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Diamond Essence White volunteered to read to Smithtown students during a Family Literacy Night. After parents complained, Superintendent Mark Secaur issued an apology. (Google Maps)
SMITHTOWN, NY The first Family Literacy Night hosted by the Smithtown Central School District has ended in controversy.
Parents complained that a guest speaker, Long Island theater actress Diamond Essence White, should not have been invited to read to students because of her social media posts supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. The complaints led the superintendent to issue an apology.
White volunteered to read an excerpt of the children s book Not Quite Snow White at the Jan. 6 virtual literacy event and spoke about her career, including her time on Broadway. She was asked to prerecord her segment because Smithtown parents objected to school administrators about her political views and there was worry there would be tension if it was l
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Jan. 15, 2021
The Pearl Manor Fund Advisory Committee, chaired by Richard Rawlings of the Mary & John Elliot Charitable Board, recently met and awarded nearly $300,000 to eight local nonprofits, bringing the Pearl Manor Fund total distribution since 2005 to over $3.1 million in grant awards to benefit thousands of local seniors.
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The Pearl Manor Fund was established in 2005, when Women s Aid Home (Pearl Manor) assets were transferred to the Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation to create the Pearl Manor Fund. These funds are distributed by community volunteers and leaders through grants to not-for-profit agencies for new and expanded projects and programs to provide assistance, comfort, care, and treatment for the elderly population of Manchester and surrounding communities including, but not limited to safe housing needs, nutritional needs, support groups, home visits, mentoring and social programs, independent living assistance, legal assistance, health care
UpdatedFri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:24 pm PT
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Folks carve out spaces to enjoy food to-go from restaurants with friends, family and household members in Civic Center Plaza in Manhattan Beach on Friday, Jan. 15. Temperatures got as high as 84 degrees in Manhattan Beach. (Liz Spear | Manhattan Beach Patch)
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA With sublime weather and a three day holiday weekend for the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday Monday, Jan. 18, Manhattan Beach is set to be the place to be. outdoors, at the beach, in the ocean, ordering food to-go and enjoying small household gatherings throughout the city.
Mid-day Friday, Jan. 15, Manhattan Beach Patch found folks with beach blankets and chairs on the sand enjoying food purchased from nearby restaurants. Other prime locations for sitting with some food to-go included benches on the Manhattan Beach Pier, The Strand and at City Hall in the Civic Center Plaza near the library, police and fire station and city hall.
UpdatedThu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:37 pm CT
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Dave Moyer, superintendent of Elmhurst School District 205, is taking a superintendent s job near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (David Giuliani/Patch)
ELMHURST, IL Dave Moyer, superintendent of Elmhurst School District 205, is taking an out-of-state job for the new school year, the school board president announced Thursday.
In a mass email, President Kara Caforio said Moyer recently made the board aware of his intentions to change jobs.
Moyer is becoming the superintendent of the Arlington Central School District, which is based near Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Poughkeepsie Journal reported Thursday evening. The district is about the same size as District 205, which has more than 8,000 students.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA California Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, on Thursday proposed a bill that would allow transgender and nonbinary public college students to use their preferred names instead of their birth names on diplomas. According to Chiu, the recently introduced Assembly Bill 245 will ensure that diplomas don t mistakenly use a graduate s birth name if they prefer to use a chosen name.
Chu said the bill is especially important since transgender and nonbinary people face higher rates of discrimination in the workplace. Not having their preferred name on their diploma can create even more challenges, especially if the individual chooses not to openly identify as transgender or nonbinary at work or school.