Dandan Zou
Reporter at Newsday
Education reporter @Newsday, alum @mujschool, previously @Kiplinger and @SoMdNews
Articles
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5 days ago |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou
State lawmakers on Thursday extended the tenure of two monitors established years ago to help improve the Hempstead and Wyandanch districts. Veteran educators William Johnson and Albert Chase will continue to be monitors for the Hempstead and Wyandanch schools respectively, roles they stepped into in 2020 after years of financial mismanagement and poor graduation rates prompted legislators to create the positions.
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6 days ago |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou
The planned closure of an elementary school in Hempstead has been averted after a last-minute state funding increase of $24 million due to high charter school enrollment, state and district officials said Thursday. Hempstead schools had faced a $34 million deficit for the 2025-26 school year, largely due to charter school tuition payment increases, district officials previously said. The district had planned layoffs and the shuttering of David Paterson Elementary School to close the budget gap.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou
A longtime Plainview-Old Bethpage elementary principal created a hostile and unsafe environment when she repeatedly contacted a teacher during off hours and asked an aide to take photos from the roof of the school, a district administrator testified during recent disciplinary hearings into the matter. Karen Heitner, principal of Pasadena Elementary School, faces allegations of sexual harassment, age discrimination and creating a hostile and unsafe work environment.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou
The South Country school district has proposed cutting dozens of positions, including teachers, librarians and other support staff, to help make up for a $3 million budget hole for the upcoming school year. The school board last week voted to adopt a $147 million spending plan that represents a 2.87% increase from the current budget. It includes a 3.48% tax levy increase, which is equal to the tax cap.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou
Freeport’s top school administrator — who was named superintendent just last summer — has been reassigned, the school board announced this week. Fia Davis, who took over the school chiefs role following the retirement of longtime superintendent Kishore Kuncham, was placed on “administrative reassignment” to home with pay and benefits on Monday, according to a resolution board members adopted at a special meeting that night.
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