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Infections as of Nov. 30 2,847
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Vol. 97 No. 50
Covid testing at school? Cases are climbing in the Hewlett-Woodmere district dren. “At the suggestion of Dr. [Brian] BlinderWith nearly 30 man, the district’s confirmed cases of medical director, the coronavirus we are in the proamong students cess of contracting and staff in the with Healthcare Hewlett-Woodmere Logics, a group of S ch o o l D i s t r i c t physicians who since Nov. 23, disconduct on-site trict officials sent a Covid-19 testing survey to parents through Northwell focusing on the Labs,” Hewlettpossibility of onWoodmere Supersite rapid Covid-19 i n t e n d e n t D r. testing. Ralph Marino Jr. Parents were wrote in a Dec. 3 DR. RAlPh asked whether they email. “All testing would consent to MARINo JR. will be conducted having their child Superintendent, at our school buildtested at the disings by military Hewlett-Woodmere trict’s five schools. p hy s i c i a n s a n d The tests would be School District technicians who conducted by will administer an health care professionals, and oral swab PCR test to students.” parents or guardians would be Marino added that if the dispermitted to accompany the chilContinued on page 3
By MAtthEw fERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
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lease know that there is nothing more important than the health and safety of our students and staff.
Courtesy David Hance
AftER thE lAwRENCE School District allowed Seth Transportation to park its school buses on the Harris Avenue field, this was how it looked on Nov. 9.
Bus issue drives resident anger Community seeks solution, plans rally By JEffREy BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
A problem that arose in late summer has continued to vex a number of Lawrence School District residents as winter nears. Inwood community members who live near the Harris Avenue field, by the Number Four School, remain angry that the recreational area was torn up by roughly 60 Seth Transportation school buses that were
parked on the field for more than two months beginning in late August. What Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen called a temporary situation has lasted too long for the residents and members of the Inwood Civic Association, even though most of the buses have been moved to Lawrence High School. Some of them remain parked at the Number Four School. “We all share the same
concern, and would like to think this is a temporary situation,” Pedersen said. “We are obligated by law to provide transportation for all the school-age children in the district. I appreciate and understand the urgency and the community’s concern about the timeline. This is something we are dealing with.” From the first day that the Brooklyn-based Seth Transportation buses showed up on Continued on page 3
Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper-left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.