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Student asks Syosset board to organize book drive for Cold Spring Harbor after library fire; superintendent to follow up
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A Syosset High School sophomore asked the board to coordinate a districtwide book drive to help West Side Elementary School in Cold Spring Harbor after a recent fire; Superintendent Dr. Rogers said district leaders have offered loaner instruments and will contact Cold Spring Harbor to determine the most useful support.
Zibana Muqtadir, a Syosset High School sophomore and member of Leaders for Literacy, told the Board of Education that West Side Elementary School in Cold Spring Harbor lost its library to a fire about a month earlier and proposed a book drive across Syosset’s 10 schools to support their recovery.
"I feel that as their neighboring school district, we have an obligation to donate books to them because they don't have access to a library," Zibana said, asking the district to coordinate the effort after student government indicated interest.
Superintendent Dr. Rogers thanked Zibana and said district leaders had already been in touch with the Cold Spring Harbor superintendent after the fire. He said the district had identified instruments it could loan and would call Cold Spring Harbor the next morning to ask whether a book drive or another form of assistance would be most useful.
Dr. Rogers said he would follow up with students and school leaders once Cold Spring Harbor’s needs were confirmed.
