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Residents confront Bellport school board

Bellport superintendent Joe Cipp,Jr. at the Bellport board

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Bellport superintendent Joe Cipp,Jr. at the Bellport board of education meeting held at Bellport Middle School. (Feb. 15, 2011)

Some 400 residents in the South Country Central School District concerned about a scandal over alleged grade-fixing that has engulfed Bellport High School told school officials Wednesday night to take action or step aside.

"Our children are fighting in the hallways over this issue," Rocco DeVito, 52, a parent of two students in the district, told the board. "Without admitting guilt or feigning...

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