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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...

UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:47 am ET Replies(51) 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...