, the Herald cannot endorse it. Nor do we think, however, that we should encourage residents vote it down.
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5/10/18
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At each meeting, McNamara detailed the district’s four-pronged approach to school safety: mental health support, crisis training, security infrastructure and partnerships with local law enforcement.
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By James Mattone
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4/26/18
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The Wantagh School District’s enrollment has shrunk by more than 820 students, or 22.5 percent, since the 2008-09 school year. Its proposed budgets, meanwhile, have gone up 21.65 percent — about $15 million — over that same time.
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By Eden Laikin
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4/19/18
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Wantagh fourth-graders at Forest Lake Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Native American Day on Jan. 11, and returned to their classrooms with a greater understanding of …
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By James Mattone
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1/24/18
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The Wantagh School District has announced that all classes and after school activities are canceled for Friday, Jan. 5.
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1/4/18
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