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Friday, August 20, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 34
FALL HOME & DESIGN
A PLAYGROUND CUOMO IMPEACH FOR ROYA EFFORT SUSPENDED
PAGES 19-23, 27-30
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Port schools to require masks indoors
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GOOD MILL HUNTING
District also to require social distancing inside, outdoors for all BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Port Washington school district’s reopening plan, the first to be publicized in public school districts on the North Shore, features indoor mask mandates for all students and staff, along with following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guidance, published at the district’s Board of Education meeting on Aug. 10, does not require staff to be vaccinated when school begins on Sept. 2, but all students and staff members who have received the coronavirus inoculation are encouraged to provide their school nurse with a copy of their vaccination card. District Superintendent Michael Hynes, in a forum with Newsday on Tuesday, acknowledged that the guidelines would not appease all stakeholders in the district, but took the guidance
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the county into account while drafting them. “We all know, we’re going to have parents that are happy and some parents who are not happy,” Hynes said. Efforts to reach other North Shore districts were unavailing, but some districts may outline their reopening plans soon as they hold the last board meetings of the summer. According to the guidelines, the Port Washington school district will adhere to the prioritizing of in-person education by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Thus no fully remote or virtual learning program will be offered. Students who are quarantined will be able to livestream their classes. According to CDC guidelines, a close contact is defined as someContinued on Page 34
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROSLYN LANDMARK SOCIETY
Progress continues to be made on the foundation of the Roslyn Grist Mill.
L.I. population, diversity rise, says 2020 census BY B R A N D ON DUFFY
ing by 8.9%, according to data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The numbers follow naLong Island’s population grew 3.1% from 2010 to 2020, tional patterns and local trends and diversity increased, with that have documented growing the minority population ris- diversity in New York and the
nation. Members of minorities accounted for 40.2% of the population on Long Island in 2020, up from 31.3% in 2010. For Nassau County, the Continued on Page 35
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