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‘So Grateful’: Farmingdale Junior Injured In Deadly Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics ‘So Grateful’: Farmingdale Junior Injured In Deadly Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics
‘So Grateful’: Farmingdale Junior Injured In Deadly Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics Audrina Crocitto doesn’t remember much about the charter bus crash that killed her band director and a retired teacher, and injured dozens of her fellow marching band students. The 15-year-old Farmingdale High School student on Long Island only remembers the initial impact of the bus careening off of I-84 in Orange County, in the town of Wawayanda, before it rolled several times down an embankment Thursday, Sept. 21. Following the crash, Crocitto was airlifted to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where X-rays and MRIs revealed that titanium screws and rods would be needed to hold her spine …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students
Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students A school bus driver has been fired days after they were allegedly caught drinking alcohol while driving students home from a Long Island school. The alleged incident happened on a We Transport bus taking students home from Smithtown West High School on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A school district employee contacted officers at around 3:15 p.m. after someone snapped a picture showing an open alcoholic beverage on the bus. Earlier Report: Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Smithtown School “It was confirmed th…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Update: 5 Farmingdale HS Students In Critical Condition After Bus Goes Down Embankment Update: 5 Farmingdale HS Students In Critical Condition After Bus Goes Down Embankment
Update: 5 Farmingdale HS Students In Critical Condition After Bus Goes Down Embankment As school bells rang and a new day started for students at a Long Island high school where five of their fellow classmates remain in critical condition following a horrific bus crash that killed two adults, state, and federal officials are investigating the incident. The Orange County crash happened at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, on I-84 in the town of Wawayanda, near Exit 15A. The charter bus carrying marching band members from Farmingdale High School in Nassau County was heading to Greeley, Pennsylvania for band camp when one of the six buses carrying students went through the wi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
COVID-19: NY Announces New School Guidelines For Masks, Social Distancing COVID-19: NY Announces New School Guidelines For Masks, Social Distancing
Covid-19: NY Announces New School Guidelines For Masks, Social Distancing With schools ready to begin reopening, the New York State Department of Health has just laid out its guidance for mask-wearing and social distancing for students and staff. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the Public Health and Health Planning Council passed an emergency regulation and a determination was issued requiring all teachers, administrators, and other school employees to submit to weekly COVID-19 testing unless they show proof of vaccination. The emergency regulation authorizes the state Health Commissioner to require weekly testing or proof of vaccine…

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by Zak Failla