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Vol. 7, No. 18
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Roslyn school district median home: $1.04M Home values reflected in de facto school segregation on L.I.: experts BY T E R I W EST The Manhasset and Great Neck school districts, which both have nationally ranked high schools, had the two highest median home sale values in Nassau County last year, according to Multiple Listing Service statistics that Oxford Realty agents compiled. At $1.6 million, Manhasset school district’s median home sale value was the highest in Nassau County and was second Long Island-wide only to the Quogue school district in Suffolk County. Next in Nassau County were Great Neck at $1.2 million, East Williston at $1.15 million, Jericho at $1.05 million, Roslyn at $1.04 million and Port Washington at $982,634, according to the statistics listed on the new website NY Long Island real estate. Herricks, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, Floral Park-Bellerose and Mineola had median sales prices of $840,708, $653,724,
$612,727 and $592,271 respectively. The website did not include Sewanhaka. The perceived quality of a school district tends to be the most significant determinant in where Long Islanders choose to live, said Mitchell Pally, the CEO of the Long Island Builders Institute, which unites members of the building industry. “The home values go directly up and down depending upon the perception of the quality of the school district,” he said. “That’s why we have so many school districts, so that values can go up and down based on it.” Across the island, that plays out as de facto school segregation. “When there’s a lack of affordable housing throughout Long Island and you put it all in a few areas, those areas have poor services, and that’s about the schools,” said Lisa Tyson, director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, which Continued on Page 62
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Bryant Library Director Victor Caputo, left, holding a Lego Mindstorm robot in The B.R.A.I.N. and young adult librarian Adriana Zappolo holding a 3Doodler pen.
Bryant Library creates teen tech, arts space BY T E R I W EST
at Bryant Library that opened in February is designed for When school lets out in middle and high schoolers to Roslyn, teens head over to the exercise their creativity while library to play with robots and engaging with technology, said library Director Victor Caputo, 3D print chopstick holders. A two-room makerspace an effort many libraries are un-
dertaking to branch out beyond books. The library is calling it the Bryant Research and Innovation Network, or the B.R.A.I.N. There is an assortment of gadContinued on Page 74
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