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Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder detailed the plans for the county’s new school safety program.
Ryder: Police to visit county schools daily
Dozens of uniformed officers and recruits lined up outside of the Nassau Police Academy in Massapequa Park on Tuesday to show their support for the new School Resource Program, aimed at providing additional resources and manpower to school districts in the event of an active shooter situation. Officers will now make regular daily rounds at all of the school buildings in each the 56 school districts in Nassau County. They will be working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, local village police and individual school districts to maximize the efficiency of their response to violent or gun-related incidents throughout the county. more
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Patrick Caffrey, left, the district’s lead security aid, demonstrated how a visitor would follow security protocol by passing an identification to Chris Gorney, a security guard at the high school.
OBEN Schools continue school safety discussion
The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has led many school districts to reconsider their security systems, protocols and procedures. Security has always … more
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Mark Kerchman, of Levittown, spoke at length, demanding more security for students, at the Feb. 28 Levittown school board meeting.
Wantagh, Levittown mull school safety
The Wantagh School District is awaiting a $1.5 million grant from the State Education Department that would fund new safety measures. more
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Concerned parents in the Seaford School District attended their school board’s meeting on March 1 to discuss their ideas for increased safety in schools.
Seaford parents, students want safer schools
The Seaford School District is taking steps to upgrade school safety in the wake of the Majory Stoneman High School mass shooting. more
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Mayor Alan Beach, center, pictured with Trustee Robert Boccio, left, Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker and Trustees Mike Hawxhurst and Ann Marie Reardon, said he was pleased with the recognition.
Lynbrook named one of the safest places to live in New York
The National Council for Home Safety and Security recently designated Lynbrook as one of the safest places to live in New York state. more
Liz Dion, vice president of the Board of Education, voiced support for the walkout during a meeting on Feb. 28.
South Side students to participate in national walkout
South Side High School students will be among the thousands of teenagers expected to walk out of their schools on March 14 as part of a national movement to honor the victims killed in the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. and to raise awareness about gun violence. more
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Dr. Adele Pecora, Seaford School Superintendent
School districts, county respond to Parkland shooting
In the hours after 17 students and staff members were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., superintendents in the Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown school districts emailed letters to parents or posted notes to the community on their websites more
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Bellmore-Merrick district puts school safety in the spotlight
In the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead and the country grieving while it drew battle lines over gun control, local school officials swiftly moved to reassure parents that their children were safe, while community leaders and students alike called for action. more
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Paul Lynch, left, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent of finance, operations and information systems, presented the district’s smart bond proposal in December 2016. Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak, second from left, wrote a letter to the State Education Department last month after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., because the nearly $893,000 plan — which focuses on school safety initiatives — has yet to be approved.
Lynbrook school officials awaiting funds for safety initiatives
With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not. more
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Dominic Jenkins, left, Paul Nulty, Peter King, Karen Serani and Lori-Ann Pizzarelli, helped install smoke alarms on Feb. 24 as volunteers for the American Red Cross.
Red Cross volunteers ‘sound the alarm’ in Rockville Centre
Residents of the Park Lane Condominiums on South Park Avenue became the latest recipients of free smoke and fire alarms through the American Red Cross’s “Sound the Alarm” campaign. more
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