Perhaps we Americans are overly confident in the belief that our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment right to free speech, are inviolate.
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By Chuck Lavine
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11/30/23
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Mary Jo O’Hagan was sworn in as the new president of the Baldwin education board during the reorganization meeting earlier this month. Her term on the board will continue through the next year.
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By Ben Fiebert
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7/30/23
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The Baldwin school budget passed on Tuesday evening with 1042 yes votes and 365 no votes. Propositions 2 through 6 were also passed with over 70% yes votes for each prop. Along with the budget and propositions passing, Pamela Green was elected to replace Karyn Reid as a trustee on the Board of Education this upcoming July. Baldwin Library Trustee Shereen Abed was also re-elected.
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By Ben Fiebert
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5/16/23
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Along with a budget vote on May 16, there will be a vote for a new trustee for the Baldwin Board of Education.
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By Ben Fiebert
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5/14/23
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Next Tuesday, May 16, is the day that eligible voters across New York state can vote on school district budgets . . .
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5/11/23
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My friend Judy Heumann died March 4 in Washington, D.C., where she lived. Her name might not mean too much to many of you. But to thousands, and I do mean thousands, of people who struggle every day with physical disabilities, her name is gold.
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By James Bernstein
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3/23/23
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The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.
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By Alan Singer
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12/23/21
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There is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts.
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By Lisa Tyson
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10/22/20
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Superintendents from the Oceanside, East Rockaway and Baldwin school districts spoke in a virtual forum Aug. 4 about obstacles to opening schools in September.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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8/5/20
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The Baldwin Board of Education unanimously voted to adopt the proposed 2020-2021 school budget of about $138 million at its March 11 meeting.
The tax levy, or the amount the district needs to …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/18/20
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