Back to school in Rockville Centre!

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:31 am

There were a few mixed emotions as Hewitt teacher Trici Broderick escorted her students into class.

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Watson Elementary School Principal Joan Waldman took time out to greet fifth grade students.

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They looked tan, rested and ready as the doors opened at South Side Middle School on Sept. 5.

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Watson students Alex Rodriguez, left, and Devinn Butler posed for a photo before going in for the first day of classes.

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Covert Elementary School teachers Susanne Carroll, left, and Brenda Gross with their students, Laura Zervas, Brian Heaney, Tyrell Henson and Charles Young.

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By Judy Rattner

Summer vacation officially came to an end as local students returned to their classrooms on Sept. 5 in what district administrators said was a very smooth school opening.

During a public work session on Aug. 29, schools Superintendent Dr. William Johnson described district-wide enrollment as essentially the same as last year and because of that, there will be no enrollment-based staff changes. He said the district will have 77 sections during the 2012-13 school year. But unanticipated growth in the district’s elementary enrollment surprised administrators and principals, Johnson said. As a result of the new students, the first grade at Covert and the second grade at Riverside were both split into additional sections, while TAs were assigned to the first and second grades n Watson, instead of adding classes there.

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