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Friday, September 1, 2023

Vol. 83, No. 34

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Board looks at costs, benefits of second HS

NEW SCHOOL BOARD

BY RIKKI MASSAND

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on July 5, during which the president and vice president for the 2023–2024 school year were sworn in along with two returning board members. Debbie Bernstein was nominated to serve as president of the board for the 2023–2024 school year and Seth Greenberg was nominated as vice president. Additionally, President Bernstein and Trustee Ginger Lieberman were sworn in after winning reelection.

Beach season extended

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that the Town will help residents hold on to summer a little while longer by extended hours at TOBAY Beach for two additional weekends after Labor Day – Saturday & Sunday, September 9 and 10, as well as the 16th and 17th. TOBAY will stay open

free of charge those two extra weekends with lifeguards on duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “To help our residents enjoy their summers a little longer we will once again be extending summer fun at TOBAY, free of charge, for two additional weekends this year,” said Town Super-

visor Joseph Saladino. “We invite all our residents and their families to come out and enjoy this beautiful facility, take in some nice weather and savor the last of the summer season.” Residents visiting TOBAY Beach on Sunday, September 10th, can See page 11

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The Syosset Central School District’s Board of Education recently reviewed the possibility of the district forming a second high school, as district enrollments are predicted to rise. At the Board’s meeting on Monday, August 28 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Rogers provided a presentation outlining factors involved and costs this option would mean for the school district. Ultimately, research into the idea put into perspective the challenges and cost that make having two high schools infeasible. Creating a second high school campus would impact Syosset CSD’s bus transportation, the two middle schools’ and the high

school athletics programs, and potentially even courses and levels currently offered in academic programs, the administration found. Dr. Rogers explained, “At the last board meeting I was asked about the pros and cons of having two high schools, so we did meet as an administrative team to sort through research behind smaller high schools. We looked closely at our own academic program as we bundled our review and thoughts into some categories. Clearly we care about the academics the most, and we also care about the athletics programs, the activities students have and the costs of any initiative we would do.” Challenges only begin with the See page 11

Six day plan for Syosset elementary schedules BY RIKKI MASSAND As the Syosset Central School District prepares for the new academic year, a little over a week before classes start Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Rogers updated the Board of Education on initiatives for the 2023-2024 year involving a shift in the scheduling of elementary school days to a six-day rotation. The six-day rotation is in place for many other school districts and the

Syosset CSD administration reviewed how the new schedule carries a number of benefits. Dr. Rogers told the board how more structured time for specials and intervention with students and any therapies (PT, OT or others) would be created. Adding calendar time for schoolwide enrichment in Syosset elementary schools would also be a benefit the district wants to achieve with the six-day rotation. For another examSee page 10

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