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Friday, May 3, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 18
GUIDE TO MOTHER’S DAY
WHEATLEY RANKS 575th IN NATION
CURRAN PRESSES TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLAN
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EWSD 3rd in county in home sale values
COACH HONORED
Trails only Manhasset, G.N. at $1.15M, according to listing service statistics 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 Islandwide 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 advocates for educational justice. Continued on Page 62
From left to right, Laura Murphy, Tim O’Connell and Larry Murphy attended an event honoring O’Connell as the 2019 Long Island CYO Role Model of the Year, representing St. Aidan’s Parish in Williston Park. See story on page 79.
E.W. ed board OKs new principal for Willets Rd. BY S H E L BY TA L C O T T
night. Currently, Robert Hanna is the interim principal for the The East Williston Board of school. The board unanimously Education approved Christine Dragone as the new principal for approved Dragone to become Willets Road School on Monday the new principal starting July
1. This is a four-year position. Previously, Dragone worked at North Side School as an assistant principal. Prior to working in the East Williston school district, Dragone Continued on Page 63
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