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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…
Schools
'With A Heavy Heart': LI School District Hiring Armed Security Guards (Poll)
Students and teachers in a Long Island school district will soon be protected by armed security guards. In a message to parents Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Smithtown Central School District announced that its Board of Education had begun searching for a security firm to add armed guards to all 12 of its schools. The guards will patrol the exterior perimeters and will not be posted inside the buildings. “While our security enhancements related to staffing, infrastructure, training, and operational protocols have evolved and improved over time, we have come to the stark realization that there is…
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Covid-
19: Three Large Long Island Districts Reporting Cases Among Staffers As School Reopen
Staff members at three of Long Island’s largest school districts have tested positive for COVID-19. With classes set to begin in days, an Islip High School teacher, a staff member at St. James Elementary School in Smithtown, and a member of the Merrick Avenue Middle School in Merrick have all been tested and are isolating. In Islip, contact tracing has already been completed, and all teachers administrators, and employees who were exposed have been tested and all were negative. The building has also been sanitized following the confirmation of a positive COVID-19 case. The staff member at …