The portable classrooms at the George Washington School are as good as new — better, even — and there’s little, if any, indication that they had been burned nearly to the ground …
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By Lee Landor
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6/16/11
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A week before the May 17 budget vote, the West Hempstead school board settled the long-stalled teachers' contract and renewed schools Superintendent John Hogan's contract for three years. While …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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5/13/11
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Moving up to the third round of MSG Varsity’s “The Challenge,” the West Hempstead High School academic team is crushing the competition. After successfully making their way through …
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By Victoria Centrella
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4/27/11
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As the West Hempstead community enters the final stretch of a challenging budget season, emotions are running high.
At the West Hempstead Board of Education’s third budget workshop on March …
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By Lee Landor
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4/6/11
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The West Hempstead Board of Education’s second budget workshop of the season, held on March 8, was punctuated by the crying, sniffling and distribution of tissues by students who attended to …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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3/16/11
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Throughout the last two budget seasons, the West Hempstead school district has excessed nearly 85 positions, including administrators, teachers, clerical staff and coaches. It altered its academic …
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By Lee Landor
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3/9/11
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The West Hempstead school district’s contentious facilities-use policy remains unresolved, even after a four-hour policy session during which people on both sides of the aisle aired their …
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By Lee Landor and Svenja van den Woldenberg
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2/16/11
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A bomb threat at West Hempstead Middle School earlier this month has left the district administration under some fire from parents and staff who are unhappy with the way the situation was …
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By Lee Landor
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1/26/11
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Island Park’s fourth class of students have just made their choice for which high school they will be attending next year — Long Beach or West Hempstead. And with more than 100 Island …
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By Alex Costello
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1/12/11
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The American Red Cross recently designated a local school as an evacuation shelter that caters to the cultural needs of the Jewish community.
West Hempstead High School is now a kosher disaster …
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By Lee Landor
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1/12/11
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