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Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China
May 12, 2012
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April 26, 2012
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April 23, 2012
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April 18, 2012
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Editorial: Just hold it?
May 17, 2012
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May 12, 2012
Education
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State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges
The state Senate passed legislation Wednesday aimed to decrease hazing, underage drinking and drug use at colleges and universities. Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), the bill’s sponsor, said in a press release that colleges would be required to adopt rules prohibiting those activities and to establish penalties that strengthen existing laws....
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Island voters overwhelmingly approve school budget, give newcomer to board most votes
Shelter Island voters approved the School Board's proposed $9.7-million budget for the coming school year, with 247 voting for it or 84.3 percent of the votes cast, and 46 against. Marilynn Pysher won the most votes for three open seats on the board with 228. Incumbents Stephen Gessner, the board president,...
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Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China
This interview is the second in a series about the Shelter Island School’s two international exchange students. Elaine Liu is a 16-year-old junior in high school. She arrived from China last August as an exchange student through Academic Year in America (AYA), one of the largest exchange programs, based in...
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Gym chairs still out of reach, Colligan halfway to fundraising goal
In his month-old campaign to raise close to $4,000 to pay for new folding chairs for the Shelter Island School gym and two storage racks for them, volunteer assistant basketball coach Jim Colligan is almost halfway to his goal. The chairs didn’t make the proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year...
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Only 2 show up for hearing on 2012-13 school budget plan
Shelter Island voters will be voting to approve or reject a $9.7 million budget proposal for the 2012-13 school year when they go to the polls on Tuesday, May 15. They also will vote to fill three seats on the School Board for which three candidates are running: incumbents Stephen...
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Three running for three seats on Shelter Island School Board
Barring a write-in surprise, all three candidates for three seats on the Board of Education will win when Islanders cast their ballots May 15. The only question is which two will fill full three-year terms and which one will fill out the unexpired term of Kim Reilly, who resigned from...
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School Board officially adopts budget
The Shelter Island Board of Education has adopted a $9.7 million budget proposal that would increase the district’s tax levy by 1.9 percent, just slightly less than it had anticipated. The action came at a budget meeting April 18 with Superintendent Michael Hynes announcing that, thanks to an increase in...
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3 seeking 3 seats on School Board
Unless there are write-in candidates on May 15, all three candidates seeking seats on Shelter Island’s School Board will be elected. At issue is only the question of which one will fill the unexpired term of Kim Reilly, who resigned last October, and who will be elected to full three-year terms. As...
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Two incumbents among 3 seeking to fill 3 open seats on School Board
Unless there are write-in candidates on May 15, all three candidates seeking seats on Shelter Island’s Board of Education will be elected. At issue is only the question of which one will fill the unexpired term of Kathleen Reilly, who resigned last October, and which will be elected to full three-year...
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Shelter Island School gets bump in state aid
The Shelter Island School will receive more money in state aid this year than it would have from Governor Cuomo's proposed budget, according to revised school aid figures in the state budget passed last week. Shelter Island will receive $464,207 in state aid for the 2012-13 school year, an 8.93 percent...
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Science grant puts Island students on cutting edge
Shelter Island science students are the ultimate benefactors of a grant secured by teacher Daniel Williams that will enable them to work with some sophisticated equipment in their classroom and participate in a special Brookhaven National Laboratory program. The $10,000 Toyota Tapestry grant and the BNL opportunities are somewhat symbiotic, Mr....
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Shelter Island School budget will not pierce state tax cap
Shelter Island’s 2012-13 budget will not pierce the state’s 2 percent tax cap if the Board of Education adopts the superintendent’s proposed spending plan without any further changes, school officials announced at its final budget workshop Monday night. The $9.7 million proposal, which is expected to be adopted April 18, includes...
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Interested in running for school board? You have until April 16
Two school board seats are set to expire this year on Shelter Island and those interested in running must file petitions with the district clerk by April 16. Interested candidates need to secure at least 25 valid signatures in order to have their names placed on the ballot. Board president Stephen...
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New alternative school will hold classes at East End Arts facility
The North Fork moms who are organizing the alternative Peconic Community School have signed a one-year lease with East End Arts in downtown Riverhead to hold their first year’s classes in EEA’s Community School of the Arts. The school plans to offer a multi-age class this fall for kindergarten through third-grade...
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Moveable Museum of Natural History rolls to the North Fork
Local students won't have to travel to New York City to see exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History, thanks to a new mobile exhibit that will soon be touring schools throughout Suffolk County. The "Moveable Museum," a 37-foot long Winnebago retrofitted as a 250-square-foot exhibition space, was donated to...
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School Board: Parents question combining early grades
Plans to combine kindergarten and first grade in a single classroom and to give third and fourth graders a taste of the middle school concept drew concerns from parents at Monday night’s School Board meeting. But they appeared more relaxed with the ideas after hearing from Superintendent Michael Hynes. While kindergartners...
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School budget would beat spending cap
Baring further changes, Shelter Island voters will be asked to approve a budget in May that would raise spending by just 1.02 percent and result in a 1.96-percent increase in the tax levy, just below the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap. Superintendent Michael Hynes announced the bottom line figures of his...
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After two school budget workshops, no clear answers yet
The Shelter Island Board of Education is looking at proposed budget figures that would result in no cutbacks in teaching staff or educational programs and stay within the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap. But district officials are playing it close to the vest, releasing only partial numbers after two of...
