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Franklin Square/Elmont Herald 10-20-2022

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HERALD Joseph Romeo is honored

Spartans break into win column

Community fair celebrates fall

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Vol. 24 No. 43

oCToBER 20 - 26, 2022

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Elmont mourns loss of educator Mecklembourg-Guibert dies at 68 from 2005 to 2008. She also founded her nonprofit organization, EMG Health Communications, Longtime Elmont educator in 1997. Elsy Mecklembourg-Guibert — Mecklembourg-Guibert had whose election to the Elmont three boys: Youri Guibert, 39, School Board made her Nassau Mao Guibert, 32, and Giscard County’s first Haitian-American Guibert, who died from a brain elected official — aneurysm in 1998 at died on Oct. 3. She the age of 17. Her was 68 years old. late husband, Alfred MecklembourgGuibert, passed Guibert was diagaway in 2002 at the nosed about a year age of 49. and a half ago with Mecklembourga rare degenerative Guibert ear ned a disease called bachelor’s degree in Creutzfeldt-Jakob public health from disease, which kills Queens College in one in a million peo1977and a master’s ple per year and for Elsy mecklembourg- de g ree in public guibert which there is no health from Columtreatment or cure. bia University in After the onset of 1990. She completed her doctorsymptoms, the life expectancy is ate in education from Columbia about a year, and she died about University in 2018. a year and four months after her She worked as a professor of diagnosis. biological health for St. Francis The longtime Elmont resi- College in Brooklyn up until her dent was born in Port-au-Prince, diagnosis. According to her famHaiti, on Nov. 7, 1953, and was an ily, she loved gardening, which active member of the Elmont was her passion. She would run community. Mecklembourg- political fundraisers at her Guibert was one of three select- home for local politicians, pried for a Grace LeGendre Foun- marily Nassau County Legisladation Fellowship and was an Elmont school board trustee Continued on page 2

By KEPHERD DaNiEl kdaniel@liherald.com

Tim Baker/Herald

ElmoNT HigH PRiNCiPal Kevin Dougherty’s emotional return brought a sense of relief to Elmont and the return of the Men of Elmont Program.

Kevin Dougherty’s return aids revival of vital program By KEPHERD DaNiEl kdaniel@liherald.com

After community members welcomed back Kevin Dougherty to his post as principal of Elmont High School, many were excited to see the continuation of one of the school’s most beloved programs — The Men of Elmont. The Men of Elmont, a mentoring prog ram that Dougherty created at the high school in 2016, teaches core leadership values through

weekly mentorship meetings and participates in community service. The group also hosts guest speakers, attends different field trips and visits colleges and museums. The mentor group initially aimed to help boys who were getting into trouble at school, and Dougherty’s goal was to give the students a space to have real discussions around topics they were interested in and get them on the right track. Dougherty had been placed

on an unexplained leave of absence right before the start of the school year, in what administration of ficials described as a “sabbatical.” The move sparked protests among parents and students, who demanded answers about his sudden removal. Dougherty, who has served as principal for seven years, was reinstated to his position effective Oct. 11. After Dougher ty was Continued on page 4


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