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Local leaders reject plan for regionalization

A good time at Galapalooza Emily Howard of Glen Cove taught attendees at the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce’s Galapalooza how to dance the mambo. Story, more photos, Page 10.

said. “We join our local communities in opposing any effort to force regionalization and fight Nassau County Executive to preserve local control.” Blakeman emphasized MarBruce Blakeman, local elected officials, superintendents, and tins’ points, saying this was an school board members gath- attack on suburban school disered inside the Nassau County tricts, and that they will continExecutive Building ue to fight to keep o n N o v. 2 1 , t o power in the hands oppose the recent of the districts. N e w Yo rk S t a t e “Isn’t it interestDepartment of Eduing that cities such cation Regionalizaas Yonkers, Buffalo, tion Plan. Syracuse, RochesThe regionalizater and New York tion plan, introCity are all excludduced as an emered from there gency rule on Sept. plan,” Blakeman 25, mandates school added. “This is just districts to pool another attack on resources, prot h e s u b u r b s by grams, and servicstate government, es, which critics say which is completeis threatening indely controlled by pendence to local left-wing politidistricts. State Sen- JACK MARTINS cians, and we will ator Jack Martins, New York State not stand by and let one of the main Senator from District 7 the Department of opponents of the Education gut our bill, talked about fighting to school districts.” preserve local control. Many opponents of the plan “Long Island Schools are are questioning the decision to regularly ranked among the declare it an emergency. State very best in New York State. Senator Steve Rhoads called it a That fact is in large part to our rushed regionalization plan local control and educational adding that the language of the structure, which prioritizes our CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 students’ success,” Martins

By BRIAN NORMAN

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North Shore School District trustee Rich Galati resigns on Nov. 21 By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com

Richard Galati, who dedicated 40 years to the North Shore School District as a teacher, advisor, department head, and board member, announced his resignation as a trustee effective immediately. Galati, a member of the board of education since 2017, resigned at the Nov. 21 Board of Education meeting due to personal reasons. Andrea Macari, board president, read his letter of resignation aloud during the meeting and shared the impact he had on the board. “I feel that my time as a trustee needs to come

to an end at this point, it has been a true honor and privilege to serve the students and families of this community,” Macari read to the board. “We would like to thank Richard for his service, some of you may not know this, but he was actually my professor, and he is the reason why I moved back to the North Shore, so thank you Rich for your service.” Prior to becoming a board member, Galati was a science professor at the North Shore High School. He taught different science classes and lead many clubs and extracurricular activities for students to participate in. “I taught physics and chemistry at all differCONTINUED ON PAGE 4

e join our local communities in opposing any effort to force regionalization and fight to preserve local control.