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The Riverhead district plans to station armed officers at Riverhead High School and middle school starting in September. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

'We need protection' 

The Herricks School District district's settlements drove the total payments by Long Island districts to $87.6 million in 81 Child Victims Act cases, Newsday analysis shows. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson and Newsday investigative reporter Jim Baumbach report.

'Payments ended 27 lawsuits that Herricks faced'

As pickleball gains popularity across Long Island, sports administrators are in discussions to try and add it to the varsity lineup. NewsdayTV's Michael Sicoli reports. 

'Playing in high school would've been a blast'

Andrew Marulis agreed to forfeit his New York State teaching license, according to a July 9 agreement. His name came up in the district's sexual misconduct investigation. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

'I was kind of a prime target'

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Long Island's 420,000 students will return to school for a new academic year between Aug. 28 and Sept. 5.

When does school start? Opening day for LI's 123 school districts

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Sheppard founded a gifted-and-talented program in Sachem schools and headed the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts.

Schoolteacher Carole Sheppard, of Bayport, dies at 87

Only those with IDs and pre-authorized guests will be permitted, as the university prepares for the potential for more protests.

Columbia University to restrict access to its campus this fall

Mental health experts on Long Island said depression, anxiety and other issues remain widespread among teenagers.

U.S. teens' mental health improves but remains cause for concern, study says

A hearing officer had issued high school teacher Robbert  Fessler a $12,500 fine instead of granting the district's request to terminate his employment due to inappropriate contact with a student.

Manhasset school board asks judge to overturn decision sparing teacher from dismissal

The town and school district will share the cost in the coming academic year, with the town paying most of the tab. In 2025-26, they will pay an equal amount.

Riverhead Town: Schools, town to spend $417G for 2 armed officers for 2024-25

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 31% of full-time and 62% of part-time graduate students were over 30 as of fall 2021.

Bucket List: Go back to school for a graduate degree

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High school students on Long Island are taking advantage of voluntary summer programs to learn new skills and subjects.

'Use my time this summer to learn as much as I can' 

Long Island has seen almost a 60% increase in the number of students who require English as a new language classes. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

Despite admitting to filling out thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination forms, former Amityville nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono did not report administering a childhood vaccine in New York for 17 years, records show.

New questions about nurse's fraudulent COVID vaccines

Josh Schultzer and Maggie Hua are this year's William Floyd valedictorian and salutatorian, two years after their older siblings achieved the same feat. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'Embrace your future, fulfill your dreams'

Six Locust Valley High School seniors won a trip to Normandy to commemmorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. 

'You really begin to understand the magnitude of the whole operation'

The agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed, was announced as a jury arrived to hear opening arguments in the civil case in Riverhead.

Terms have not been disclosed

John and Alisa McMorris walked the stage at Shoreham-Wading River High School to accept an honorary diploma for their late son, Andrew McMorris, who would have graduated Friday with his classmates. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'Tears just flew and then we saw everyone standing'

Meet the 12-year-old who is graduating from Malverne High School this month

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This year's Juneteenth Jubliee in the Malverne school district will include expanded educational opportunities, along with a plethora of student artworks devoted to the holiday.

'Trying to bring the community closer'

Cadets at the USMMA reported a dozen incidents of sexual assault in the 2022-23 academic year, double the number from a year earlier.

Sexual assault reports doubled

Under a new plan, high school students across the state would no longer need to pass traditional Regents exams in order to graduate. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford and Newsday education reporter John Hildebrand report..

Historic meeting of the Board of Regents

New vape detectors will be installed in Lindenhurst Middle School to help curb e-cigarette use. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'I don't want to hear that someone died of an overdose'

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