The Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education adopted a $109.6 million budget on April 24. The spending plan includes the eighth-grade Discovery lunchtime lab program as well as highly attended Community Education courses such as yoga, exercise and Mommy & Me that students and community residents wanted reinstated.
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By Ann Friedman
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5/1/13
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education voted to adopt a $109.6 million budget, which included the reinstatement of the eighth-grade Discovery lunch lab program, as well as highly attended Community Education courses such as yoga, exercise and Mommy & Me.
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By Ann Friedman
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4/24/13
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On Tuesday evening, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library's 2013-'14 budget passed with 233 votes, according to Director Susan de Sciora.
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By Ann Friedman
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4/9/13
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Susette Prezios, the mother of three Hewlett-Woodmere students, attended the district’s public budget forum on March 21 and said that the decision to eliminate adult education programs in 2013-14 would have a negative impact on the community in which she grew up.
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By Ann Friedman
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3/27/13
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For the third consecutive year, the Lawrence School District is proposing to reduce staff as part of an effort to deal with a budget deficit — and for the second straight year, the deficit totals $3.2 million.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/20/13
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There is little doubt that my wife and I overpaid for our home. When we were looking for a house to buy a decade ago, we had one search criterion in mind –– the schools had to be excellent. Period.
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6/7/12
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Although Hewlett resident Howard Goldstein’s two sons have graduated from high school and no longer attend the Hewlett-Woodmere School District, he decided to come to the budget forum on March 22. Goldstein was curious about how the state’s new 2 percent tax-levy cap would affect the district’s spending plan for 2012-13.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/29/12
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Due to the financial constraints of the current economic climate and the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District is seeking to lessen its fiscal burden by offering its veteran administrators and principals an incentive to retire.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/26/12
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The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12.
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1/19/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot topic of …
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By Brian Croce
bcroce@liherald.com
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1/18/12
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