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In his 25 years of owning a business on Rockaway Avenue, Nat Patel has seen countless others businesses come and go. Many are driven away by the high taxes, he said, and that is why he is running for a seat on the District 24 Board of Education this year. more
Donna LaRocco is one of the newest members of the District 24 Board of Education, surrounded by trustees who have served one, two and even three decades. She is seeking election to her second term on the board in the only opposed school race in Valley Stream this year. more
The Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt the district’s $122.1 million 2012-13 budget, which maintains all existing programs, though board members and parents raised concerns … more
Amid thunderous applause from hundreds of parents and residents, East Rockaway Superintendent of Schools Roseanne Melucci announced that she would not recommend to the Board of Education that the … more
Many residents get involved in their communities, but one man in particular, who grew up in East Meadow, gives back while looking for nothing in return: Brian O’Flaherty, the Herald’s 2011 Person of the Year. more
By 12:45 a.m. on Dec. 15, a resigned, almost conciliatory atmosphere pervaded the gymnasium at Lenox Elementary. Two of the last commentators of the evening commended the school board on its hard work, but voiced their concerns about the board’s accounting transparency and the timing of its announcements. The 50 or 60 remaining residents shuffled out tired but better informed, and there was a sense of accomplishment as participants packed away their papers. more
School Boards Recognition Week, sponsored by the New York State School Boards Association, was held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, and as is tradition in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students from Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools attended November’s Board of Education meeting to honor school trustees. The Grand Avenue chorus sang for the board, and Merrick Avenue students recited a poem that they had written, as well as offered gift baskets to each trustee. more
Proposed SSHS lights Don Rhuda of Musco Lighting provided details on lights that have again been proposed for South Side High School’s athletic field, answering questions about cost, … more
Lynbrook At its annual reorganization meeting on July 5, the Lynbrook Board of Education reappointed two members to the Board and elected its officers for the 2011-2012 school … more
Laura Williams will become the newest member of the Baldwin Board of Education in early July, replacing incumbent Anne Hannon, whom Williams defeated in the May 17 election. A mother of two daughters who attend Plaza School — Claire, 11, and Julie, 5 — and a third, Molly, who is 3, Williams is a former education reporter for the Daily News and the New York Post, and edited the Baldwin and Oceanside Heralds in 1998-99. She has lived in Baldwin since 1997. more
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