________________ OYSTER BAY _______________
HERALD The circus comes to Bayville
Honoring Hispanic leaders
Page 3
Page 10
Vol. 128 No. 6
FEBRUARY 6 - 12, 2026
Burdened by High Taxes?
Trust Us to Lighten Your Load!
DEADLINE MARCH 2ND
THE LEADER IN PROP ERTY TAX REDUCT ION
Apply online at mptrg.com/heraldn ote or call 516.715.1266 Maidenbaum Property
$1.00
Hablamos Español
Tax Reduction Grou
p, LLC
The focus is on literacy in district schools focused on strengthening students’ word recognition and their language comprehension. “We work continually to Devra Small, principal of Theodore Roosevelt Elementa- ensure that our instruction is r y S ch o o l , a n d A n a s t a s i a aligned with the research into Smith, principal of James H. best instructional practices,” she said. “Today Ve r n o n S c h o o l , we’re going to highpresented an overlight some of the view of instrucwork we’re doing in tional prog rams, building language student achievecomprehension.” ment and facilities The district has improvements to partnered with the the Oyster BayLiteracy Matters East Norwich CenFoundation, a wing tral School District of the Children’s Board of EducaLiteracy Project tion on Tuesday, nonprofit, to highlighting disdesign literacy curtrictwide efforts to riculum that builds align teaching with background knowlresearch-based best edge and vocabupractices. lary while integratT he presenta i n g g r a m m a r, tion focused on lit- DEVRA SmAll mechanics, science eracy, math, sci- Principal, and social studies ence, social studies Theodore Roosevelt content. The units and social-emotion- Elementary School were implemented al learning in the last year in kindert wo e l e m e n t a r y schools, as well as on recent garten and first grade, and are investments in instructional expanding this year into second and third grades. space and technology. Project-based lear ning is Small opened by thanking district leadership and the embedded in each unit, Smith board for ongoing support, and said, in kee ping with the explained how the schools have Continued on page 7
By WIll SHEElINE
wsheeline@liherald.com
W
Roksana amid/Herald
Maureen tracy, of glen Cove, made clear her feelings about iCe’s activities.
Suozzi backtracks on funding for ICE following public backlash By RoKSANA AmID & WIll SHEElINE of the Oyster Bay Herald
More than 50 current and former constituents gathered outside the Glen Cove office of Rep. Tom Suozzi on Monday, demanding the immediate cessation of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement after Suozzi, along with six other Democrats, crossed party lines to support a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that included major financial backing for the agency. “I was angry, because we had called his office many, many times asking him to vote no,” said Marsha Wiseltiar, of Glen Head,
who joined the protest with other residents. “We don’t want to see our citizens hurt and killed and taken and handled by a bunch of thugs, and this is how you send that message.” Maureen Tracy, a retired teacher who lives in Glen Cove, said Suozzi’s vote felt like a betrayal after she had supported his campaigns for years. “My grandparents were immigrants from Ireland, and they were not treated the way immigrants are being treated here today,” Tracy said. “When I heard about Tom Suozzi’s vote, I was furious. We did door-todoor for him. We supported him 100 percent. Continued on page 6
e work continually to ensure that our instruction is aligned with the research into best instructional practices.