With the economy struggling, the implementation of a state tax cap and continued increases in mandated costs, West Hempstead School District Superintendent John Hogan and his deputy, Richard …
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5/10/12
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The West Hempstead Board of Education is forming a Space Utilization Committee to garner public input on how the school district can use empty space at the Chestnut Street School — formerly home to …
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Chris Engelhardt
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5/8/12
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At its first budget workshop on March 6, the West Hempstead Union Free School District presented a $55.1 million 2012-13 draft spending plan to the community — an increase of more than $710,000, or …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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3/27/12
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Declining enrollment is forcing Nassau BOCES to terminate its lease with the West Hempstead school district, and as of June 2013 it will vacate the Eagle Avenue building it has occupied and used as a …
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Lee Landor
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2/22/12
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Transporting children to private schools cost the West Hempstead school district about $2.15 million last year — and that was an improvement over the $2.4 million it cost the year prior.
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By Lee Landor
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2/1/12
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Both the Malverne and West Hempstead school districts will save more than $80,000 thanks to a recently passed tax reduction bill that exempts them from paying the Metropolitan Transportation …
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Lee Landor
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12/21/11
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To host the West Hempstead school district’s first community budget discussion of the year, administrators transformed the West Hempstead Middle School cafeteria into a café last week …
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Lee Landor
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12/7/11
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As November begins to draw to a close the West Hempstead school district community is gearing up for budget talks. The first topic of discussion this year is the state’s recently imposed …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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11/23/11
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About a dozen people sat in the West Hemsptead Middle School cafeteria last week to partake in a meeting of the school district’s recently created Green Team and to learn about how the …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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11/16/11
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School-budget season is not yet upon us, but West Hempstead school district administrators are bringing it in early this year. They will hold the first “community budget conversation” on …
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Lee Landor
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11/9/11
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