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An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of FarminRda le- Serving Greater Farmirtfcdale, Bethpa^ e and Melville
V o l . 7 N o . 2 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, September 4 , 1969
PARENTS RESENT LONGER
WALKING SCHOOL DISTANCE Nearly 400 irate parents attended the School District 22 Board of
Education in the auditorium at Weldon E. Howitt on Tuesday evening
to voice complaints regarding the lack of school bus transportation
for their junior and senior high school children who live beyond the
new one mile and a half limit voted on and passed, by the taxpayers at
the time of the second submission of the budget vote in July.
The crowd became unruly at times with shouts, clapping of hands
and loud remarks, although District 22 School Board President, Mrs.
Lucille Goulding was able to keep a moderate amount of order to the
meeting.
Many of the parents complained that there were hazardous conditions
over which their children had to walk, including Route 109,
Fulton Street, the two railroad tracks in the village and at South
Farmingdale. Others voiced concern for children walking the one
and one half miles in the rain and snow. Others decried the wording of
the proposition on the July ballot which extended the walking distance
for junior and high school distance. Some termed the proposition
" ambiguous". Others insisted they had not been properly alerted to
the vote and others said they were away on vacation. The new walking
distance is well within the New York State three mile walking
distance for junior and high school students, a school spokesman said.
A petition with over 600 signatures was handed to the District Clerk
by Mrs. George Chase of 5 Scholl Drive, Farmingdale. She told
The OBSERVER that even retired couples, signed the petition,
because they were concerned for the safety of the children involved.
The petition also asked for posted school crossings : walk cycle lights
and police protection, as well as a new vote on the transportation
policy.
Other people complained that if there was another vote it would
probably be defeated since there was only a minority of children
affected. ( The children affected number between 1,400 to 1,500 last
year would have been bused to Weldon E. Howitt Junir High School,
Mill Lane Junior High School, the Farmingdale Senior High School
and the seventh and eighth graders at St. Kilian's R. C. parochial
school and Maria Regina R. C. School.
It was later learned that the monetary saving to the District by
reducing ten buses this year, was a gross of $ 77,340 or a net saving
after next year's State reimbursement, of about $ 30,000. According
to the Transportation Officer, Gerard Donolli, this year's bus transportation
is State aided by 90 percent of allowable distances but less
( Continued on Page 12)
The Farmingdale Fire Department ( left) and the South Far-mingdale
Fire Department ( right) are pictured as they passed in
review at the Labor Day Parade and Drill held in Hieksville. Kurt
Fuhrmann ( r) of Massapequa Park, president of the Nassau County
I'arade officials, served as one of the judges of the event.
I'Dkri- ss photoa
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1969-09-04 |
| Subject |
Newspaper |
| Description |
This is a newspaper distributed locally within Massapequa, Massapequa_Park and Plainedge. |
| Creator |
Caroline_Bunting_Klesh Edith_Seaman |
| Publisher |
Frank J. Klesh |
| Contributors |
Scanned and prepared by Hudson_Microimaging, Port_Ewen, NY 12466. |
| Date |
1969 |
| Digital Date |
2008 |
| Type |
Periodical |
| Format |
PDF TIFF |
| Source |
Farmingdale_Public_Library |
| Language |
English |
| Coverage |
United_States |
| Rights |
Digital_Rights Farmingdale_Public_Library. |
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