Malverne and West Hempstead students, for the most part, improved their performance on New York state’s standardized English Language Arts and math assessments in 2011-12, according to results …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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7/31/12
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Despite rainy weather, a number of taxpayers in Malverne, Lakeview and West Hempstead headed to the polls last week to cast their votes for school budgets and board trustee candidates.
West …
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Chris Engelhardt
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5/22/12
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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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The last time several dozen West Hempstead residents gathered at the West Hempstead Middle School cafeteria for a budget “café,” which was in late November, they developed an …
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Lee Landor
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1/18/12
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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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Downed trees and power lines were the extent of the damage left in Hurricane Irene’s wake — at least in Malverne and West Hempstead.
While thousands of Long Islanders were ordered to …
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By Lee Landor
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8/31/11
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Malvernites and West Hempstead residents are getting ready for Hurricane Irene, which could hit Long Island on Sunday.
Current projections have the storm hitting the east coast of Maryland by 8 …
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By Lee Landor
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8/26/11
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In an unexpected turn of events, the West Hempstead Board of Education decided last week to grant partial school-tax exemptions to members of the West Hempstead and Lakeview fire departments.
The …
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By Lee Landor
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2/2/11
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Test scores fell throughout New York and across Long Island after the State Education Department effectively raised the bar at all grade levels in an effort to better prepare students for higher …
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Lee Landor
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8/4/10
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