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Voters approve $245M to reconstruct Roosevelt High

Fourteen-month-old Joshua Kennard waits for his mom, Robyn

Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | Fourteen-month-old Joshua Kennard waits for his mom, Robyn Kennard, to vote on a massive school rebuilding project in Roosevelt, Thursday. (March 18, 2010)

The biggest school-construction project ever proposed on Long Island - and one heavily backed by the state - took a major step forward last night when Roosevelt voters agreed to rebuild their 55-year-old high school.

By a vote of 289-150, residents of Roosevelt, the only state-managed district in New York, agreed to another $40.5 million in construction funds to the $205 million approved earlier...

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