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New plans for Hewlett High science rooms Jr.; Hewlett High Principal Alexandra Greenberg; Science Department Chair Brian New plans for the botched Terry; Kim Parahus, director Hewlett High School science of school facilities and operaclassroom renovations were tions; and Joe Grillo, of JAG unveiled at a Board of Educa- Architects, at the September tion work meeting in Wood- meeting. “We’re not talking mere on Oct. 9. about personnel, and we’re not The board, here to point finadministration gers. We want to members and f i x wh at we c a n school architect a n d h av e t h e s e had gathered for a great, state-of-thespecial meeting in art science rooms e a rly S e p t e m b e r, that the communia f t e r l at e - Au g u s t ty and the board walk-throughs of thought that you completed renovawere promoting.” tions revealed surGrillo, who took prising and disapresponsibility for p o i n t i n g re s u l t s. misleading renderBoard trustees saw ings presented in wooden, stationary Au g u s t 2 0 2 2 — l ab t abl e s — t o o which included larg e for an adestate-of-the-art quate number to fit RALPH MARINO JR. technolog y and a in a classroom — Hewlett-Woodmere futuristic design, and no advanced Superintendent with large interactechnolog y, a pict ive fl at - s c re e n ture very different m o n i t o r s, m e t a l , from what they envisioned collaborative lab tables and when the plan was presented, mobile options for classroom several trustees said. resources — shared the pro“The object of this is to see posed solutions for each classhow we can get to where we room in a slide show at last want to get,” board President week’s meeting. Debra Sheinin told district Ten classrooms in the high Superintendent Ralph Marino
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Courtesy Benjamin Halimi
Hewlett High School seniors Benjamin Halimi, far left, Dylan Butler, Ariel River, Lucas Kim and Ibrahim Qazi co-founded the Youth Outreach Program to help raise awareness of community issues.
With eyes on issues, five teens start Youth Outreach program By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Five Hewlett High School seniors recently co-founded the Youth Outreach Program, an organization whose aim is to focus on issues that are important to young people in communities in Nassau County and beyond. Co-founders Dylan Butler, Benjamin Halimi, Lucas Kim, Ibrahim Qazi and Ariel River have been close friends for years. They launched the initiative in August, and started to make a difference in Hewlett right away, they said. “One of the main reasons we founded this was because recently, in our school, a beloved teacher was unjustly removed from
his position, and we, the students, didn’t have a say or ability to change this,” Qazi said. “I also saw how many students got together to thank him and try to fight this situation. It felt like, with the right awareness and organization, our small student body could come together for the right cause.” Qazi and his friends realized that there are many local issues impacting young people that deserve more attention. “Our goal is to make a meaningful impact by reaching as many young people as possible,” Butler said. “This means recruiting volunteers to get involved in numerous events, and encouraging writers to share CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
e wanted to make sure we had the 10 rooms the way the board is OK with, and then we can do more accurate pricing.
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