Stories from other new organizations about the Huntington area:
CURATOR vs. WAR HERO. The Huntington school district is struggling with a proposal to rename Woodhull Intermediate School after the district curator, Jack Abrams, who has served the system for 53 years. Trouble is, it is now named for Nathaniel Woodhull, a Revolutionary War hero. For a story by Arlene Gross in The Times of Huntington, click here.
HI-TECH TEACHING. Visitors to the Jan. 28 meeting of the Northport-East Northport school board were treated to a demonstration of the latest in educational technology -- an interactive Smart Board. The device is a large, screen-like "whiteboard" that functions in tandem with a computer and a projector. To read Elise Pearlman’s story in The Times of Northport, click here.
TOAZ SCHOOL RULING. A state Supreme Court judge has sided with the Good News Church in a dispute with the Huntington School District over the former Robert K. Toaz Junior High School, Mike Koehler writes in The Long Islander. To read about the dispute, click here.