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February
SEX-OFFENDER ALERTS VIA E-MAIL (Longwood school district now using Internet instead of post cards to send residents information)
The Longwood school district is the first to adopt an e-mail alert system that notifies subscribers when a sex offender moves to any Long Island community. The postcard mailing service, which the district discarded last week, only advised residents when sex offenders moved into the district. The Parents for Megan’s Law sponsored e-mail program increases the information parents can access about convicted sex offenders because the no-cost method informs subscribers when a registered offender moves into the school district or any other community. It is estimated that the district spent