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Liliana Hecker/Herald Life First day of school photos at Birch School on Sept. 1 showed children with smiles, despite the 80-degree temperatures. Above, kindergartners colored at their tables in the classroom of teachers Denise Kvint and Traci Dalessandro.

Board meeting heats up over air-conditioning

Air-conditioning –– or the lack of it –– became a heated topic at the Merrick School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The lack of air-conditioning in classrooms at Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside elementary schools has been discussed for several years, more so when temperatures hit the mid-to high-80s during the first week of school, as well as in June, when school is ending. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/17/15

Bellmore-Merrick Central District off to ‘a great start’

By all accounts by Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District principals, opening day of school on Sept. 1 went off without a hitch. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/9/15

Honor Labor Day by welcoming new workers

I don’t know about you, but my ancestors weren’t born here. In 1910, a 13-year-old boy from Odessa, traveling alone, boarded a ship with a ticket that entitled him to a bunk in steerage, and he set sail for America. more

9/2/15

According to David Seinfeld, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District assistant superintendent for instruction, roughly two-thirds of Central students opted out of last spring's battery of seventh- and eighth-grade state exams.

Two-thirds of Central District students opt out of state exams

A little under 50 percent of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seventh-graders passed the New York State English Language Arts exam and just over 56 percent passed the math test, according to the State Education Department. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/2/15

Dr. Robert Dillon, right, with Nassau BOCES Board President Eric Schultz, was installed as the organization’s superintendent on Aug. 20.

Dr. Robert Dillon installed as BOCES sup't

Nassau BOCES installed former East Meadow School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon as its new district superintendent at a board meeting on Aug. 20. more

By David Weingrad | 8/27/15

Common Core — what a mess it is

More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more

8/19/15

Skip Haile, of North Merrick, was named the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District president for 2015-16.

Skip Haile, Janet Goller elected board leaders

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education kicked off the 2015-16 school year on July 14 by electing Skip Haile as president and Janet Goller as vice president. more

7/27/15

Education Law

Q: Are my child's private Facebook postings truly confidential? A: Maybe not. It has long been the law that schools can look at and use social media postings done outside … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 7/22/15

State is wrong on teacher evaluations

I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings. more

6/24/15

Susan Schwartz, a trustee of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and Merrick School District, center, received a plaque from JoAnn DeLauter, president of the Central District Board of Education, and John DeTommaso, superintendent of the Central District, commending her on many years of service to both boards.

Susan Schwartz honored for school boards service

Susan Schwartz, an elementary school teacher who served on the Merrick School District Board of Education for 15 years and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education for eight years, will retire from the boards at the end of June. more

6/17/15

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