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Remembering the victims of Oct. 7 attacks Hamas. Mindel criticized narratives equating Israel’s military Two years after Hamas-led response with genocide, argumilitants launched a deadly ing that the civilian-to-combatassault on Israel, killing 1,200 ant casualty ratio in Gaza was people and abducting about 250 “one to one,” and not a higher more, hundreds gathered Sun- ratio typical in urban warfare. day at the Holocaust Memorial He also pointed to humanitariand Tolerance Center of Nas- an aid efforts in Gaza, and sau County, in Glen Cove, to rejected claims of widespread remember the victims, support starvation. the hostages’ families and con“We will never be the people f r o n t t h e r e s u rwe are always gence of antisemiaccused to be,” he tism worldwide. s a i d . “ We w i l l T he ceremony, honor those we hosted with the Sid have lost, and we Jacobson JCC, of will never let it hapEast Hills , drew pen again.” BAlI lERNER about 200 people to For 94-year-old Executive director, the museum’s audiHolocaust survivor torium, and fea- Holocaust Memorial Rosalie Simon, the tured remarks from and Tolerance Center anniversary highsurvivors of the lighted the ongoing Oct. 7 attacks, eyerelevance of Israel witnesses, public officials and as a refuge for Jews. She told community leaders. the crowd that antisemitism HMTC board Chair Alan “still exists, not only in the Mindel opened the event by pages of history, but currently invoking a painful reality: the in all parts of the world,” and promise of “never again” — a said that if Israel had existed phrase born from the Holocaust during the 1930s and ’40s, count— was broken on Oct. 7. “More less lives would have been Jews were murdered in a single saved. day than at any time since the The personal impact of the Shoah,” Mindel said, describ- attacks was brought into sharp ing the killings, kidnappings focus by 18-year-old Aviv Lapid, and atrocities carried out by
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Jean Buckel-Betzios, North Shore School District health coordinator, has been a nurse since 1982 and with the North Shore School District for 22 years. She splits her time between North Shore middle school and high school.
Under the hood: North Shore nurses who keep their students healthy By lUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
School districts, like cars, are robust machines that operate with several moving parts working together to ensure a smooth trip. The North Shore Central School District serves around 2,500 students across five schools: Glen Head, Glenwood Landing and Sea Cliff Elementary School, North Shore Middle School, and North Shore High School. Similar to automobiles, there is a lot that goes under the hood in the district that allows for consistent daily operation. District residents voted to approve the proposed 2025-26 budget in May. The $125 million spending plan passed with over 70
percent of the vote, by a count of 1,657 to 697 and is 2.4 percent larger than the current budget. The budget includes a tax increase of 2.9 percent, which is below the district’s cap. Increasing costs in the upcoming year mostly comprise employee benefits, rising salaries and the implementation of a new curriculum. District Superintendent Chris Zublionis said that the budget reflects the district’s core values while managing the challenges of fiscal uncertainty during its passage and after its final vote. According to the state Department of Education, the district spends $44,712 per child. Over the next several weeks the Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald will explore several CoNtiNueD oN page xx
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