The follow message was sent to district parents and guardians from Merrick
Superintendent Dominick Palma, Ph.D.
Over the last month, the Merrick school district has received many
communications from concerned residents about school safety and
security.
The Board of Education and I fully understand that there
exists a range of viewpoints on the issue of school safety and the
specific aspect of the use of Security Guards at school.
The
District administration has been speaking with a variety of companies
that provide security evaluations, guards and security technology to
determine what the industry has to offer.
We are also in contact with
other school districts to understand how they have enhanced security.
Please be
sure that we will make a measured and thoughtful response to the school
safety concerns. While the Feb. 5 Board of Education meeting
agenda is not yet set, it is likely that school safety will be
discussed.
This will afford the community the opportunity to voice
their opinions and the Board of Education to review administrative
recommendations.
Superintendent Offers Merrick Schools Safety, Security Update
Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma, Ph.D.
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Suzie Alvey May 23, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Mike, The children are sooo cute! A few of them are from your area.
Mary May 23, 2013 at 09:27 am
Correction on spelling: Susan Becchina or "Soo" as we know and love her!
Bobby Stokel May 21, 2013 at 11:17 am
Thank you to everyone so far in showing your support. We still need more signatures so please help…Read More :-)
Tammy Lovinlife Snowden May 21, 2013 at 09:47 pm
Thank you so much for posting this blog. This happened to be my husbands cousin whom was missing…Read More since Sunday. God is amazing how I was led to this blog, again I thank you, and to let you know you helped someone with this information.
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!