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Pencils, paper are now thing of the past? Preparing for the all-new, fully digital SAT exams “Our school district is working to ensure that our students are ready for the new digital As students across the coun- SAT,” Superintendent Monique try prepare for the changes the Darrisaw-Akil said. “Our students are new year will familiar with brings, they taking tests h ave been online already, anticipating and we are one huge one: leveraging the fully digital technology in SAT exams. our classThe stanrooms, and dardized test, our counselors which has are conducting been used for push-in lesnearly a centusons on the ry and is main- MONiqUe DARRisAw-Akil new SAT forly taken by stu- superintendent mat.” dents planning Dar risaw-Akil explained to go to college, is undergoing some major changes this year, that the district’s curriculum switching to a digital format, directors will train Uniondale and perhaps leaving students teachers on the new format so more nervous about the exam they can incorporate the strategies in their classrooms, and than ever before. For its part, the Uniondale offer students online review school district is assuring stu- classes. Aside from the fact that pendents that it is doing everything in its power to prepare cils and paper will be a thing them for the changes and will of the past, the new for mat provide them with the tools comes with other changes. The they need to succeed. ContinUed on PAge 7
By BRANDON CRUZ
bcruz@liherald.com
Courtesy Workers United
Anthony Price, a Uniondale resident who says he was fired from his job at a Westbury Starbucks after a confrontation with his manager, claims he’s actually being targeted because of his outspoken leadership in Workers United, the store’s union. Price led a number strikes in the months leading up to his firing.
Uniondale resident fired from Starbucks claims union-busting By BRANDON CRUZ bcruz@liherald.com
The past year seemed to be a good one for workers. On a national scale, part-time UPS employees got raises of up to 55 percent. Airline pilots saw 40 percent increases. And autoworkers negotiated a good bump in their pay along with other cost-of-living adjustments. In Nassau County, the Service Employees International Union won a slew of added benefits and a 19 percent pay increase for custodial workers here. But organized labor isn’t easy, something and Anthony Price says he’s paying a hefty price for. The Uniondale resident has spent months organizing his colleagues at a Starbucks in Westbury — part of a broader movement fight-
ing for better pay and conditions with the popular coffee chain. He even led multiple strikes in October and November. But by December, Price was unemployed. Price admits a confrontation with his shift manager during what he described as a frustrating work day a few weeks ago. When he was called into the office, he expected to have some documentation added to his record. He had never been in any kind of trouble before, and says he was, in fact, up for promotion. But instead, Price was let go. And he believes the decision to firing him came from corporate, and had more to do with his work with the union than what he considered an isolated outburst. “Anthony’s firing is part of a brutal and illegal union-busting campaign being waged by the company,” said Clara WheatleyContinUed on PAge 4
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ur school district is working to ensure that our students are ready for the new digital SAT.