Residents of the East Meadow School District will vote on the 2016-17 budget next week. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17 at every local elementary school. Administrators …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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The East Meadow School District is in transition. From parents to teachers to administrators and Board of Education trustees, everyone has expressed relief at the sweeping changes introduced when …
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5/12/16
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The East Meadow PTA Council invited the community to meet the candidates running for three seats on the Board of Education at a forum on Monday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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The East Meadow Board of Education recently announced that students in third through eighth grades would no longer take the field tests that the creators of the State Education Department’s …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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School district and Nassau County officials recently honored an East Meadow High School alumnus for achieving Eagle Scout ranking in Boy Scout Troop 157. During the East Meadow School …
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/3/16
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In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent.
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1/21/16
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In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate …
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By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann
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1/7/16
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Scott Eckers has always been deeply involved in music. The 35-year-old East Meadow native said he received an excellent music education in the local schools, went on to sing a capella in college, and …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/18/15
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The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part.
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12/3/15
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The East Meadow School District Board of Education interviewed two firms last week about assisting the district in its search for a new superintendent, with the goal of having him or her in place on July 1, 2016, according to board President Joseph Parisi.
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By David Weingrad
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9/16/15
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