Two LI school districts consider bankruptcy

Posted on September 28, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Newsday 2 LI school districts warn: Cuts could mean bankruptcy by John Hildebrand / September 28, 2010 Roosevelt school leaders have  joined their Wyandanch  counterparts in warning that recent state-aid cuts could mean “devastating” losses of services to students – with some board trustees in both communities raising the specter of bankruptcy… Board […]

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Help for Wyandanch School District

Posted on September 23, 2010 by kwilder

Newsday reports: “Wyandanch’s board president says the system should close and send its 1,900 students to other districts nearby.” KW writes: I know that school district issues are complicated. School districts are not just bureaucracies, they are also quasi-governmental entities. Still, I think the bottom line of the current problem with the Wyandanch Schools is […]

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2010 LI School District Vote: Early Returns

Posted on May 18, 2010 by kwilder

Early returns for Long Island school budget votes. As of 11:36pm, Newsday reports that 10 districts have had their budgets fail so far: Westbury, Port Jefferson, W. Hempstead, Elwood, Herricks, Garden City, Levittown, E. Rockaway, West Babylon, Wyandanch.

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Fri. Nov. 9th: Ecumenical Service for peace, martyrs, and closing of the SOA

Posted on October 16, 2007 by iwilder

On Friday, November 9, 2007, there will be an Ecumenical Service of Remembrance for the 18th anniversary of the assassination of the 6 Jesuit Priests and their co-workers in El Salvador. You are invited to join in faith and solidarity to celebrate in their honor and in honor of the four American Churchwomen, Archbishop Romero […]

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