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WINGS IN ACTION
BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City Wings Ice Hockey team is back in action for the new year. See page 49.
Photos by Ed Rotondo
School Board hears data-packed report on student performance BY KASSARA MCELROY The latest Garden City Board of Education meeting detailed newly released student performance data from the 2021 academic year’s Student Achievement Report. The Student Achievement Report tells the story of the community’s nearly 4,000 students, which includes 500 special education individu-
als and 75 English language learners. The Report tracks various factors year-overyear for each grade level K-12. Resources used within the report come from a combination of Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) data, MTSS (MultiTiered System of Supports) findings, year-round classroom assessments, and a collection of additional standardized tests — many of
During a Zoom meeting of the Central Property Owners’ Association (CPOA) held on Tuesday January 11, CPOA President Kelly Hochheiser introduced the new candidate for village trustee, Central resident Tracey Williams, as the current CPOA Trustee Louis Minuto has decided to not seek re-election in the March 2022 election. Initially Trustee Minuto had indicated he would run this year, and he has been a Garden City trustee member since 2017. Minuto’s current service on the Board includes his position as the chairperson of the village Traffic Commission. Tracey Williams grew up in Garden City’s Estates section and has lived in the village for most of her life, having gone through the Garden City public school system, including Stratford Elementary and graduating from Garden City High School. From there she went on to earn her degree in business management at St. John’s University. As an adult starting her family, Williams lived in the Mott section See page 40
Village plans settlement with architecture firm
which experienced interruptions in order to prioritize safety in what is now the world’s new normal. Dr. Kusum Sinha, Superintendent of Schools, and Dr. Edward M. Cannone, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, prefaced the presentation by acknowledging the ongoing challenges faced by the education community during yet
At its meeting on Thursday, January 13 the Village Board of Trustees was scheduled to vote on a settlement of a dispute with an architectural firm which studied replacing Fire Station No. 2 on the corner of Stewart Avenue and Edgemere Road. The Board was expected to vote on a resolution to compensate Phillipp Kampf Architecture & Design (PKAD) t with $145,000 for its work. The agenda item noted that PKAD presented Garden City with a claim for $175,000, and the settlement amount the Board was expected to vote on was for $145,000. In an interview with The Garden City News on Wednesday, January 12, Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien noted that PKAD participated in the settlement agreement with its legal counsel present,
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BY RIKKI MASSAND
Garden City resident writes hockey novel PAGE 16 Schools’ transportation head to retire PAGE 3