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School election results West Hempstead School District budget Total: $68.9 million Passed by a vote of 1,003 to 865. It is 5.72 percent larger than the current spending plan, and will maintain all academic programs, athletics and cocurricular activities.
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look what he found Twelve-year-old volunteer Rafi Taubenfeld came up with an animal skull during the West Hempstead Community Support Association’s annual cleanup at Hall’s Pond Park on May 2. Story, more photos, Page 4.
A ‘new wave into the future’ Local educators adapt to distance learning By Nakeem GraNt ngrant@liherald.com
From late March 2020 through the end of June, schools worked remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. As a new school year be g an in Se ptember, schools combined in-person and distance learning into hybrid formats. Teachers had to scramble to get up to speed on adapting the technology to their in-classroom
lessons. Educators at all levels acknowledged that making the transition to a virtual format had its challenges. “We started off very apprehensive, and everyone was really nervous about how things would go,” said Joseph Eaderoso, an eighthgrade algebra teacher at Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne. “I’ve been here for 24 years and I’ve never experienced anything quite like this.” The Malverne School District
shifted to remote learning 14 months ago, and last September the middle school allowed students in class every other day. “As the year went on, we all settled in and we got into a good routine,” Eaderoso recounted. “We have great technology as far as delivering instruction goes. I was able to deliver the same instruction as if they were in person, and I’m right at the same Continued on page 12
andrea Shinsato W.H. trustee
West Hempstead school board Incumbent Andrea Shinsato was re-elected with 889 votes. She ran against challenger Barbara Hafner, who received 477 votes. Challenger Kurt Rockensies, who ran in an uncontested race, was elected with 1,240 votes.
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