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Vol. 99, No. 18
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D’ESPOSITO CONDEMNS PROTESTS
BLANK SLATE WINS 8 AWARDS
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South, North Highs ranked in LI’s top 10
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G.N. schools placed at 206 and 399 nationally by U.S. New & World Report The U.S. News & World Report on the 2024 best U.S. high schools has been released with several high schools in Nassau County proudly boasting impressive rankings. Schools are ranked based on student performance on standardized tests, graduation rates and college readiness. Among the top 50 performing schools, Manhasset Secondary High School scored as the second-best school on Long Island, placing No. 32 in the New York metro area and No. 23 in New York State. The school also ranked No. 111 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 177 in the national rankings, earning an overall score of 99/100. It also received an award badge, which recognizes schools for their “educational excellence,” U.S. News said on its website. Jericho High School came in as the No. 1 school on Long Island. The school was ranked No. 11 in New York State, No. 20 in the New York Metro area and No. 114 nationally. The school was awarded a badge and an overall score of 99.35. Garden City High School also chalked up an impressive feat, coming
in at No. 2 on Long Island, placing No. 31 in the NY Metro Area, No. 22 in New York State and No. 176 nationwide. It was also awarded a badge, scoring 99/100 overall. The following schools placed within the top 50 in the NY Metro Area and NY State, receiving an award badge: Great Neck South High School, Great Neck North High School, The Wheatley School and Herricks High School. North Shore High School, Roslyn High School and Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School ranked within the top 100 for the metro area and statewide rankings, while Floral Park Memorial High School and Mineola High School ranked within the top 300, all of them earning an award badge as well. Great Neck South ranked No. 4 on Long Island, No. 36 in the NY Metro Area, No. 26 in New York State. Its other rankings include placing No. 187 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 206 in the national rankings, as well as an overall score of 98.83/100. Great Neck North ranked No. 9 on Long, No. 66 in the NY Metro Area, No. 51 in the state, No. 141 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 399 nationally, with an overall score of 97.74/100. Continued on Page 56
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Parkville Elementary School students got their hands dirty and planted a plethora of flowers for Earth Day.
Dems call special sheriff program ‘flagrantly illegal’ BY C A M E RY N O A K ES All seven Nassau County Democrat legislators called the county’s new emergency special deputy sheriff program “misguided” and
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zens and train said citizens for the purpose of maintaining a cohort of individuals to serve as emergency special deputies,” the letter to Blakeman states. Continued on Page 57
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