Lynbrook/East Rockaway
HERALD Also serving Bay Park
Splashing around at Village Pool
large parade in the works
Summer league’s a grand slam
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Vol. 27 No. 29
JUlY 16 - 22, 2020
For village institutions, a new normal via virtual platforms such as Zoom and Google Duo. Staff members are available to arrange remote communication Amid the still-serious threat between residents and loved of the coronavirus, local senior ones. centers and libraries have tight“We understand that this will ened restrictions and adjusted to be difficult,” administrators at a new normal. the facility wrote in a message For senior centers, the rules on its website. “However, the for visitation and [Centers for Discommunication ease Control and with those outside P reve n t i o n ] , a s the facilities have well as the New become more York City and New strict. York state health Lynbrook Redepartments have storative Therapy advised that and Nursing, on restricting visitors Atlantic Avenue, is the best way to works with prevent the spread patients recently of this virus and hospitalized with protect our elderly Covid-19 t o roBYN GillooN p o p u l a t i o n . We i m p r o v e t h e i r director Lynbrook truly apologize for strength and fine Public Library any inconvenience motor skills. this may cause. Patients may be T he safety and admitted directly from home or well-being of our residents is the hospital once released from always our number one priority.” an intensive care unit, and startThe state Department of ed on a ventilator-dependent Health recently released a memo course of treatment. re g a rd i n g c o m m u n i c at i o n The center has instituted a between those in nursing homes policy of no visitors at any time and family members. Nursing until further notice. However, homes “shall notify family memfamily involvement in the rehabilitation process is encouraged Continued on page 5
By JUlia SwerdiN lyneditor@liherald.com
Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools
Teachers can graduate, too Lynbrook School District teachers Corinne Teichman, left, and Meghan Ceglie recently graduated from the Greentree Foundation Teachers’ Ecology Workshop. The yearlong program gives Long Island teachers the knowledge and techniques they need to enhance their classroom instruction on the natural world.
Lynbrook summer camp is a go Community overwhelmingly supports it in survey By Mike SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
After more than 600 residents said they wanted Lynbrook Public Schools to host their annual summer playground program, administrators announced it would return on July 27 under strict guidelines to ensure the safety of students and staff. School of ficials initially planned to run two separate sessions, but decided to host the
summer program from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday at two campuses, Lynbrook North and South middle schools. The camp is scheduled to run until Aug. 14. “We wanted to accommodate as many families as we could while maintaining social distancing during the program, so we created two sessions each day,” Schools Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak explained. “After the final registrations
came in, though, we ended up not needing to run two sessions. The traditional timed 9-to-12 session will run on both campuses.” At the July 7 Board of Educat i o n m e e t i n g , wh i ch w a s streamed online, Burak told the community that administrators had sent residents a survey. Many parents said they wanted the summer program to return Continued on page 15
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ur services are changing day by day, as they have been since March.