Parents want options, and we understand that charter schools have provided the options that they would like to see in ...

If approved, the money would keep David Paterson Elementary School open next year, and provide the Hempstead school district ...

Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget shortfall it blames on parents preferring charter to public schools.

Facing a $34 million budget shortfall, the leaders of the Hempstead school district are blaming … those eeeeeeeevil charter schools and the diabolical parents who (gasp!) want a decent education for ...

Hempstead school officials called for state intervention Thursday, as the district faces a "financial crisis" that they blamed on rising charter school tuition payments. The Nassau district is ...

New York State must figure out how to help the Hempstead school district while keeping school choice for parents.

The Hempstead School District issued a plea for financial relief from the state on Thursday, March 6, to avoid program cuts in the face of a deficit that could exceed $30 million for the 2025-26 ...

Superintendent Herbert O’Neil and members of the bond team will be on hand to answer questions.

But at West Hempstead High School, where I have taught for 30 years ... we pulled together to make care packages, as parts of our district were badly affected. We raise money for causes that ...