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Two seats on the Merrick School District Board of Education are up for election this year, and current trustees Butch Yamali and Sheri Iskenderian are running unopposed for them.
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By David Weingrad
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5/6/11
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North Merrick Board of Education trustees Jonathan Butler and Dr. Matthew Kuschner are running for re-election unopposed this year.
Trustees serve three-year terms.
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By David Weingrad
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5/6/11
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Teachers and administrators in the North Merrick School District have agreed to voluntarily forgo their raises in the 2011-12 academic year, saving the district $350,000.
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By David Weingrad
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4/15/11
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The Merrick Board of Education adopted the school district’s 2011-12 budget at its April 12 meeting.
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By David Weingrad
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4/15/11
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On Thursday, March 24, at 10 a.m., Birch Elementary School administrators, teachers and students uncovered a time capsule that was buried 50 years ago on November 5, 1961.
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By David Weingrad
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3/25/11
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Teachers and administrators in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have agreed to voluntarily freeze their salaries for the 2011-12 academic year in order to avoid further budget cuts and preserve student programs. In all, the wage freeze will save the district $840,000, according to Central officials.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/25/11
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Randi Weingarten, former president of the United Federation of Teachers, now head of the American Federation of Teachers, recently delivered a speech titled, “Towards a True Development and Evaluation System.” She was being proactive by presenting her own plan in response to recent calls for revamping teacher assessment and tenure.
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By Steve Kussin
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3/17/11
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The New York Times reported last week that three-quarters of the 17,500 freshman at City University of New York’s six community colleges require remedial classes in reading and writing and math.
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Randi Kreiss
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3/10/11
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On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.”
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by Al D'Amato
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2/11/11
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