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N.S. considers limiting degree offerings Shore offers students a choice of degree paths among AP, IB, DualEnrollment, Honors and North Shore High School has Regents. been considering a “I have one child change in its course who may be interestand degree offered in either IB or AP ings. In December, but it’s hard espedistrict administracially since they are tors and the Board not setting kids up to of Education began be able to handle the weighing the possiamount of work that bility of offering comes with this proeither an Advanced g ram,” Renee Placement or InterM o n t e, o f G l e n national BaccalaureHead, wrote on a ate program, but not Facebook post. “I both, as the district also think it’s not does now. But on exactly clear to parJan. 20, the school and students DR. TOM DOLAN ents board made a recomhow this helps with mendation to main- Interim college or grades; tain the curriculum superintendent, most I’ve spoken to as is, allowing stu- NSCSD say it’s not worth it. dents to continue I think they just choosing between need to be more the two. clear on the process and benefits Dr. Kerri Titone, NSHS’s IB as well as prepare students for coordinator, has been working the intensity of the program.” with Interim Superintendent Dr. One possibility was for NSHS Tom Dolan; Dr. Christopher Zub- to become an “AP-only” school, lionis, assistant superintendent which would involve taking on for instruction; Eric Contreras, the AP Capstone diploma prothe high school’s principal; and gram, increasing course offerDan Doherty, NSHS’s director of ings at all grade levels, enhanccounseling, to determine the dis- ing training and potentially t r i c t ’s f u t u re c u r r i c u l u m options. As it stands, North CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
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NURSE RICKY BISNATH collected a pint of blood from each of the 27 donors at the library, including Jennifer Reo, on Monday.
Gold Coast Library hosts a blood drive to dent shortage BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
The Gold Coast Public Library, in Glen Head, hosted a blood drive with the New York Blood Center Jan. 31 in an ongoing effort to help end a national blood shortage. Twenty-seven donors gave at the library Monday, donating a pint of blood each, which, in total, could save as many as 81 lives, as each donation saves up to three.
“We would like to thank the donors that took the time to brave the snowy, cold weather to come down and help in this critical time of need,” Clare Trollo, the library’s program coordinator, said. “Also, to the nurses and volunteers that worked so hard to make the day a success.” Gold Coast has held blood drives since 2011, with one per year each July until five years ago, when the national blood
shortage worsened, Trollo said. The library added a second drive in January to maximize donations. “The library’s all about community, and we’ve been doing all we can to help out,” Trollo said. A major reason that blood collection centers haven’t kept up with demand is that community blood drives have been postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
think it just offers kids the opportunity to choose. We do well by kids when we give them choices.