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Friday, August 10, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 32
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Manhasset schools ranked 58th in U.S.
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Herricks named 34th in country, Port Washington earned 186th BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Five area school districts were ranked among the top 100 nationwide, according to the ranking website Niche, and at least seven were among the top 100 in the state. Making the top 100 nationwide were Great Neck, Roslyn, Herricks, East Williston and Manhasset. Niche, which measures the overall academics, safety, college readiness, teacher-student ratio, extracurricular activities and diversity of more than 10,000 school districts, gave nearly every school district on the North Shore an overall grade of “A” or higher. The Great Neck school district was ranked seventh in the nation and second in the state. It has a 94 percent graduation rate, 1360 average SAT score, and a studentteacher ratio of 11 to 1, according to Niche.
John Powell, the assistant superintendent for business, said the ranking was likely linked to just how many students graduate, where they go professionally and the “solid education” students get. “I do know that taxes are high and the cost of living on Long Island is costly. However, I think if you measure what you get out of it versus what you give into it, I feel the residents are getting a good deal here educationally,” Powell said. “We continually graduate and prepare young people to be a success after they leave their school.” Powell added that it is a “team effort between the parents and the school district.” Roslyn was ranked 33rd in the nation and sixth in the state. According to Niche, the district has a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1, an average graduation rate of 98 percent and a 1340 average SAT school. Continued on Page 66
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock hosted the 13th annual Summer Outdoor Concert with a full orchestra under a tent on the 100-acre property’s great lawn.
Nassau libraries add new emergency system BY LU K E TORRANCE
On Friday, County Executive Laura Curran and Nassau County Police Department Nassau County libraries Commissioner Patrick Ryder will soon be able to summon announced the installation of the police with the push of a the RAVE Panic Button system at 54 libraries around Nassau. button.
“Too often we see the headlines of active shooter events,” Curran said during a news conference in Uniondale. “The RAVE App is critical in response to active shooter situations and Continued on Page 77
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