Craig Schneider

New York

Reporter at Newsday

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East Meadow schools ex-superintendent sues district, alleges retaliation

Nov 22, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

A former East Meadow school superintendent has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the district asserting that officials threatened and retaliated against him for defending an administrator who he said was terminated unfairly due to his race and age.
SUNY enrollments, including most on Long Island, rise for the second year in a row

Nov 14, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Stony Brook University, Farmingdale State College and nearly every other SUNY college on Long Island have seen back-to-back years of rising enrollments, a sign of a rebound occurring in state schools after years of declining enrollment, state officials said Wednesday. Overall, SUNY schools statewide saw enrollment gains for the second year in a row. Enrollment this fall ticked up 2.3% from the prior year, reaching a total of 376,155 in the system, according to a news release from Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Long Island teachers, professors tackle the election outcome

Nov 7, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider |Darwin Yanes

The ninth-graders in Jennifer Wolfe's class at Oceanside High School were itching to talk about the presidential election. They peppered Wolfe with questions, she said:Why wasn't it as close as predicted? Why does the country use the Electoral College? “Not everyone in the classroom supported [Donald] Trump and not everyone supported [Kamala] Harris, so in order to hear everyone, it’s important that everyone does it respectfully," Wolfe said of the discussion Wednesday in her AP Geography class.
State regionalization plan sparks Long Island educators' opposition

Nov 4, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

A state plan to regionalize some aspects of public education has ignited a firestorm of opposition among many Long Island educators, who say it's an attempt to strip away local control and diminish the authority of elected school boards. State Department of Education officials say that's not the intent of the regionalization plan, but rather to foster conversations across the state to enhance access for all students to educational opportunities.
Long Island public schools see shift in diversity with rise in Hispanic, Asian student population, analysis finds

Oct 25, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Long Island public schools have seen transformative changes in the makeup of the student body in the past decade, including a decrease of thousands of white and Black students and the addition of thousands of Hispanics and Asians, according to a Newsday analysis.
Half Hollow Hills Superintendent Patrick Harrigan to resign, take job in Oyster Bay-East Norwich schools

Oct 3, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Half Hollow Hills Superintendent Patrick Harrigan will leave his job at the end of October to become the executive director of curriculum and instruction at the Oyster Bay-East Norwich school district, officials said. Harrigan, 52, who has led the district since 2017, said he took the new job to focus more on the topics he loves about education. His impending departure was announced Friday by the school board.
More worry for Jewish Long Islanders in wake of Iran missile attack on Israel

Oct 1, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Ronen Neutra was glued to the TV news Tuesday afternoon, watching with a father's worry as Iran launched missile after missile at Israel. His son, Israeli tank commander Omer Neutra, has been held hostage by Hamas ever since that terrorist group attacked Israel on Oct. 7 of last year.
Clash over student's parking spot painting in Half Hollow Hills school district

Sep 17, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Controversy has erupted after Half Hollow Hills school officials removed the painting that a high school senior did on her school parking spot, saying it was politically controversial. A small number of seniors at Half Hollow Hills High School West who are class officers are granted a parking spot and allowed to paint it, school officials said.
East Quogue school switches to armed guards

Sep 12, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

The East Quogue school system has employed armed security staff at its one school building, officials said, marking yet another small Long Island district to place a guard with a gun on campus. The East End district, which serves about 400 students in grades K-6 in a single schoolhouse, brought in armed guards at the start of the school year on Sept. 3, said Michael Miller, the district's superintendent and principal.
Syosset voters to weigh in on school bond proposals totaling $143.8M

Sep 10, 2024 | newsday.com | Craig Schneider

Syosset voters go to the polls Oct. 1 to decide a pair of school bond proposals totaling $143.8 million and aimed at addressing the declining state of district buildings, as well as upgrading athletic facilities for an expanding student population.