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By Desirée Keegan After 13 years, Springs School District Clerk Julie Bistrian is taking her services next door, to the East Hampton School District. “She will leave very, very, very big shoes to fill here at Springs. She’s been a phenomenal district
"They've cultivated a dependency," one teacher said of students' attachment to their phones. "I think they're hooked in dangerous ways that we're not even talking about."
Those unions, long a powerhouse in these elections, saw victories for a total of 66 of the 80 candidates they endorsed on Long Island, according to a tally by the New York State United Teachers.
Long Islanders head to the polls Tuesday to vote on school districts' nearly $15.2 billion in proposed spending, as well as hundreds of school board candidates. Included in the budgets are a combined $9.5 billion in school property taxes.
Observers note that pandemic controversies such as masks and school closings are a thing of the past. But they also see a concerted strategy by some to tone down culture war issues, which didn't serve them well last year.