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

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.

Over the last decade, enrollment in Hempstead public schools has fluctuated but overall has been in decline, from nearly 7,000 K-12 students in 2013-14, according to state data, to what district ...

Ricardo Vila was officially charged Monday morning, after days of internet speculation following a letter from George Read Middle School's principal.

Facing a $34 million budget shortfall, the leaders of the Hempstead school district are blaming charter schools and the ...

Public schools are required to pay tuition for each student attending a charter school, but the amount varies greatly between districts. Hempstead paid $26,196 per student this year and is ...

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. District ...

It was a high-stakes playoff basketball game between Floral Park Memorial and West Hempstead High Schools. Joe Gaskin was one ...

Parents of students at David Paterson Elementary School in Hempstead tell News 12 they're worried the school might close due to the district's finances.

Deputy Superintendent John O’Keefe outlines budget expense categories projected for next year, all increasing from the current Great Neck Public Schools budget.

Her career accomplishments included such honors as being included in the Marquis Who's Who listing of influential ...

Stacy Horn’s Killing Fields documents how East New York was ransacked by the real estate industry and abandoned by the city ...