The school-aid boost for the Nassau-Suffolk region, approved by legislators Tuesday, comes on top of a $458 million hike in 2022-23 and a $417 million increase in 2021-22.
For the first time since the coronavirus shuttered schools in March 2020, the start of school on Long Island won't focus on the pandemic but on more traditional things, such as new sneakers and backpacks, seeing old friends and sharing summer stories.
Nearly 100 students attended the Day of Unity Conference at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station on Friday, hosted by the school's Muslim Student Association.
Michael Moran will return Monday after he rescinded his personal leave of absence, said Superintendent Lynda Adams. Moran's departure in March led to protests and rallies of support.
After the district announced Friday that Principal Michael Moran was taking a leave of absence "effective immediately," video taken within the Bohemia school's hallways shows an afternoon demonstration by students.