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West Islip Schools Closed On Monday

High school, Bayview still without power following Hurricane Sandy

West Islip schools will be closed for sixth consecutive day in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

In an automated call to school district residents, Superintendent Richard Simon said the high school and Bayview Elementary School — the only school in the district located south of Montauk Highway — remain without power.

If power is restored to the high school on Monday, schools will be open on Tuesday. If Bayview is still without power Tuesday and the school district reopens, it was not immediately known how students at that school would be accommodated.

All elementary-level parent-teacher conferences and Kindergarten registration scheduled for Tuesday are postponed. There will be an administrative meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Beach Street Middle School and all faculty and staff are being asked to report to their respective buildings 10 a.m. on Monday for meetings, Simon said. 

Valerie November 9, 2012 at 01:54 am
I don't know, why don't you ask your other screen name?
LITTLE INDIAN November 9, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Valerie I am not a big fan of frank and beans but he is right sometimes. I do feel he is a little immature but the problem is that I am assuming he can't take the ridiculous comments that are said on here. Also if you look at past history I have had words with whoever the he'll he/she is, so Val please don't start with your nonsense kabish!!
Valerie November 9, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Yeah ok, Little Indian... like i said: go back to your other screen name. Didn't your shift start at 7 at work?
Jessica Horvath November 9, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Oh my god Frank and Beans you sick stalker pyscho. So what if I run around town in my PJs??? I don't feel the need to dress up when I am spending my days cleaning up after my kids. So sue me for not putting on a freakin evening gown for errands. Do you seriously think you are insulting me? You are just proving what a jackass you are, so keep it up.
Jessica Horvath November 9, 2012 at 11:10 pm
by the way you two sick losers, why don't you go help someone instead of insulting me all day. Because your insults do nothing to me? I just laugh at what pathetic losers you are. Go volunteer in a soup kitchen or something and actually put your talents to good use instead of stalking and insulting me. It must be super hard to be so obsessed with someone. I mean you two idiots aren't on my mind AT ALL - I wouldn't know you if I FELL OVER YOU but you are stalking me at the liquor store and gas station and stop and shop. Must be a nice life you lead.....ANd you say I have tons of time..................
Sunshine November 10, 2012 at 12:57 am
What is wrong with volunteering in a soup kitchen? You could help people who really need it and wear your PJ's - kills two birds with one stone :)
Resident November 10, 2012 at 02:12 am
WOW Sunshine, Frank & Beans, Little Indian ...I am disgusted reading what you adults write, and how would I know it's an adult and not a West Islip student? Because West Islip teaches their students not to bully. This is disgusting behavior and I am appalled to say I live in this community with you. Maybe you were bullied as a child or are bullied at home now, because they do say bully's are/were bullied.
Sunshine November 10, 2012 at 12:17 pm
How is suggesting to work in a soup kitchen in your PJ's bullying? It was sincere and I'm pretty sure any soup kitchen would taken any help in any attire. Nice try "resident" but you're barking up the wrong tree for blaming bullying :). P.S. I am a High School graduate of WIHS in 1976 - therefore not a student, and there was bullying around in those days too. WI is not perfect, but feel free to move.
Resident November 10, 2012 at 03:24 pm
P.S. I am a High School graduate of WIHS in 1976 - therefore not a student, and there was bullying around in those days too.
This explains it, tunnel vision, never left and grew up, you are acting like you are still in H.S. because nothing ever changed for you. Have a great day and remember there are people in this world with "real" problems.
LITTLE INDIAN November 11, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Jessica for president and frank and beans for vice
Sunshine November 11, 2012 at 03:16 pm
I think Resident forgot to take her meds, lol. If she read my posts above I said there are more serious issues to be concerned with than which school to put the kids in right now due to others having lost everything. But she can attack me, I've got my big girl panties on, lol. I left H.S. and went on to college receiving my AA and BA, have moved out of state, have a great job and family and am very happy. I am also very thankful for what I have and have donated for those that lost everything from Hurricane Sandy. As a former Long Islander it breaks my heart to see the caos & destruction Sandy left there. I pray for those to recover and rebuilt. And I pray for Resident - she needs some love from God too :).
LITTLE INDIAN November 13, 2012 at 01:19 pm
Hey I'm going shopping does anyone have a pair of pajamas
Valerie November 13, 2012 at 01:27 pm
None that would fit you!!!!
Jessica Horvath November 13, 2012 at 03:17 pm
The saddest thing about you Honeybear and Little Idiot and Frank and Beans - you are teaching your kids to be angry and hateful human beings. Nice job.
By the way Frank and Beans, my pizza stone cracked, can you tell your wife I need another? Thanks.
Valerie November 13, 2012 at 03:48 pm
Honeybear- I think you have maxed your quota of screen names on one thread- time for you to be banned again!! Talk about hypocrites!!l LMAO!
Jessica Horvath November 13, 2012 at 04:40 pm
ahem honeybee. get a life and stop harassing me you petty pathetic excuse for a human being. you know nothing about me or my kids or how I raise them.
Jessica Horvath November 14, 2012 at 01:41 am
And I would watch what you say about people Honeybear. And that goes for all of you who cant behave like adults if your lives depended on it...what you are doing is bordering on illegal......Spreading lies about people to the world has consequences so why dont you take this opportunity to grow up and get a life before you end up burned....
Franks and Beans November 14, 2012 at 01:57 am
Yeah um Jessica, my kids don't read patch so they don't know what a hateful human being I am. You of all people should talk about child rearing. My wife said your pizza stone isn't the only thing that's cracked. By the way my hammers missing, did your husband take it?
Jessica Horvath November 14, 2012 at 01:56 pm
My kids don't read the patch either. My husband doesn't work with tools, nor is he in the habit of stealing things. Just because I joke around about wine and like to drink it doesn't mean I can't wait to drink every day. And just because I walk around town in lounge pants doesn't mean they are my pjs, I just like being comfortable. And unless you are living in the house with me you have no idea how often I shower. So just watch yourself is all I am saying. There was no reason for you to get on here and start your attacks because I suggested that people with no power might like to go back to work - a place where they could stay warm and not have to sit in their flooded freezing cold houses. Maybe I should imply that you aren't decent parents cause you would rather your kids freeze and sit around in a gutted house when they could be with their friends in a nice, warm building. What kind of losers are you guys anyway? 100 comments get posted, I say one thing and you jump on me calling me a drunk? You people seriously need to seek mental help.
Franks and Beans November 14, 2012 at 05:07 pm
Just to clarify. I never questioned your grooming habits and I couldn't care less about your alcohol intake. All I know about you is from your obsession with Patch. You comment on EVERYTHING! You have your little following of Jessica groupies who think you are a genius and should be mayor of WI. You comment on EVERYTHING! People who casually read Patch know your name because you comment on EVERYTHING! So, you have to take the good with the bad. Some people love you, and some not so much. And do you know why? Because you comment on EVERYTHING! By the way, my wife is having another Pampered Chef party, want me to order a new pizza stone for you?
Jessica Horvath November 14, 2012 at 05:40 pm
I made one comment mark. one. and I would rather be obsessed with commenting on actual issues than bee you who is obsessed with coming on here and acting like a 5 year old.
Patch Adams November 14, 2012 at 05:43 pm
I can’t take it anymore! I’ve been reading Patch for quite some time and I’ve bitten my tongue for too long. I love it when a bunch of know nothings get together and come up with farcical solution to a real problem and the rest of the lemmings join in. To all you MENSA members: You are all delusional! Your solutions for closing schools, and which one to keep open, to how to keep people warm after a hurricane, are just mind boggling. Do you really think we should open a culinary institute in one of the closed elementary schools? (one of my all time favorites) Is this a lucid thought? Or how about opening a closed school for a week to teach students after hurricane Sandy? How much thought was involved in that one? Do you have any clue what you’re saying? Logistically it would be a nightmare. Do you think these buildings are prepped and ready for children to attend classes? Are you that naive to think it’s as easy as turning a key and re routing busses? Ignorance is no excuse for putting your brain spilling in writing. P.S. Give Jessica a break. Enough is enough already.
Wendy Regan November 15, 2012 at 02:19 pm
Mr. Adams – may I add to your list? How about the Mensa members who thought it was a great idea to relocate all of the Captree students and staff to PJ Bellew without giving a the actual safety of the students, faculty and staff a second thought? Maximum Occupancy Codes?? Fire Codes?? Their idea didn’t sweat the small stuff like the safety of the students or the district’s employees. Good thing they aren’t in charge of making these kinds of decisions for the district….oh right, they are.
And speaking of logistical nightmares, creating logistical nightmares just might be their forte: Did you ever witness 21 full size school busses trying to squeeze into a space designed for 12 full size school busses? That Mensa created logistical nightmare is more commonly known as the afternoon pickup at Oquenock Elementary School.
Wendy Regan November 15, 2012 at 02:22 pm
***Typo: wrote Captree students, meant Bayview students.
Laura Denning November 15, 2012 at 02:36 pm
OMG Wendy....Please give it up! The idea of busing BAYVIEW (not Captree) students to Bellew DID NOT HAPPEN!! Did it ever occur to you that the idea was derived with the thinking that overall attendance at that point of our disaster would be LOW and VERY TEMPORARY. Are you really that self absorbed that you think "YOU" are the only mensa member that had these concerns in mind and that no one on the BOE gave it any thought? Give the elected officials a break, they are in these positions for a reason. My goodness, you are like a small dog that refuses to let go of a chew toy. And YES, it is a good thing that "they" are making these kind of decisions for the district and not some tunnel visioned person such as yourself. Run for the BOE if you believe that you alone possess the intelligence to make the "right" decisions...UGHHHHHHH. Don't bother to respond as I am totally deleting this thread....enough already! Change happens, be an adult and deal with it!
Wendy Regan November 15, 2012 at 03:33 pm
Laura, I'm glad you took the time to demonstrate how an "adult" expresses themself. If you're expecting me to reply to your name calling and bashing, you'll be waiting quite a while. Might sound odd, but I actually appreciate reading your opinion even though it differs from mine. However, the appreciation ends when your opinion ends and your "adult" name calling and bashing begins.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Serena Leonard November 15, 2012 at 03:35 pm
@Laura, Just as you don’t think that it makes logistic sense to have a 7-11 on the corner of Udall/Hunter because of the traffic backup caused by the buses, the same goes for the current elementary school situation. The schools were not designed for that many buses and so there are major traffic issues. While it wouldn’t make sense to keep Westbrook student-ready just in case we might need it now that it is closed, it does bring the issue of whether it should have been closed in the first place back into question. When you fill all of your other schools to maximum capacity, what happens when you do need extra student room in a situation like Sandy? Had they only closed one school instead of two, there would be a little wiggle room. The north side schools were not so empty as to make it unreasonable to keep all three open, as evidenced by the fact that they had to split Westbrook three different ways in order to fit the dispersed students. Yes, change happens. But that doesn’t mean once it happens it is no longer open for discussion. We cannot learn lessons from history if we never look back.
LITTLE INDIAN November 16, 2012 at 02:29 am
"BREAKING NEWS" NO MORE JESSICA OR FRANK AND BEANS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
I VOTE FOR PATCH ADAMS FOR PRESIDENT!!
LITTLE INDIAN November 16, 2012 at 02:30 am
How was the boe meeting tonight please give me an update I couldn't make it
LITTLE INDIAN November 18, 2012 at 06:35 pm
All I have to say is "tons of time"

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