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Cutting the fat . . . and the meat, and the bone

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and many state legislators, view 2011’s tax cap law as one of the crowning achievements of this administration. more

3/28/13

Support our schools — get involved in their budgeting

Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more

1/24/13

Get involved in the school budget process

Now that we’ve flipped the calendar, our local school officials will soon start getting into the nitty-gritty of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year. more

1/5/12

Carol and Joseph Segrete signed in at the voting station at West Hempstead Middle School on Tuesday.

Rumelt beats Mascia, library and school budgets approved

Although heavy rains kept many people indoors Tuesday morning, enough headed to the polls in West Hemsptead to vote on the school budget. Taxpayers passed the budget 1,071-893. Board of … more

5/17/11

Publicize teacher salaries and benefits

To the Editor: Residents should be properly informed prior to the May 17 school budget vote, but school officials have been keeping them in the dark. School district newsletters contain no … more

5/11/11

Vote down this year's budget

To the Editor: As Tuesday’s West Hempstead school budget vote approaches, we are once again presented with a $54,397,183 budget ($1.5 million higher than last year) and asked to support … more

5/11/11

The West Hempstead school district faces a $2.4 million budget gap for the 2011-12 school year.

District faces $2.4 million budget gap

Throughout the last two budget seasons, the West Hempstead school district has excessed nearly 85 positions, including administrators, teachers, clerical staff and coaches. It altered its academic … more

By Lee Landor | 3/9/11

Get involved with your school budget process

We are entering one of the most interesting times of the year: budget season. more

2/11/11

W.H. school district to try budget vote again

On the rebound from taxpayers’ rejection of the proposed school budget last month, West Hempstead school district administrators hustled to put together a revised proposal … more

Lee Landor | 6/2/10

Can voters’ anger lead to real change?

Last week, 92 percent of Long Island school budgets won public approval. Aware of the public’s anger over rising taxes, most districts held their growth down to between 2 and 4 percent. Thankfully, the voters didn’t punish the children. more

Jerry Kremer | 5/28/10

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