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Student Senate voices security concerns
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Manhasset ed board rep said more therapy options needed in schools BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I A Manhasset student on Wednesday relayed her and other students’ concerns about the lack of therapeutic support for students and potential security problems in the district in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Board of Education student representative Danielle Rallis said during a board meeting that the Manhasset Student Senate made a list of three student concerns: points of accessibility to the school, the need for an armed resource officer and the need to have guidance counselors or therapists available to students throughout the day. Rallis, a senior, said at the Manhasset Secondary School, which encompasses both the middle and high schools, there are too many different points of entry into the school — some that are
watched by school officials and some that are not. “There are a lot of doors that students have access to but also parents, any visitors and contractors,” Rallis said. “We have places where people can buzz in, but there’s no person to see who was just buzzed in. We have cameras, but I don’t know if they are watched all day or if we only look at them when something happens.” Rallis also said Student Senate members voiced the desire for the administration to consider hiring a resource officer for the school, ideally a former police officer who is licensed to carry a firearm on campus in case of a school shooter. The greatest concern, Rallis said, is to provide access to a guidance counselor or therapist for students to discuss problems at home, at school or with friends or just to talk through an emoContinued on Page 66
PHOTO COURTESY OF MANHASSET≠L AKEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Manhasset≠ Lakeville Fire Department Companies No. 2, 3 and 4 extinguished a fully involved car fire on Shelter Rock Road early Thursday morning.
Dí Urso hits Curran on St. Maryí s planned tower fees BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
lights from Nassau County after years of being able to use them for free, according to state AsSt. Mary’s High School in semblyman Anthony D’Urso D’Urso said in an interview Manhasset may be subject to “many, many thousands of dol- Friday that the county plans lars” worth of fees to rent tower on charging $256 per tower
per night, with a $340 delivery charge for the lights. This could work out to around $3,400 per night, he said — and be something that would affect the entire school. Continued on Page 66
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