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The Mercer Island School District and school teams have recently revisited expectations for student behavior to address student safety.

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A small portion of Northerly Island, the former site of Meigs Field airport, could soon become a scenic venue for concerts, weddings and even high school graduations, under a plan to be considered Wednesday by the Chicago Park District.

Initially comprised of the members of the Southeastern Conference schools, this district is represented by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

The state Education Department said it would not take control of Hempstead School District on Long Island, which has been troubled for decades by abysmal graduation rates, crumbling school buildings, violence and corruSchool District on Long Island, which has been troubled for decades by abysmal graduation rates, crumbling school buildings, violence and corruschool buildings, violence and corruption.

Miller Place is the first Long Island district to publicly acknowledge the posting of armed security personnel since the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and teachers but other local systems are moving in that direction.

«I haven't seen anything like this,» said Hoffmann, who said he's conducted municipal audits for other Long Island towns and school districts.

School districts that have verbally agreed to a partnership with the Department of Social Services include Akron; Alden; Amherst; Cheektowaga; Cheektowaga - Maryvale Union Free; Cheektowaga - Sloan Union Free; Clarence; Cleveland Hill Union Free; Depew Union Free; East Aurora Union Free; Eden; Evans - Brant; Frontier; Grand Island; Hamburg; Holland; Iroquois; Kenmore - Tonawanda Union Free; Lackawanna City schools; Lancaster; North Collins; Orchard Park; Randolph Academy; Springville - Griffith Institute; Sweet Home; Tonawanda City schools; West Seneca; and the Williamsville Central School District.

On Sunday, a top Cuomo aide cited a Newsday report as evidence that most Long Island school districts used union - endorsed scoring to «skew» results and «ensure that their teachers are rated only «effective» and «highly effective.»»

Another noteworthy development: The Long Island senators are now saying a tax cap is unlikely not only in this budget, but in this entire session due to the lack of mandate relief to soften the blow for school districts and local governments.

Even though it's four lawmakers, the letter is reminder of the power of the so - called «Long Island Nine» a voting bloc of Republican senators from Long Island who often push for education aid and assistance to the school districts of Suffolk and Nassau counties.

The GOP redirected that money to upstate and Long Island schools districts.

Generally speaking, the Assembly's proposal, which allows for the cap to be overridden by a 60 percent majority of a local school district and is directed particularly at areas with crushing property taxes like Long Island and Westchester County, is similar to that of the Governor, who said today that he applauded their efforts.

The tiny Tuckahoe school district failed Tuesday in its second attempt to override its tax cap and will be forced to freeze taxes as a result — the first Long Island district to experience such consequences under New York State's strict cap law.

The tiny Tuckahoe school district failed in its second attempt to override its tax cap and will be forced to freeze taxes as a result — the first Long Island district to experience such consequences under New York State's strict cap law.

In response to Cuomo's push for a property tax cap, a Long Island school district has proposed cutting teachers and hiking taxes.

«My campaign has always been about achieving tax relief for overburdened Long Island families, fair funding for struggling school districts, and real ethics reforms to restore public faith in government.»

Lead exceeding district standards was found in 12 water fountains in six buildings throughout the Northport - East Northport school district on Long Island earlier this month, officials said, and those water fountains have been shut down.

About 20 percent of the Long Island school districts that said they tested for lead in water at their schools reported finding the metal at levels that caused them to shut down fountains and replace fixtures, according to a Newsday / News 12 Long Island survey.

The Southampton and Tuckahoe school districts on Long Island will once again attempt to merge after voters wary of tax hikes rejected the idea last year.

If all the gambling revenues went to education, why are our Upstate and Long Island school districts supported by property taxes?

Long Island school districts lack a reliable funding stream for public pre-K and serve less than one - third of an estimated 28,000 eligible 4 - year - old children, even as support grows for a universal program available to all children.

Eastport - South Manor school officials, whose district is among four on Long Island identified by the state comptroller as fiscally stressed, have begun notifying residents that belt - tightening measures — including staff and program cuts — may lie ahead.

More than 71,000 elementary and middle school students refused to take the state Common Core math test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.

More than half of Long Island students eligible to take the state Common Core test in English Language Arts refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.

Supporters maintain the new plant would make Long Island's energy supply more reliable for ratepayers, while also creating hundreds of jobs, and generating significant tax revenue for local schools, police and fire districts, and other community services.

Several JCCs and schools were targeted for the unsubstantiated threats, this time on Staten Island and in Stewart - Cousins's district, New Rochelle and Tarrytown.

The Westbury school district on Long Island has agreed to guarantee immigrant students» constitutional right to an education by entering a settlement with the state attorney general's office that puts in place monitoring and reporting requirements until 2019.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

With Republicans in charge of Albany things like the MTA payroll tax were kept at bay and resources like state school aide disproportionately stayed in wealthy districts, including many on Long Island.

Timbs acknowledges that there are some poor school districts on Long Island that need the extra money, and that Island residents have a higher cost of living and pay high property taxes.

West Genesee doesn't have the extras that wealthier Downstate districts enjoy, such as Long Island's Syosset schools, where kindergartners learn Russian and high schoolers can be trained by Metropolitan Opera coaches.

This is a big benefit to suburban and rural school districts - especially those on Long Island.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, said the additional school aid would flow through both the foundation aid formula — which favors urban districts — and to alleviate the gap elimination adjustment, which would benefit wealthier, suburban districts.

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

Eastport - South Manor school officials, whose district is among four on Long Island identified by the state comptroller Thursday as fiscally stressed, have begun notifying residents that belt - tightening measures — including staff and program cuts — may lie ahead.

Jan. 25: State Comptroller DiNapoli, in his annual report on schools» financial conditions, says the Hempstead and Wyandanch systems on the Island face the highest degree of fiscal stress encountered by any non-urban districts in the state.

State auditors have accused the Middle Country school district on Long Island of repeatedly overestimating costs of employee benefits and other expenses from July 2012 through November 2015, by amounts ranging from $ 16.2 million to $ 18.3 million each year.

Pension costs for teachers and other professional school staffers are expected to rise about 10 percent in the 2018 - 19 school year for districts on Long Island and statewide after three years of reductions, according to estimates by the New York State Teachers» Retirement System.

Three Long Island school districts — Levittown in Nassau County, and Montauk and South Huntington in Suffolk — should not have built up multimillion - dollar budget surpluses, state auditors said in separate reports released last week.

District Attorney DiFiore received her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law and her B.A. from C.W. Post College, Long Island University.

Pirozzolo, who lives on Staten Island and was president of the borough's community education council (largely parent advisory groups organized through a process run by the city Department of Education), said parents should be able to choose between district and charter schools, and that both have faults.

ALBANY — Homeowners on Long Island and upstate will get a property tax rebate check this year if they live in a municipality and school district that abides by the state's two - percent property tax cap, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

The charge of excess budgeting, which auditors have noted in reports on about 20 districts on the Island since January 2014, annoys many school administrators in Nassau and Suffolk counties, who say they must maintain financial cushions to preserve student programs and small class sizes in an era of fiscal uncertainty.

Mr. Gentile received applause from students as he entered and left the school, and argued constituents across the district — most of whom reside on Staten Island — to reject electing another Republican to succeed former Congressman Michael Grimm, who stepped down in January after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge.

The Senate and Assembly also want to wipe out this year the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which primarily reduced funding to suburban and rural school districts - especially districts on Long Island, where Flanagan is from.

Ninety - six percent of seniors received diplomas in the Voorheesville Central School District, but just 53 percent walked across the stage in Green Island and Albany at the culmination of the 2014 - 15 schoolSchool District, but just 53 percent walked across the stage in Green Island and Albany at the culmination of the 2014 - 15 schoolschool year.

Because some districts have limited space, if universal pre-K was offered on Long Island, it would have to be provided by a combination of school districts and community - based organizations, advocates said.

For Cuomo, triangulation includes supporting gay marriage, defending abortion and calling for the closing of a nuclear power plant, while pushing a property tax cap, blocking tax increases and making sure Long Island schools received greater shares of school aid in Republican districts.

Valley Stream School District 30's proposed tax levy increase of 13.71 percent is the second highest on Long Island, but schools officials said it's a «readjustment year» from the fallout over the Green Acres Mall and its tax breaks.