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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.
School district residents go to the polls on May 17, 2022, to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year.
Print Continue to article content Students sit in a classroom at St. Patrick Elementary School Thursday, May 11, 2006 in Smithtown, New York. | Jason DeCrow/AP Photo Shadowy group brings culture war to Smithtown school board election An organization with no clear leader called Save Our Schools has inserted itself into school district politics and an upcoming board election in Smithtown, Long Island, stirring up grievances over issues such as white privilege and charging that school officials are indoctrinating students with an anti-police agenda. The group circulated a newsletter several week...
Long Island school elections, 2021-22 Print Email School district residents go to the polls on May 18 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts. Results will be posted here as they become available. Read our full coverage of the results here. The Great Neck, Lawrence, Hewlett-Woodmere and West Hempstead districts received permission from the state to hold voting on May 11, before the statewide date of May 18, which is also the date of the Jewish holiday Shavuot. Get more information on school distri...