School Board's Year-End Session Monday

The school board will hold its final meeting of the school year Monday night at Plainview JFK High School.

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1. The Plainview-Old Bethpage meets in public session tonight at 7 p.m. at Plainview JFK High School. It has a busy agenda that includes lots of year-end business and student awards and presentations. (Note: both the start time and the location are different than usual.)

2. Plainview JFK's Senior Prom is set for Thursday, June 23, at 7 p.m. Continuing this week, Patch is focusing on prom safety and fun. What's the best way to keep the kids safe that night? Email Editor Joe Dowd at Joe.Dowd@patch.com

3. Nearby , is holding free prostate screening for men over 40 today from 3-5 p.m. Lecture included; no appointment required. Bring two stamped envelopes, one self-addressed and one addressed to your physician.

4. A new exhibit at the features the sculptures and dramatic black and white photographs of: Robert Hite: Imagined Histories, an exhibition in the museum’s Contemporary Gallery and Art Space for Children on view through Sept. 4. Also, you can still see the photos of Both daily from from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

5. We're still looking for bloggers: Email Editor Joe Dowd at  Joe.Dowd@patch.com