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Parents pleased by lifting of mask mandate behind ensuring that we had those masks in place through those spikes, especially the Omimsmollins@liherald.com, rbethany@liherald.com cron variant.” Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Lynbrook school officials on Sunday that the state require- posted a message to parents on ment for children in school and the district’s website about the child care to wear masks indoors lifting of the mandate, would end on Wednesday. “The Lynbrook School DisHochul likened the Covid-19 trict is mindful that there are difpandemic to a “war that has been ferences in thoughts and feelings unfolding for the last regarding the changtwo years, where our es,” it read in part. country has been “We ask that everyunder siege by this one maintains a civil unseen assailant, one environment for all that has taken thouas the decision to sands of lives of wear a mask is very Americans and New personal and should Yorkers.” be respected as such. GOV. KATHY In defense of the It will be very imporHOCHUL mask requirement, tant for our students Hochul said that to be kind, caring when she was sworn and respectful of one into office six months ago, her another’s decisions regarding the priority was to get children back wearing of masks. We appreciate to school, but that wearing masks your assistance in reinforcing was the best guarantee that they these expectations at home.” would be safe, especially since a East Rockaway school offipediatric vaccine was not avail- cials also posted a similar mesable until November. sage: “We’re going to talk about “Please be advised that any where we came from in these last student or staff member who six months,” Hochul said during wishes to continue to wear a a news conference on Sunday, mask may of course do so,” it “and you see the spikes and the read in part. “The district’s infection rates that really validated the rationale and the logic CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
By MIKE SMOLLINS and REINE BETHANY
Courtesy Laura Corcoran
A community comes together Annemarie McInerney Scully, of Lynbrook, died last Friday of the heart disorder cardiomyopathy, at age 41. She is survived by her husband, Bill, and children, Billy, 6, Brendan, 4, and Caroline, 2. A GoFundMe page, created to help support the family, can be found at bit.ly/3vm9snL. Story, more photos, Page 3.
BOE’s parking lot plan draws opposition over tree removal By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
The Lynbrook School District is examining alternative plans for parking near the Marion Street Elementary School playground after residents complained that the project would have destroyed trees near the school. Board of Education President Bill Belmont said the reasoning for the new parking lot, which
would be closer to the school than the current lot, was to better ensure safety for students. But Bob Sympson, who has lived across the street from the playground for 57 years, shared his opposition to the project with the board at its Feb. 9 meeting. He told the Herald last week that he was concerned over the proposal because it would destroy trees that have been in the area for decades. “I couldn’t imagine them
doing what they’re doing,” Sympson said, “and I don’t find any rational argument for doing what they’re doing, whether its engineering-wise or whether it’s financial. There are seven trees that are probably several decades old. It’s just a lovely area for kids to play and they love it over there.” The upgrade to the parking lot is part of a capital improveCONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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