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‘Racially and culturally responsive’ schools curriculum discussed
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Celebration!! Sophomore Rory Heslin, Senior Sophie Read, Senior Laine Aries, Senior Julia Sharp, Senior Natalie Palmeri, Junior Kate Gambino, and Junior Gwen Liberopoulos celebrate a win at the Nassau County playoffs. The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team is headed for the Nassau County championships!
Stratford school gets new principal BY RIKKI MASSAND
Christopher Hartigan, assistant principal at Stratford Elementary School in Garden City, will be stepping into the role of principal for his fifth academic year working in the district, as confirmed by a Board of Education vote on Tuesday June 15. The district has interviewed candidates for the job since Eileen Vota was selected in April to be the next principal at Locust School. In 2017 Hartigan joined the
school district in an administrative position after serving as a model teacher, teacher leader and administrative intern at PS253Q in Far Rockaway, Queens. He taught grade levels from kindergarten through fifth grade at the school, and was a special education teacher for the New York City Department of Education and in the Lynbrook School District. Hartigan earned a bachelor’s in Education at Long Island University and a master’s degree in Special
At its meeting on Tuesday June 15 the Garden City Board of Education discussed the school district’s elementary school curriculum regarding race and inclusion “Racially and Culturally Responsive Teaching” was highlighted as part of the Garden City district’s primary and elementary schools’ educational program in Reading, a key component of Summer 2020 district curriculum writing. This curriculum writing work was approved by the board of education in school year 2020-2021 and was implemented last fall. Other work over the past year included at the elementary level, “Investigating Design Thinking, STEAM, and Computational Thinking”; at GCMS, a 6th grade STEAM course and virtual field trips, and for the high school, Computer Simulations for Chemistry, Media Arts II, and required Project Lead the Way curriculum writing for its “Design and Drawing for Production” course.
Superintendent: Not ‘Critical Race Theory’
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha clarified before the start of the June 15 presentation that Garden City Public Schools is not adopting, and has never adopted, any “Critical Race Theory” curriculum. She introduced the curriculum presentation as highSee page 38
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Education from Queens College in 2012. He also attended The College of Saint Rose, earning an advanced certificate in School Leadership As of April, the district’s original plan for 2021-2022 was to hire a one-year interim principal for the position of Stratford Avenue Elementary School. Dr. Sinha explained the change of plan after Hartigan interviewed for the job. She said the search committee for the interim principal “just kept
After New York State officials made confusing announcements on June 4thregarding whether masks would continue to be required in schools, the Garden City Board of Education issued letters to state officials asking for clear guidance on other end-ofyear events. The letters, which were sent to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, State Senator Kevin Thomas and Assemblyman Edward Ra, expressed the school board’s frustration at being
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