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The singing may have been lip synced and the names fictitious, but the performances were real Friday night at Walt Whitman High School at a fundraiser for scholarships. Each of the South Huntington district’s seven schools, plus a cast from the Board of Education and Read More …
A Walt Whitman High School student was arrested Thursday over a threat of mass harm posted to a social media site, Suffolk County police said. Police went to the school on West Hills Road, isolated the girl, who is 15, and searched her locker, bookbag Read More …
A range of leaders responded Tuesday to the attacks in Israel, pledging to stand by the country, remember those lost, and assist those affected by the violence. Flags on state buildings will be flown at half-staff starting Wednesday in remembrance of the lives lost. “New Read More …
Security officers whose hiring was just approved last week began working Monday at South Huntington schools. The guards, who work for Upfront SecurityAssociates, are stationed outside each school building in the district, and carry concealed weapons. Four leaders of the agency, including president Philip C. Read More …
The South Huntington school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to hire armed security officers to patrol outside all of its school buildings. The 6-0 vote–one trustee was absent–will bring experienced current or retired law enforcement officers to school grounds provided by the Melville firm Upfront Security Read More …
The South Huntington school board will consider adding armed security guards at schools at its meeting Wednesday night. The issue will come before the board in the wake of multiple school shootings around the country in recent years, most recently, in May, where 19 students Read More …
Northwell Health and several local school districts have partnered to offer students who need urgent mental health care an alternative to a visit to a hospital Emergency Room. The Cohen Children’s Northwell Health Behavioral Health Center at Commack is Northwell’s first pediatric behavioral health urgent care Read More …
A South Huntington parent has won the support of actor and comedian Adam Ferrara in her campaign to persuade her school district to add a certified librarian full time to the Silas Wood sixth-grade center. Kristina Uihlein Holzweiss, who is Long Island director of the Read More …
An appeals court ruling Tuesday will allow the state indoor mask mandate to remain in place until at least Friday. The state Education Department immediately notified schools that they should follow the mask mandate. Many schools, including those that had followed the initial ruling on Read More …
The South Huntington school district was named Humane School District of the Year award by the Long Island Orchestrating for Nature organization. John Di Leonardo, founder and president of LION, said the award went to the school district for its assistance in LION’s rescue of Read More …
Dr. Vito D’Elia will succeed Dr. David Bennardo as superintendent of the South Huntington school district, the Board of Trustees announced Wednesday night. Currently assistant superintendent for business and district operations for the district, D’Elia will move into the district’s top job when Bennardo retires Read More …