🌱 School District COVID Outbreak + Nassau's Demographic Changes

Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know in town today.

Happy Thanksgiving from Patch! A Nassau school district is dealing with a second COVID-19 outbreak. And the Census data shows how Nassau's demographics shifted in 2020.

First, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 55 Low: 44.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Jerry Barmash reports that a house fire broke out in Lakeview early Wednesday at 3 Ronkonkoma Ave. at 2 a.m. All residents were evacuated with no reported injuries. (Patch)
2. News 12 explains that Levittown schools are dealing with another COVID-19 outbreak. Lee Road Elementary School saw 16 reported cases last week. Salt Middle School had 43 students and teachers at home with COVID-19 early this month. (News 12)
3. Census data for Nassau County shows demographic shifts in 2020. Nassau's white, non-Hispanic population decreased by almost 10 percent, and the Asian-American population increased by more than 4 percent. The county's total population increased by more than 56,000 over the last decade. (The Island Now)

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