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Students to no longer attend Jack Abrams

Demonstrators march across Route 25A to rally in

Photo credit: Newsday / Mahala Gaylord | Demonstrators march across Route 25A to rally in front of the Huntington Town Hall. (March 19, 2010)

The Huntington School Board voted Monday night to reverse an April decision to create a sixth-grade center at Jack Abrams School that it hoped would unify the community but instead whipped up passions on both sides of the issue.

The board's 4-3 vote scrapping the plan came during a tense exchange at an emergency session of the seven-member board - and one week after a 16-year-old girl was...

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