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Northport High School junior Patrick Sweeney has been awarded the Rensselaer Medal, a scholarship opportunity worth up to $120,000 for outstanding math and science students. The merit scholarship, with a value of $30,000 per…
The Northport-East Northport UFSD’s 2021-2022 budget passed on Tuesday, June 15, with a total 2657 “Yes” and 1119 “No” votes. The revised budget decreased by $14,960 to $174,689,788, and carries a 0% tax levy, thanks to $1…
An emergency board of education meeting held at the William J. Brosnan building yesterday evening inspired lengthy conversation between board members about the state’s loosening of mask mandates for schools. The dialogue fell…
The Northport-East Northport Board of Education made a final presentation of its revised budget yesterday evening at a public hearing that offered more clarifications and less public commentary than in meetings past.…
The NENUFSD will be receiving $1 million of unanticipated extra help from the state government, effectively lowering the proposed tax levy of the district’s revised budget to 0%, according to news made public by…
At the “Unmask our Children” rally held on Wednesday, May 26 at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge, a group of Northport and East Northport residents urged officials to drop the mask mandates in local schools, chanting…
At a May 11 Meet the Candidate forum hosted by the PTA, the moderator, in between questions about the budget and state-mandated vaccinations, introduced a new category “related to Critical Race Theory.” “How can you, if…
Northport-East Northport’s $174,704,748 budget failed by 167 votes on May 18, receiving 1,902 “yes” votes and 2,069 “no” votes. The last time a budget didn’t pass in the district was in the 1990s. The results of the vote and…
The race for two open seats on the NENUFSD Board of Education is nearing an end, with the annual budget vote and election of trustees scheduled for tomorrow, May 18, from 6am to 9pm. Candidates for trustee are, in ballot…
Candidates for the NENUFSD Board of Education addressed some familiar and some fresh topics at a Meet the Candidates Forum hosted by the PTA Council yesterday evening. Less than two dozen people were in attendance at the…
A public hearing on the finalized budget drew a mix of applause and criticism yesterday evening, as members of the community gathered in person and online to voice their opinions to the Board of Education. The proposed…
Last Wednesday, April 28, Stacey Weisburg, president of United Teachers of Northport (UTN), an association representing teachers in the Northport-East Northport school district, headed to Bellerose Avenue Elementary School…
As it will be for many Northport-East Northport faculty and staff, the 2020-2021 academic year will be the last for Ms. Pamela Uruburu, an English teacher at Northport High School. After a career spanning three decades – and…
The Northport-East Northport Board of Education voted 5-2 yesterday evening in favor of Adapted Scenario A, a plan that closes Bellerose Avenue and Dickinson Avenue elementary schools effective August 31, 2021. The approved…
A rally urging members of the Northport-East Northport Board of Education to "press pause” on the closure of two district elementary schools was held at 6pm yesterday evening, just an hour before a public hearing in which…
When Deb and Dave Weissman found out that their ninth-grade daughter wouldn’t be receiving bus transportation to Northport High School because they didn’t meet the 1.5 mile distance requirement, they weren’t sure how they…
Four candidates will be vying for the two available seats on the Northport-East Northport Board of Education when the annual budget vote and election of trustees takes place this May 18. Running for reelection is…
A virtual Q&A hosted by Superintendent Robert Banzer regarding the proposed school closures and district reorganization extended an hour past its scheduled end time this past Tuesday, with concerned parents asking questions…
For many people, April means showers that bring May flowers. For others, it means endless calculating and collecting statements for tax season. For public schools in New York State, April is budget hearing season. New York is…
Seniors at Northport High School have been through a lot this past year. Although their parents are amazed by their ability to adjust to the “new norm” throughout the pandemic, they recognize their children are also starved…
