How Long Beach School District navigates budget concerns and a school potential closure. Community engagement rises as May vote approaches.
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By Angelina Zingariello
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4/5/24
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East Meadow resident Marcella Pizzo started her career as a high school English teacher in Brooklyn. But after seeing some of the mental hardships that these kids faced, she knew there was more …
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By Mallory Wilson
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3/16/23
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Over the past few years, the state and federal governments have made it a priority to improve school students’ physical well-being.
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1/17/13
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Mental health has been a prime topic of discussion since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings a month ago. Valley Stream school officials say they take a proactive approach when it comes to the mental health of its students, and also work to provide support for families.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/16/13
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The two social workers had been counseling drug addicts on how to stay clean. Then, on July 5, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano slashed funding for drug-treatment and youth services, and suddenly they were without jobs. One is the mother of three children, all under age 12, whose husband is unemployed. The other is a single woman who had recently taken out a mortgage to buy a fixer-upper home.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/17/12
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Leaders in District 30 want their students to leave school knowing more than just how to read and write, add and subtract. They want children to leave elementary school as good citizens who know how to respect one another.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/12/12
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The District 30 Board of Education made it official on Monday night that it will be eliminating its lone social worker next year. The proposed $32.4 million spending plan for 2012-13 does not include funding for the position.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/21/12
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Two Shaw Avenue School students came out against a plan to cut District 30’s lone social worker next year. In the tentative 2012-13 budget being considered by the Board of Education, the position would be eliminated to save about $135,000 in salary and benefits.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/29/12
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Several residents spoke out against the plan to eliminate a social worker position in District 30 at a community budget forum, attended by about two dozen residents, on March 1.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/9/12
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Last year I described former Merokean Jessica Sussman’s plans to travel to Cameroon, where she would use her expertise as a social worker to help in AIDS prevention. She has now returned— and in the two-part series that begins with this column, she details her experiences in Africa.
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By Steve Kussin
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1/20/12
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