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Friday, October 9, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 41
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Schools report three cases in one week
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Virus total rises as Roslyn High, E. Hills close for one day apiece BY R O S E W E L D ON Three students in the Roslyn school district tested positive for COVID-19 over a week, according to letters sent to parents from district Superintendent Allison Brown, as the Roslyn Landmark Society reported that total cases in the area are rising. On Sept. 29, Brown reported that a student at the East Hills School had tested positive, resulting in the school’s closure on Sept. 30 so that the building and buses could be cleaned, with students and staff going online for a remote day. In the days since, Brown announced that two students at Roslyn High School have tested positive, with the first diagnosis being announced on Friday. Brown said in a letter sent home that there were no plans to close the school that day. “At this time, the Nassau County Department of Health and our
Roslyn School District Medical Director Dr. Ronald Marino are not recommending the shutdown of the high school today,” Brown wrote. “Given the fact that this student has not been to school for several days, combined with the comprehensive safeguards that we’ve put into place, it has been determined that the building will remain open in its controlled environment for the remainder of the day.” Two days later, on Sunday, Brown reported a second case at the high school, and said that the school would switch to remote learning on Monday “to give the district and the Nassau County Department of Health time to complete our contact tracing protocols.” “The high school will switch to full remote learning tomorrow, Oct. 5. We anticipate that the district will return to in-person learning on Tuesday, Oct. 6,” Brown Continued on Page 33
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROSLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students at the Heights School play on the recently opened playground.
Glen Head man stole $1M in Ponzi scheme: DA BY R O S E W E L D ON A former investment banker and Glen Head resident allegedly swindled friends and neighbors out of more than $1 million in a Ponzi scheme, Nas-
sau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced. Rand Heckler, 55, was arraigned last Wednesday before Judge Karen Moroney in Nassau District Court on counts of grand larceny in the second
degree, grand larceny in the third degree and scheming to defraud in the first degree. If convicted of the top count, the district attorney’s office said, he will face a maximum of five Continued on Page 33
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