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Art show highlights women’s roles The East Meadow library will display Perez’s work rterranova@liherald.com throughout October with an opening The art of Unionreception set for dale ar tist Tiza Sunday, Oct. 8 at 1:30 Perez celebrating p.m. The library is the power of women will be on display located at 1886 Front next month at the Street, East Meadow. East Meadow Public “Her artwork disLibrary. Perez, 64, plays our uniquehas spent much of ness and sameness her life traveling the with a focus espeTIzA PEREz world. But before cially on the condishe began painting, tions of women,” the art was all a dream for Perez. library’s September and OctoShe hails from the Domini- ber newsletter describes. “Tiza can Republican, and as a child, celebrates women for they are recalls her mother telling her to the ones holding family, society, be serious about her career — economy and country together. and to pursue a job as a lawyer, Their efforts are Tiza’s main doctor, nurse, or engineer — focus.” something more common for Having most recently travwomen of her area. eled to French Polynesia, which Perez eventually came to the she returned from Aug. 22, United States, and chose to fol- Perez paints freely, using mostly low her own dreams with art. acrylics to capture the essence But it wasn’t until 10 years ago of women all around the world that she finally began to paint. in her work. “When my mom died, I realShe said she chooses to focus ized that’s what I wanted to do,” her work on the women working Perez said. “And right now, I’m in open air markets and selling sitting here talking to you — I’m goods along the street — a labor 64 years old. And I would like to that she deems as some of the just paint and do nothing else. I most important work in society. believe I’ve done what I needed “To me, that’s more importo do. And, you know, that’s my ConTinUED on PagE 2 time now.”
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Head Custodian Etienne Carelus, left, Uniondale Schools Director of Facilities John LaBare, center, and Project Manager Darlington Munhenga discussing the new construction at Turtle Hook Middle School.
Ambitious dreams in motion for Uniondale school district Major upgrades to all nine campuses By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com
A visit to Turtle Hook Middle School — just one of the nine campuses in the Uniondale school district — confirms the breathtaking scope of the upgrades in progress at facilities throughout the district. In 2018, under then Superintendent William K. Lloyd, the district Board of Education presented a comprehensive bond proposal, with dramatic plans to expand and modernize the half-century-old buildings. The dreams for the renovations were huge: adding classrooms to every school building; building new gymnasium space in six of them; updating science labs and
library media spaces with Wi-Fi and intera c t ive wh i t e b o a rd s ; d eve l o p i n g n ew resource rooms for occupational, physical, and speech therapy; renovating the spaces for nursing and guidance; improving cafeteria kitchens, and redoing general-purpose rooms. The newly constructed classrooms and the renovated common spaces will have central air conditioning as well. At Turtle Hook, where the changes are well under way, an expanded stretch of new asphalt, with brightly lined parking spaces, greets visitors as they drive into the parking lot. The school looks the same as always ConTinUED on PagE 5