In the Elmont district, with six schools serving prekindergarten through sixth grade, about 46.6% of the 3,179 students started the academic year on a remote-only model, data shows.


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Miriam Friedman graduated from the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns & Rockaway and continued her education at Princeton University. A decade later, she works as an innovation strategy consultant. Her advice to high school graduates is to let their passion guide them to a career. 

'Use their passion to guide them' 

Anmol Gupta graduated from Sachem High School East and continued his education at Harvard University. He is now the founder and chief executive of Peech, a process mining consulting company. His advice to high school graduates is to work hard and things will come naturally. 

'Enjoy the moment' 

Nathan Siegelaub graduated from East Meadow High School and continued his education at Harvard University. When Nathan's mother was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, he moved back home and became a full-time caregiver with his father. 

'Things need to be savored' 

Home-based day care providers say late payments from the county's Department of Social Services are forcing them to cut staff and run up credit card debt. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports. 

'How did it get so out of hand?'

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Long Island school districts will receive more than $270 million in additional state aid for the 2025-26 academic year under the state budget passed on this week.

See how much school aid your district will get in 2025-26

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The final budget includes $37.6 billion in total school aid for the 2025-26 school year, a $1.7 billion increase over last year.

Budget shifts funding formula for NY schools

Joseph Garofalo has been denied bail on the basis that he is a danger to the community, court papers said.

LI high school lacrosse coach charged with sexual exploitation of children

Schools are training students for emerging roles in AI despite ongoing challenges such as the rapidly changing technology and mass layoffs at tech firms.

LI colleges are adapting as AI redefines tech jobs

Watching a taiko performance is like witnessing moving art.

'Taiko drumming is like a heartbeat': Stony Brook drum club offers safe space and community for its Asian students

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the banning of smartphones in schools as part of the New York State budget. 

'Bell to bell cellphone ban'

The plan is part of the New York State budget, which includes $13.5 million for districts to implement the restriction, the governor said.

Hochul: Smartphones to be banned in schools from 'bell to bell'

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It's a first-of-its-kind animated series on NHL Network, and its co-hosts are juniors at Chaminade High School. NewsdayTV's Carissa Kellman reports. 

'Never did I think I would have an opportunity like this'

St. Anthony's High School senior, Anthony Pagliuca, explains what it's like to return to the pitching mound, after he survived a September crash that left him hospitalized for months. 

'It means a lot' 

Newsday investigative reporter Jim Baumbach looks at the process that school districts must undergo to discipline a teacher or administrator.

'A long process that's very costly'

Following demonstrations on the Stony Brook University campus last spring, pro-Palestinian protests again took place Thursday, the first of this current school year. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

SBU demonstrations over war in Gaza resume

The Amityville Union Free School District announced its teams will now be called the Hawks. Newsday sports' Gregg Sarra reports.

'We picked the best of the choices that were out there'

The Department of Education announced it would be cutting its staff by nearly 50%. Newsday's Maura McDermott reports. 

What DOE cuts could mean for LI

West Islip students are learning a new skill: welding parts needed to build a submarine. 

'I'm really proud of them' 

A judge has ruled against four Long Island school districts challenging the state's mascot ban.

'They could lose state funding'

Kayleigh Hubschmitt, a senior at Lindenhurst High School, was awarded a $180,000 college scholarship to work towards becoming a military officer.

'I feel like I should give back'

Regina Agrusa, superintendent of the Sewanhaka Central High School District, said Elmont High School student-athletes will keep playing games against Bellmore-Merrick schools but with new protections against "hate and harm" following parents' complaints about racist harassment at games in recent years.

New protections against 'hate and harm' 

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. 

'It could result in issues for students who require special education'

Andrea Goldsmith, the dean of engineering and applied science at Princeton University, will be the seventh president of Stony Brook University.

New president named at Stony Brook University 

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Robert Prevost was elected pope on Thursday, and greeted the crowds at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Pope Leo XIV named first American pontiff in history

The American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale gave a living history flight experience where participants learned what it was like to be a paratrooper on the eve of D-Day. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

LI museum commemorates D-Day, 80 years since WWII's end

Thomas Mascia launched a police manhunt after authorities say he falsely claimed a Black man shot him in the leg.

  Plea hearing for ex-NYS trooper halted after he told the judge he 'didn't feel well' mentally

The New York Rangers on Thursday introuced Mike Sullivan as the new head coach. Sullivan led the Pittsburgh Penguins to two Stanley Cup championships and said he knows there's a lot of work to be done, but he's looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Rangers introduce new head coach Mike Sullivan

Hochul announces school cellphone ban

The festive thin-crust pizza specialist counts supermodel Heidi Klum as a partner at its NYC location.

Over-the-top NYC pizza spot opening LI location

Newsday food writer Melissa Azofeifa tries the Dubai cheesecake at The Dirty Cheesecake in Smithtown.

LI cheesecake shop takes on the Dubai chocolate trend

Late payments from Nassau putting squeeze on day care providers

Open mic nights are growing in popularity at the Amityville Music Hall. 

Booming open mic nights on LI

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa heads to North Quarter Farm and Tweeds in Riverhead.

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