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Friday, May 27, 2022
Vol. 10, No. 21
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY
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Large disparity in spending per pupil by districts Ranges from $23K to $45K on N. Shore with Roslyn 4th at $39k BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z North Shore school district budgets for the upcoming school year show a wide disparity in spending per pupil ranging from more than $45,000 to less than $23,000, according to an analysis by Blank Slate Media The Floral Park-Bellerose school district allocated the least amount of funding per student, $22,466 for its 1,603 students. The North Shore school district allocated $45,601 for its 2,543 students, the most among the districts. The East Williston School District, which has the second-fewest enrolled students, will spend the second-highest per pupil at $41,192, according to the statistics. Great Neck will spend $39,539 per pupil, Roslyn $38,804, Mineola $36,559, Manhasset $34,193, Port Washington $32,994, Herricks $30,023, Sewanhaka $28,260 and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park the second-lowest per pupil with $27,043, according to statistics. Despite having 1,400 fewer students than the Sewanhaka School District’s 8,045 students, the Great Neck School District will outspend Sewanhaka by about $35 million — $261.4 million to $227.4 million — for the 2022-23 school year.
Blank Slate’s study analyzed enrollment figures and budget expenditures for the 11 public school districts throughout the North Shore of Nassau County (East Williston, Floral Park-Bellerose, Great Neck, Herricks, Manhasset, Mineola, New Hyde ParkGarden City Park, North Shore, Port Washington, Roslyn and Sewanhaka). The analysis did not take into account property tax values, special education programs, adult education programs, English as new or secondary language programs, or other external factors aside from the overall budget and how many students were enrolled in the district. The analysis examined approved 2022-23 budgets based on preliminary enrollment figures for 2021-22. The average enrollment for the analyzed school districts was 3,706 students, an increase of 74 from the 2020-21 enrollment figures, according to the statistics. As a result, school districts throughout the North Shore increased their average spending per pupil by $230, according to the statistics and the approved 2021-22 budgets. North Shore’s budget, which had the highest per-student spending, has increased by more than $7 million Continued on Page 43
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East Hills Elementary School held a week-long circus skills program for fifth graders. See story on page 51.
Town tables appointment to make Tiernan highway chief BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y North Hempstead Town Board Democrats voted to table a resolution opposed Supervisor Jennifer DeSena appointing Thomas Tiernan to highway superintendent Thursday night. “With great, great regret, I am
going to vote to ‘aye’ to table,” said Democratic Councilman Robert Troiano, who voted last and broke a 3-3 vote along party lines by siding with the three Republicans on the board. The vote followed deliberations that took an hour and 23 minutes,
which featured a number of people testifying in support of Tiernan’s nomination mixed with some calling for a search for other candidates. Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey thanked those in attendance who expressed their support, concerns and Continued on Page 42
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