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The West Hempstead Board of Education hosted a joint meeting with Island Park’s Board of Education on June 12 to discuss the renewal of the contract between both school districts. Island Park … more

By Chris Engelhardt | 6/19/12

A threat to our schools — and my property

There is little doubt that my wife and I overpaid for our home. When we were looking for a house to buy a decade ago, we had one search criterion in mind –– the schools had to be excellent. Period. more

6/7/12

The NCLB was passed in 2001 with the intention of increasing student performacne. the state will now have more flexibility to close achievement gaps and set its own goals.

New York earns No Child Left Behind waiver

Last week, the federal government granted New York a waiver to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act that will allow it to set new standards for students and not be held to the 2014 deadline of … more

By Alex Costello | 6/6/12

Karen Brohm, front, left, was sworn in as a trustee at the West Hempstead Middle School gymnasium on May 15 by District Clerk Kathryn Girolamo, front, right. Board of Education Trustee Pamela Lotito, back, left, Board President Walter Ejnes, Trustee Carole Rilling, Superintendent John Hogan and Board Vice President James Mariano, looked on.

West Hempstead budget approved; Rilling, Mariano, Brohm win

West Hempstead residents voted in favor of the district's $55.2 million 2012-13 school budget by a wide margin - 1,027 'yes' votes to 650 'no' votes - on Tuesday. The plan is an increase of more than … more

5/16/12

The West Hempstead Board of Education is forming a Space Utilization Committee to generate ideas on how the school district can use empty space at the Eagle Avenue School, which Nassau BOCES will be vacating in June 2013.

New West Hempstead committee in the works

The West Hempstead Board of Education is forming a Space Utilization Committee to garner public input on how the school district can use empty space at the Chestnut Street School — formerly home to … more

Chris Engelhardt | 5/8/12

Brohm defending BOE seat; two vie for Hoffman’s seat

Four candidates are running for three seats on the West Hempstead school board, but only one seat is contested. more

5/5/12

William Signorile, Carole Rilling, Dennis Walsh, Perry Fogg, Karen Brohm and James Mariano are this year’s candidates running for seats on the West Hempstead Board of Education.

West Hempstead board candidates field questions

The Herald recently caught up with this year’s candidates running for seats on the West Hempstead Board of Education. Three seats are up for election in West Hempstead, and two incumbents, Carole … more

Chris Engelhardt | 5/1/12

Get involved in your school election now

Last June, Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature enacted a 2 percent property-tax-levy cap, limiting the increase in property taxes that a school district can collect to meet expenses — and limiting its ability to add programming to improve student performance. more

4/26/12

Members of the West Hempstead Board of Education approved the $55.2 million 2012-13 spending plan last week.

West Hempstead school district OKs 2012-13 budget

The West Hempstead Board of Education adopted a $55.2 million 2012-13 draft spending plan last week — an increase of more than $700,000, or 1.46 percent, over the current budget. The tax levy … more

Chris Engelhardt | 4/25/12

Will the budget ax fall on kids' creativity?

I love that Apple Chairman Steve Jobs said that one of the most important classes he took at Reed College in Oregon, from which he dropped out in 1972, was calligraphy. more

3/29/12

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