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RVC schools will stick with mask mandate informing parents that seven students at Hewitt Elementary School had tested positive for On Monday, a State Supreme Covid-19, went out on Monday Court judge in Nassau County as well. ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “Based on advice from the mask mandate was unconstitu- school district’s attorney, until tional, leaving many parents of such time that an appeal has students in the been filed and there Rockville Centre is a stay in effect, School District the mask mandate wondering how the cannot be enforced ruling would affect and masks will be their children. optional tomorrow Judg e T homas for students and Rademaker ruled staff,” Bartels wrote that the state on Monday. “The Department of district has continHealth exceeded its ued and will continauthority in enactue to follow the law ing mask re gula- State Education and mandates as tions, and that the Department required.” State Le gislature On Tuesday would have to pass morning, however, such a law, rather Bartels sent out an than the Health Department. update email, informing parRobert Bartels, Rockville ents and staf f that masks Centre’s acting superintendent, would be required after all released an email on Monday until further notice, because night, telling district parents the state had quickly filed an that the schools would switch appeal of Rademaker’s ruling, to a policy making masks and an automatic stay order optional for students in the was expected to be issued. wake of the ruling, but on The State Education DepartTuesday he informed parents ment also sent out a letter Monthat masks would continue be day night, instructing school mandatory. districts to continue to follow A letter from the district, CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
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MOLLOY COLLEGE WOMEN’S basketball coach Joe Pellicane will be inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on May 18.
Molloy coach to be honored
Joe Pellicane headed to Sports Hall of Fame By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
In March 2020, Molloy Colle ge women’s basketball coach Joe Pellicane knew he had to break the harrowing news to his players that the NCAA tournament had been canceled, and their season was in jeopardy due to the fast-spreading coronavirus. After informing his disheartened team, he threw a ball to senior shooting guard Kath-
ryn Gibson, told her to imagine there were two seconds left on the clock in the national championship game, that the team trailed by 2 points and she needed to sink a shot to win it all. “I didn’t know what was happening,” Gibson recalled. “I got the ball, just kind of threw it up and it swished right in. He began playing ‘We are the Champions,’ and it was a really nice feeling. For us seniors, we knew our
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career was ending in a bad way, so he really just tried to make the experience seem as good as possible.” To add to the fantasy, Pellicane had his players cut the net down in a symbolic gesture, as if they had won the title. In recognition of the relationships he forged with his players and their success stories on and off the court, Pellicane, a Deer Park resident, will be inducted into the SufCONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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chools must continue to follow the mask rule.