Philosophical about the strike, high schooler says 'they happen'
The LIRR strike changed Islip’s Gavin Volk's daily journey to Chaminade High School. Credit: Michael Sicoli
Islip’s Gavin Volk stepped off the eastbound train at Bay Shore Train Station at 4:19 p.m., arriving from Mineola. He usually takes the train as a student to Chaminade High School.
“[The strike] was a big impact,” Volk said. “I had to figure out driving to school, getting a ride back and forth. It changed the whole day.”
With the trains running again, Volk is able to skip the traffic and return to his usual route. He said he didn’t blame the MTA or the union for the strike, saying “it’s how a union works. It goes back-and-forth like that. Strikes over contracts, they happen every so often.”
Michael Sicoli covers high school sports for Newsday. He graduated from Quinnipiac in 2022 and left with a master’s degree in sports journalism in 2023.
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