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New Jericho Board holds first meeting;
THE CLASS OF 2021
Perlman criticizes VP vote BY GEORGE HABER
Congratulations to the Jericho High School Class of 2021 Valedictorians: Pictured from left to right are valedictorians Michelle S. Wishner, Danny R. Li, Irene M. Lee, Richard H. Ren, William S. Hu, Carly Halperin, and Neomi M. Chen.
Syosset teen featured on Disney program BY GARY SIMEONE Syosset teenager Sabrina Guo is racking up more accolades after being chosen to headline the Disney Channel’s “Use Your Voice” social initiative. The Syosset High School student was one of only two stories selected for the initiative in the entire country. “This is an enormous personal honor for me to be cho-
sen for this initiative a significant distinction for the Syosset district and a heartwarming story for the Long Island New York City region,” said Guo. Guo said that it was her involvement with LILAC (Long Island Laboring Against COVID-19), a student-run organization which she founded, that caught the attention of the Disney show feature.
The feature, which was broadcasted on Disney’s YouTube channel, profiled Guo’s poetry and music skills, as well as her humanitarian and social activism efforts with LILAC. She said that a production crew from Disney flew out to her house from California in May to shoot a full day of video at her home. See page 10
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The Jericho Board of Education held its first meeting with two newly elected trustees July 8, elected Board officers, and discussed changes and new developments for the upcoming school year, which starts Aug 26. The meeting got off to an unusually chilly start when trustees failed to elect new member Sam Perlman as board vice president after he was nominated by fellow new trustee Jennifer Vartanov. Perlman said his strong showing in the recent board election showed that the community "wants a change in direction for the Board,"and that the "diversity of opinion" that he represents would benefit the Board and the District. The new president of the school board is Jill Citron and the vice president is Pam Wasserman-Heath, both incumbent board members. Superintendent Henry Grishman announced that all classrooms in the district will have air conditioning when school opens and that a new cap of 23 students has been established for K to 5 classes. Barbara Bauer, assistant superintendent for curriculum development, said the District has no plans to implement the controversial critical race theory ("CRT") teaching or to teach The New York Times 1619 Project in any of the
schools. Grishman assured the board that measures are being implemented to make sure that students, faculty and staff will be provided with resources to help them deal with any challenges they face due to the lack of in-person teaching and learning this past year. He said the school has entered into a partnership with Northwell Health to provide emotional, mental and academic assistance to children, parents, faculty and staff who require it The board also discussed measures being taken to assure that students who attend the Jericho schools are residents of the district. Grishman discussed an initiative to bring various segments of the community to "work together" to benefit both the school district and the community. He anticipates that members of the clergy, civic organizations, scouting groups, business enterprises, and others can join in a "Community Forum" to recommend and achieve goals for the benefit of all. The sparsely attended Board meeting was held in the middle school/high school auditorium and was also broadcast in a Zoom meeting, where at-home participants commented on good audio quality but poor video quality. Grishman said this issue was being worked on and would be corrected for the next meeting.
Town demolishes abandoned home Jericho project goes to Smithsonian
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