Candidates earn our respect
Editorial
      Every year as we wind up our extensive school board coverage for the 11 school districts we cover, we walk away from the process with a deeper and more profound appreciation for the citizens who choose to give up of their free time and run for their school board.
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Perrino calls allegations politically motivated
Public commentary
      Dear Editor: This letter is in response to your article "MSD Controversy over Instrument Repair Raises Debate" in which Mr. Murphy of Atlantic Instruments clearly stated it is not unusual for a school to pick up the cost of repairing an instrument damaged during a school function, which is exact...
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Slavin calls for solutions to tax burdens in Masspequa
      Dear Editor: The real problems of education on Long Island are: Unfunded mandates from Washington and Albany... •Solution, all unfunded mandates are optional and must be voted on, when they elect board members. The cost to educate a child on Long Island is 66 percent to 77 percent more t...
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School board trustees have the power over your purse
      Dear Editor: The price of gasoline is about to pass four dollars a gallon, food items are all going up and there isn't a thing we can do about it. But the blockbuster expense, our local school tax is also going up, and we can do something about that.
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Disappointed by lack of info from Massapequa School Board
      Dear Editor: In reaction to the May 7, 2008 Massapequa Post article, "MSD controversy over repair raises debate," a debate did in fact arise at the Massapequa School Board meeting on the evening of May 8.
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