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Vol. 67, No. 32
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Herricks ranked 34th in nation, 7th in New York
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Ranking website Niche places five North Hempstead districts in top 100 BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Five area school districts were ranked among the top 100 nationwide, according to the ranking website Niche, and at least seven were among the top 100 in the state. Making the top 100 nationwide were Great Neck, Roslyn, Herricks, East Williston and Manhasset. Niche, which measures the overall academics, safety, college readiness, teacher-student ratio, extracurricular activities and diversity of more than 10,000 school districts, gave nearly every school district on the North Shore an overall grade of “A” or higher. The Great Neck school district was ranked seventh in the nation and second in the state. It has a 94 percent graduation rate, 1360 average SAT score, and a studentteacher ratio of 11 to 1, according to Niche.
John Powell, the assistant superintendent for business, said the ranking was likely linked to just how many students graduate, where they go professionally and the “solid education” students get. “I do know that taxes are high and the cost of living on Long Island is costly. However, I think if you measure what you get out of it versus what you give into it, I feel the residents are getting a good deal here educationally,” Powell said. “We continually graduate and prepare young people to be a success after they leave their school.” Powell added that it is a “team effort between the parents and the school district.” Roslyn was ranked 33rd in the nation and sixth in the state. According to Niche, the district has a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1, an average graduation rate of 98 percent and a 1340 average SAT school. Continued on Page 67
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
A patient at Cohen Children’s Medical Center holds a kinkajou last Thursday as part of the hospital’s event announcing the launch of San Diego Zoo Kids, a TV show that will now be available at Cohen and the Ronald McDonald House. See story on page 3.
Man charged with stabbing ex-girlfriend at Belmont: DA BY R E B ECC A K L A R
County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced last An Elmont man was ar- Tuesday. Jose Franco-Martinez, 53, raigned on a grand jury indictment for the alleged June 17 allegedly stabbed his ex-girlmurder of his ex-girlfriend at friend, Maria Larin, multiple Belmont Racetrack, Nassau times around her body with a
silver kitchen knife as she was working with horses on the track, according to the district attorney’s office. Franco-Martinez was#upset with Larin after their romantic Continued on Page 66
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