Craig Schneider

The combination punch of bad news also led some parents to talk to their kids about staying safe in school.

If approved, the two bond proposals would add new school buildings and athletic facilities and improve others.

The East Quogue school system serves about 400 students in grades K-6 in a single schoolhouse. The move happened Sept. 3, at the start of the academic year.

Administrators of Half Hollow Hills High School West were accused of censorship and discrimination after erasing a pro-Palestinian symbol a senior painted on her school parking spot. School officials say it was politically controversial.

The missile attacks came as Jewish people were preparing for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year that begins Wednesday evening.

Patrick Harrigan said he took the new job to focus more on the topics he loves about education.

The Island's 124 school districts saw a 31% decrease in the number of white students and a 20.3% decline in the Black student population in the past decade, Newsday analysis shows.

Many see the plan as a move to strip away local control. State education officials see it differently.

Growing numbers of first-year students helped with the rebound. Enrollment for first-year students rose by 0.9% this year over the prior one, bucking a national trend.

Leon Campo said district officials responded to his defense of the administrator by falsely accusing him at a school board meeting of mismanagement and removing his name from a district center, according to the lawsuit.