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Schools look ahead to making up class time

Art teacher Keith Gamache guiding his students through

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Art teacher Keith Gamache guiding his students through their "relief sculpture" project during Arts & Ceramics class at South Side High School in Rockville Centre. (Feb. 7, 2013)

Thousands of students across Long Island will be in class during the week of Presidents Day, plowing through algebraic equations, giving mock candidate speeches and building model roller coasters -- an unprecedented change from a 40-year norm to make up class time lost to superstorm Sandy.

About two-thirds of the Island's 124 school districts will be in session during all or part of what would...

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