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lynbrook officials:
Remote students can’t come back work session, and many parents expressed their dismay at the board meeting the following Lynbrook parents said at the week. Parker Ramsey, who has Oct. 14 Board of Education one child in middle school and meeting that they were angry another in third grade, said he that students could no longer believed the board “mishandled return to in-person classes if this in a gross manner,” and they wanted, after spending the added that he had chosen the first quarter remote option for online. District his youngest child officials had previbecause he thought ously told parents she could return to that students school in Novemwould be given that ber. option at the end “ I ’ m h e re t o of the first markexpress my outing period, which rage of the miswill end Nov. 13. handling of the A majority of vir tual option,” DR. MEliSSA Lynbrook students Ramsey said. “The are now learning communication to BuRAK in person, while 18 families was, if we percent are online. Superintendent, selected the virtual Under the district’s Lynbrook Public option, the caveat p r e v i o u s p l a n , Schools was you can return announced in to school after the August, parents first ter m. That had until Nov. 1 to opt their chil- was what weighed strongly in dren back into in-person classes my decision to allow my child to if they were online, but district be home.” officials now say students will In July, Burak said, school have to remain online for the administrators surveyed famiforeseeable future until they are lies, asking if they would send able to develop a plan to return their children back to school if them to their schools while the district had proper safety maintaining social distancing. protocols in place. Forty percent Superintendent Dr. Melissa of respondents said they would Burak announced the change at keep their children home. Disan Oct. 7 Board of Education Continued on page 23
By MiKE SMOlliNS msmollins@liherald.com
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PROTESTERS liNED uP outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook on Sunday, seeking to hold the shop accountable for the deaths of puppies sold there.
Dozens protest outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook By NiCOlE AlCiNDOR nalcindor@liherald.com
Chants of “Adopt, don’t shop!” and “There’s no excuse for animal abuse!” echoed outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook on Sunday as dozens of protesters gathered after a number of customers reported buying puppies there that got sick and died. Wearing masks and socially distanced, the protesters lined up across the street and in front of the pet store at
noon, brandishing signs. “I’m angry, and we want change,” said Keri Michel, a volunteer with the group Puppy Mill Free Long Island, who helped organize the protest. “The animals can’t wait any longer . . . Too many animals are suffering and dying.” During the protest, a person who identified himself as the owner of the store, but did not give his name, declined comment on the allegations in several consumer complaints that the shop was sell-
ing sick puppies. A representative of the Hicksville Shake A Paw said the manager and owner were not available for comment. Earlier this month, Marissa Soto, of Staten Island, told the Herald that she had purchased two puppies from the Lynbrook store, and they had died within days of being brought home. Both puppies died of parvo, a highly contagious virus that causes an infectious gastrointestinal illContinued on page 3
e all want these kids back as soon as we can.