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Image from Suffolk County Landbank Corp.
the former Steck-philbin landfill on old northport road in kings park is one of eight brownfields that the county has requested for repurposing. By phil corSo
Fighting for funding Education activists storm senator’s office in Smithtown with petitions
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A North Shore-based group has answered the county’s calls to revitalize the site of a former landfill in Kings Park. The Suffolk County Landbank Corp., which is a not-for-
profit entity that works with the county to redevelop tax-delinquent properties, put out a request for proposals to completely rejuvenate eight brownfield spots across Suffolk, including the former Steck-Philbin Landfill on Old Northport Road in Kings
Park. This week, Stony Brook’s Ecological Engineering of Long Island answered with a proposal to build Long Island’s first community-owned solar farm. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said the county wanted to team up with the pri-
vate sector to revitalize the various brownfield sites and described them as blights on their respective communities. Shawn Nuzzo, president of Ecological Engineering of Long Island, said his group’s LaNDFILL continued on page a9
Smithtown set for students’ internal email system By alex petroSki
Smithtown students have been told for a long time their personal phones, tablets and other electronic devices are not allowed in school. In April, that is going to change. Assistant superintendent for instruction for the district, Jennifer Bradshaw, announced at a board of education meeting on March 22 Smithtown will be opening free internal Wi-Fi for students and allow access via personal electronic devices beginning next month. In addition, every student will be assigned an internal email address that will allow messages
to be sent from student to student, or student to teacher. The new initiative is for students in grades six through `12. “This is going to increase their ability to work collaboratively and communicate with teachers and other students about the work that they’re doing in school,” Bradshaw said on March 22. “Again, it’s entirely internal. There’s not going to be any access to outside email accounts. I’m pretty excited about this expansion … it’s a very logical next step.” Bradshaw said a Google for Education application would host the email addresses. Google for Educa-
assistant Superintendent for instruction Jennifer Bradshaw
tion was designed to “provide easy tools to engage students anytime, anywhere, on any device,” according to its website. Bradshaw also said the district already uses Google
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Classroom, which provides applications to allow teachers to assign work and for students to submit assignments as a collaborative tool. EMaIL continued on page a2