The Wantagh School District’s enrollment has shrunk by more than 820 students, or 22.5 percent, since the 2008-09 school year. Its proposed budgets, meanwhile, have gone up 21.65 percent — about $15 million — over that same time.
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By Eden Laikin
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4/19/18
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Wantagh fourth-graders at Forest Lake Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Native American Day on Jan. 11, and returned to their classrooms with a greater understanding of …
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By James Mattone
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1/24/18
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The Wantagh School District has announced that all classes and after school activities are canceled for Friday, Jan. 5.
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1/4/18
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Wantagh Superintendent John McNamara and Dr. Marc Ferris, the assistant superintendent for instruction, played icebreaker games with a dozen new teachers at an orientation program on Aug. 28. After …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/11/17
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Residents passed the 2017-18 budgets for the Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown school districts on May 16, in addition to supporting a slew of ballot propositions and board of education …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/17/17
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John McNamara taught social studies for more than a decade in classrooms across Long Island before he became an administrator. Wantagh’s assistant superintendent for instruction said that he …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/21/17
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After five police officers were killed in Dallas and three more cops were fatally shot in Baton Rogue, La., in July 2016, members of the Wantagh High School class of 2017 decided to show their …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/7/17
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Brendan and Kieran McKenna have been quite busy lately. The 13-year-old twins from Wantagh finished up their community service projects, in the hopes of becoming Eagle Scouts in the coming months.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/14/16
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Voters in the Wantagh School District will have a difficult decision to make when they head to the polls next Tuesday. This year’s Board of Education ballot features three candidates for two seats, and all have board experience.
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5/11/16
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Three candidates are running for two seats on the Wantagh Board of Education. Incumbents Kera McLoughlin and Peter Mountanos are running as a team. They were both elected in 2013. Jean Quinn, a former school board trustee, is looking to regain a position she held for six years.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/5/16
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