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A suit alleges that children bullied a fellow student at BOCES’s Eagle Avenue Middle School in West Hempstead and staff members did nothing to protect him.
Mother sues BOCES for son's bullying
Just weeks after the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services made headlines for announcing plans to vacate the West Hempstead building where it has operated a middle school for nearly … more
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Although the focus of the SOS Network’s programs was to raise awareness, educate and inform the community about the state of the school district, it was also a way to celebrate Black History Month and honor those in Lakeview itself who fought to bring about change.
Lakeview learns about the struggle of integration
By Lee Landorllandor@liherald.comIt’s time to raise awareness about the state of integration in the Malverne school district, according to Sherwyn Besson, a part-time teacher at Malverne High … more
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Tommy Genova of Elmont participated in the Nassau County singles tournament on Feb. 11, and will advance to the state tournament on March 4.
Local bowlers roll into state tourney
Twelve local bowlers are set to compete at the state bowling competition in Elmira, scheduled for March 4, following the Nassau County High School Singles Tournament, hosted by Garden City Bowl on Feb. 11. more
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BOCES recently told West Hemsptead school district officials that it will vacate the Eagle Avenue building next summer, taking about $500,000 in revenue with it.
BOCES to vacate W.H. building in 2013
Declining enrollment is forcing Nassau BOCES to terminate its lease with the West Hempstead school district, and as of June 2013 it will vacate the Eagle Avenue building it has occupied and used as a … more
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The nonprofit food-recovery organization Rock and Wrap It Up! is partnering with the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin to bring leftovers to the hungry. Above, from left, were Butch Yamali, owner of the Sands and the Coral House, Saul Lerner, a Rock and Wrap It Up! board member, and Syd Mandelbaum, the organization’s founder and executive director.
South Shore caterer joins Rock and Wrap It Up!
Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s athletic director, learned recently that Butch Yamali, a Merrick Board of Education trustee and restaurateur, bought the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin. Therein, Lerner saw an opportunity to help feed the poor. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg hosted a panel discussion on the college athletic recruitment process on Thursday. Above, the panel included, from left, Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University; Danny Longo, head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Molloy College; Susan Cassidy-Lyke, the Molloy athletic director; Craig Papach, athletic coordinator at Kennedy High School; and Rod Stephan, head baseball coach at SUNY Old Westbury.
L.I. college coaches offer words of wisdom on getting recruited
To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead. more
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We Long Islanders must all do our part
On Jan. 17, in front of New York’s policymakers, Governor Cuomo announced his 2012-13 budget. The governor used the speech to apply pressure to our state’s unions, interest groups and school districts by defiantly stating, take what we’re offering or make due without state funding. more
Get ready — here comes Cuomo's tax cap
The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12. more
Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.
Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic
They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more
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