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Earlier this year, the state cited Memorial Junior High School as a School in Need of Improvement because of low test scores among special education students on the ELA exam.
Making strides at Memorial
With the New York state assessments less than a month away, Valley Stream Central High School District officials are keeping their fingers crossed that all students in seventh- and eighth-grade do well. more
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High school budget meets tax cap
The Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education voted 8-1 to adopt a $103.24 million 2012-13 budget at its March 13 business meeting. more
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High school district gauging school climate
The Valley Stream Central High School District will be conducting a survey, beginning on March 19, in order to gauge how students, teachers and parents feel about the district’s teaching, learning and overall school climate. more
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Valley Stream high school board looking for savings
The Valley Stream Central High School District will look to cut its 2012-13 school budget by $1.1 million in order to meet the state’s new tax levy cap. Administrators recommended potential cuts to the Board of Education at the Feb. 7 budget meeting. more
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The Interdistrict Curriculum Council, with representatives from all four Valley Stream school districts, held its first meeting on Jan. 5.
Valley Stream education leaders come together
Proponents of school district consolidation in Valley Stream tout the benefits of a uniform curriculum. Absent a merger, educational leaders from the four districts have come together to try and create a unified curriculum in the elementary schools. more
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High school district looking to diversify staff
The landscape of the student population in the Valley Stream Central High School District has been changing in recent years. Now Board of Education members and administrators say they think it’s time to have a staff that better reflects those changes. At the board’s work session on Jan. 3, trustees approved an initiative that aims to diversify the district’s staff. more
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District strives to help every student achieve
“It really starts from a strong district-wide emphasis on open instruction,” said Dr. Thomas Triosi, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Valley Stream Central High School District, when it comes to narrowing and closing any achievement gaps among various racial groups. more
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A “No parking” sign on Birch is part of an older restriction near Valley Stream North High School.
More parking restrictions around North
“Instead of deterring students from driving to school, students park even further from the school,” said Sam Catalano, a senior at Valley Stream North High School, in reference to the Town of Hempstead’s recent decision to restrict parking on some neighboring streets around the school. more
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Students of all races are graduating at an equal rate in the Valley Stream Central High School District, closing a gap that existed about a decade ago.
Bridging the gap in academic achievement
The Valley Stream Central High School District’s latest state report card for the 2009-10 school year showed that test scores and graduation rates among various racial groups in grades 9-12 were clustered and close together, district officials say. The numbers seem to support their findings. more
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Creating 21st century learners
For the greater part of the 235-year history of the U.S., education has been handled at the state level. That’s about to change, as the new Common Core Learning Standards will nationalize curriculum for the first time. more
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