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Vol. 23 No. 25
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JUNE 18 - 24, 2020
School election results Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget Total: $166 million Passed, 8,400 to 4,983 Proposition 2 — use of capital reserve funds Passed, 10,056 to 3,412 Bellmore School District budget Total: $36.9 million Passed, 1,475 to 864
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aftEr CroSSiNg tHE stage at last year’s graduation, then Kennedy Student Government President Jonathan Mashal shook hands with Trustee Gina Piskin. This year’s graduation ceremonies will be much smaller affairs.
Central District plans series of outdoor graduations
By JUStiN DyNia and ViCtoria CarUSo aseidman@liherald.com
The Bellmore-Mer rick Central High School District was forced to shut down schools and shift to remote learning in March, raising questions about how the final chapter of the class of 2020’s high school career would be celebrated. Recently, administrators announced that each high school would hold outdoor graduation ceremonies
on June 27 and 28. The district comprises three high schools: Sanford H. Calhoun, John F. Kennedy and Wellington C. Mepham. High school principals informed graduating seniors and their families about the plan via email on June 8, a day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that outdoor ceremonies of up to 150 people would be permitted in New York. “Although we recently announced our plans to hold a
walk-through graduation event, we feel that a slight adjustment is in order to provide our families with a more memorable commencement,” Kennedy Principal Gerard Owenburg wrote. Each high school will host six ceremonies on June 27 and 28, with roughly 50 students attending each. The ceremonies will be broken up alphabetically, based on students’ last names. Graduates will be permitContinued on page 3
Jay Breakstone Bellmore trustee
Bellmore School Board Incumbent Jay Breakstone was re-elected in an uncontested race. He received 1,821 votes. North Bellmore School District budget Total: $58 million Passed, 2,928 to 1,793 North Bellmore school board Christine Malloy was elected to her first three-year term with 2,394 votes. She was challenged by Peter Mayo, who received 1,545 votes.
Christine Malloy N. Bellmore trustee