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D’Esposito votes to refer Santos to ethics panel LaLota and D’Esposito agreed that referring Santos to the Ethics Committee is a much better Republican Congressmen way of handling the matter Anthony D’Esposito and Nick because the votes needed for LaLota have been outspoken expulsion are lacking. about the need to expel their “I was one of the first memLong Island colleague, George bers of this body to call on the Santos, from the subject of this resoHouse of Represenlution to resign,” tatives. D’Esposito said prior In early January, to the vote. “And I D’Esposito, whose am personally in district includes the favor of this individSouth Shore of Nasual’s expulsion from sau County, was the this house. Regrettafirst House Republibly, however, I’m in can to call for Santhe understanding tos’ resignation, at a that we currently do time when most not have the twoRe publicans had thirds support from been silent on the members in this matter. house to expel that LaLota, whose individual. NICK lalotA district encompasses “I believe that U.S. representative the North Shore of this individual is a Suffolk County, then stain on this institujoined D’Esposito in tion, a stain on the the call for Santos’ expulsion. state of New York, a stain on But they have now decided to Long Island and a stain on the refer him to the House Ethics b e l ove d N a s s a u C o u n t y, ” Committee instead. D’Esposito added. Last week, House Democrats LaLota openly backed offered a resolution to expel San- D’Esposito after the vote had tos, but when the measure passed, and said that the Ethics reached the floor, the House Committee should have Santos voted, 221-204, to refer the matter gone within 60 days. to the committee. Continued on page 16
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SEAFord tEAChEr ryAN Stephens has been accepted by the New York State Master Teacher Program. Principal Nicole Schnabel said that students and teachers look up to Stephens.
Stephens is a ‘Master Teacher’ Math instructor hopes to grow computer science By MIChAEl MAlASZCZyK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
Ryan Stephens, a math teacher at Seaford High School with a particular interest in computer science, has been named to the New York State Master Teacher program. The four-year program brings science, technology, engineering, and math teachers together to come up with innovative strategies for teaching their material. Stephens is one of 221 educators selected this year for the program. It is sponsored by the State University of New York. “I’m surrounded by so many wonderful educators at Seaford, but our community is
only so big,” Stephens said. “There are great things going on at districts all across New York state and all across the country. So it’s an opportunity for me to broaden my own horizons and bring that to Seaford.” Stephens has been teaching in Seaford for five years, and he currently leads classes in geometry, Introduction to Game Design, and LIU Java Programming. He created the game design course, which teaches the Python programming language. Stephens’ efforts on the computer-programming front are already bearing fruit for Seaford High students. Last year, his student James Toscano won the Congressional App Continued on page 8
would have preferred there to be enough votes to expel the sociopath scam artist.