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Friday, March 9, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 10
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
SECURITY DOMINATES PHILLIPS CAUGHT IN ED BOARD MEETING GUN CONTROL CROSSFIRE
PAGES 33-38, 43-48
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E.W. ed board rebukes Curran on safety meet Questions absence of school districts from talk after Florida massacre BY R E B ECC A K L A R School safety was at the center of the conversation during a vigil held by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in conjunction with the Nassau County Commission for Human Rights last Wednesday in response to the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school. But no school representatives were present – an omission! not lost on the members of the East Williston Board of Education. “As a past school board of education trustee yourself, you can certainly understand our frustration in your not including school district personnel to express first-hand how serious, scary and real this is for all of us,” board President Mark Kamberg said in a letter to Curran, a copy of which was shared with Blank Slate Media. At the event, Curran, who served on the Baldwin school
board from 2011 to 2014, was joined by local elected officials, religious and community leaders and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. Curran has not seen the letter, according to Michael Martino, Curran’s press spokesman. During last Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Kamberg said the board will forward the letter to the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association and ask other boards to send similar letters to their county executives. He said the board will likely also forward the letter to the New York State School Boards Association. In her speech, Curran said it is time for action. She called for tougher background checks and a ban on AR15 assault rifles and encouraged residents to go to law enforcement if they notice suspicious or concerning behavior. Continued on Page 67
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Members of Williston Park Cub Scouts Pack 311 prepare before Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Irish eyes smile despite cold and wind in Mineola BY R E B ECC A K L A R
The Irish American Society of Nassau Suffolk and Queens Residents from across Nas- held its 68th annual St. Patsau County braced Sunday’s rick’s Day Parade for the seccold and wind for an early St. ond time in Mineola. It had Patrick’s Day celebration in the previously been held in Garden City. Village of Mineola.
The parade began with a noon line up at Court House Drive in Garden City. Marching bands from schools across the county, including Mineola High School Continued on Page 68
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