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Friday, July 31, 2020
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Northwell nurses aid Texas Houston gets help in COVID-19 fight BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nurses from Northwell Health have heeded Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for New York’s health care workers to provide aid to areas throughout the nation that are seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases. Last Monday, nurses Kristine Chan, Anjanette Rosario, Shiney Paul and Timothy Verhey from Northwell’s North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Lauren Ann Henry from Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park traveled to Houston, Texas, to extend a helping hand. “We came down here together as a team,” Paul said. “Back in New York, we were hit very hard by COVID-19 at the beginning. We felt it was our time to give back to the communities that are going through this now. It’s been an honor to work with Gov. Cuomo’s team and my co-workers.” Cuomo announced on June 16 that New York state had established two church testing Continued on Page 35
PHOTO BY ELLIOT WELD
Fred Brewington, of the LIAPA, stood on the steps of the county Legislature to ask for police accountabililty. See story on page 3.
Wide disparity in spending per student Herricks, Sewanhaka spend less on average than others on North Shore BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
Slate Media. The study analyzed the enNassau County school dis- rollment figures, demographtricts that allocate the most funds ics and budget expenditures for per student outspend districts the 56 public school districts in that provide the least amount by Nassau County. The study did more than $20,000, according to not take into account property a study of state statistics by Blank tax values, special education programs, adult education programs, English as new or secondary language programs, or other external factors aside from the overall budget and how many
students were enrolled in the district. The average annual spending per pupil based on approved budgets and enrollment figures from New York’s Department of Education website was $32,424 throughout the county. The average number of enrolled students in each district in the county was 3,510. The study examined approved 2019-20 budgets based on preliminary enrollment fig-
ures for 2018-19. The Island Park school district, with two schools and 743 students, budgeted the most spending per pupil, according to state figures. The district’s budget of $40.6 million results in spending of $54,656 per student. The Franklin Square school district had almost the same budget as Island Park, $40.16 million, but with three schools and 1,981 students, the district spent Continued on Page 34
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