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Ranked No. 50 in N.Y. 406th nationally, No. 53 and 474 in nation by U.S. News BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Eight public high schools in the North Shore have been named among the nation’s 1,000 best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list released Tuesday. Atop the list is Great Neck South High School, which ranked 195th and 22nd in New York. They are the only local public school to make the list’s top 200. This year’s ranking moved Great Neck South ahead of Manhasset High School, which this year was No. 24 in New York and No. 215 nationally. Great Neck South and Manhasset were followed on the North Shore by Herricks High School at No. 327 overall and No. 38 in New York, North Shore High School at No. 406 overall and No. 48 in New York, Roslyn High School at No. 415 overall and No. 50 in New York, The Wheatley School at No. 474 overall and No. 53 in New York, Great Neck North High School at No. 503 and No. 58 in New York and Paul D. Schreiber High School at No. 733 overall and No. 77 in the state. All eight schools have remained from last year, with state rankings changing slightly. The only two schools to jump higher in national rankings from 2021 were The Wheatley School and North Shore High School, which gained 136 and 24 spots respectively. District officials congratulated their
respective communities and staff for their achievements.“Our schools are consistently ranked among the best in the nation, and this honor is a direct result of the accomplishments of our students, the quality of our educational programs, and the commitment of our dedicated educators who help every student achieve their personal best,” said Great Neck Superintendent Teresa Prendergast. “I thank our Board of Education and our entire school community for supporting our programs and our students.” “I congratulate the entire Herricks school community on this outstanding designation,” said Herricks Superintendent of Schools Fino Celano in a statement. “This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students, staff, parents and greater community!” “We are ranked among a very impressive cohort of high schools locally and nationally,” said North Shore High School Principal Eric Contreras. “This distinction is a credit to the hard work of everyone in our North Shore community. In total, 19 Long Island public high schools made the national list, with Jericho High School ranking No. 13 in New York and No. 109 nationally. The top spot in New York went to Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, which also ranked No. 19 overall. Fourteen Nassau County school disContinued on Page 50
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Members of The Junior League of Long Island pose in the newly renovated thrift shop on Old Northern Boulevard seven months after it suffered severe damage from Hurricane Ida.
Town Dems block DeSena building dept. reforms The local law amending the town code would have required the town The four Democrats on North Building Department commissioner Hempstead’s Town Board blocked to make a decision on expedited perSupervisor Jennifer DeSena’s first mits within seven days and remove Building Department reforms since the Town Board’s ability to override taking office during last Thursday the department’s decisions. “Essentially with the current night’s meeting.
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provision, getting a permit becomes a matter of who you know and how politically connected you are — not how valid your application is,” DeSena said before the discussion. “No other town has a provision like this and this current arrangement leaves Continued on Page 49
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