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VOL. 9 NO. 4 0 Second Claas Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y., Thursday May 2 5 1 9 72
School Budget Adopted- Tax
Rate Increase Set at $. 97
The increase in tax for school district 22 will be $. 97 for $ 100.00 of assessed
valuation for residents living in Oyster Bay and $. 94 for residents living in the
township of Babylon. At its meeting on Wednesday night, all six board of
education members present voted for the adoption of the budget which will be
voted on by the school district residents on June 14.
EDGAR P. HOOVER, ( right) the new director of P. R. I. C. E.,
discusses with Sussman and Don Albanese the new direction
P. R. I. C E. is taking under his leadership.
School board members and
school administrators worked on
the final budget version between
the last budget hearing Monday
night and Wednesday, raising
another total of $ 192,000.00 in
additional revenues or by
decreasing expenses thereby
reducing the tax increase from
$ 1.18 to $. 97 for Oyster Bay and
from $ 1.22 to $. 94 in Babylon.
New P. R. I. C. E. Director Hoover
Adds Alcohol to List of Taboos
A few weeks ago, the executive
board of P. R. I. C. E., the Drug
Prevention Program of the
Farmingdale- North Massapequa
area, hired Edgar P. Hoover as
full- time director of their drug
program, to succeed Ira Zaiff,
who was director of P. R. I. C. E. on
a part- time basis.
Hoover, 34, lives in Brooklyn
with his wife and three young
sons. He was formerly Executive
director of BRIDGE, a very
successful community drug
program in Valley Stream. He
Fashion Show
Ends Main St
PTA Activity
has had a wide range of ex­perience
at executive level in a
number of other drug programs,
many of which he helped to
organize; among them, Day top
Village in New York and Confide
in Rockville Centre.
Ed Hoover has very definite
ideas about what a successful
drug prevention program should
be and in a recent discussion he
made his ideas very clear to the
youth of P. RJ. C. E.
" P. R. I. C. E. will not be a
hangout or a place where you get
something for nothing," he said.
" If you want to belong to this
organization, you have to work
together and build together and
. make it something to really be
proud of. You will have to make a
committment not to use drugs of
any kind; no pot and no getting
drunk on the weekend. These are
the rules and anyone who wants
to belong to P. R. I. C. E. has to
obey the rules; anyone who
cannot accept the rules, there's
the door. You're free to walk out;
it's up to you. I'm not impressed
with having lots of kids in the
beginning; it means nothing. I'm
impressed with the quality of
those kids. I'm a lover of people
but not on lunacy terms. Those of
you who stay are going to grow
and growing is fun. I don't expect
you to change overnight, but
there has to be a change."
The response to the new
director's terms was interesting;
some young people did walk out;
others stayed to argue their point
(" not even liquor?). Before the
week was out, thirty young
people had made the com­mittment.
School spokesman John Regan
pointed out that the increase in
expenses ( 4.5 per cent) and the
increase in the taxrate ( 7.3 per
cent in Oyster Bay and 4.9 per
cent in Babylon) are the lowest
since 1967.
Increases in revenues totalling
$ 98,000 and contributing to the
reduction in the tax rate came as
the result of rental agreements
with BOCES, a proposition which
will have to be approved by the
voters on June 14.
As was pointed out at Monday
night's budget hearing, the
budget includes the settlement
with the teachers which is a 5 per
cent increase plus increments,
and estimates for other salary
increases which are still being
negotiated. These increases for
the teachers total $ 775,000. The
budget does not provide for
sabbatical leaves.
Also included in this version of
the budget is $ 230,000 in ad­ditional
state aid approved by the
legislature shorUy before ad­journment.
This $ 230,000 is not an
increase over the amount of aid
received last year but merely
brings it up to that level, due to a
" save harmless provision."
Trustee Terry Weathers,
chairman of the finance com­mittee,
pointed out that from the
original budget proposal over
$ 800,000 have been trimmed
by the board.
In addition to the budget, there
will be two other budget- related
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Candidate Charges: Salaries
Of Administrators a Secret
Mrs. Louise Proefriedt, a
candidate for the Farmingdale
school board has been seeking
information concerning school
district expenditures in order to
make suggestions for holding
down costs.
In an effort to find out how
many administrators in the
Farmingdale School District will
receive salaries of near or above
$ 20,000. a year for the 1972/ 73
school year, Mrs. Proefriedt
contacted members of the
When you've got to go, go with
a bang. This is what the Main
Street School PTA is doing,
hiding their heavy heart under
the hustle and bustle of
preparations for the final PTA
meeting before Main Street
School closes irrevocably.
Wednesday, May 31 is the day
of this meeting, which starts at
8.15 p. m. in good old Main Street
School. The program centers
around the use of patterns for
self- expression in fashion. New
ideas on how to sew one's own
personalized fashions in today's
styles will be presented,
highlighted by a fashion show of
clothes everyone can create at
home.
Shown will be dresses, skirts,
pants, blazers - anything and
everything. Clothes to sew and
enjoy, for mother and daughter,
brother, and father, too. The
modeling will be done by the
parents and their children.
Everyone is invited and urged
to bring friends and neighbors.
Coffee and cake will be served
after the meeting and everyone
will be able to get a closer look at
all the fashions.
Big Parade on Monday ^
Seven bands, three fire departments, members of
the V. F. W. American Legion and many other local
organizations will take part in this year's
Memorial Day parade in Farmingdale which will
start at 10: 00 a. m. on Monday 29.
Preceeding the parade, mayor John Hallahan
will dedicate the Memorial Fountain at 9: 30 a. m.
in the Village Green on Main Street.
The marchers will line up on Thomas Powell
Blv'd. between Bethpage Road and Yoakum Ave
at 9: 30 a. m. The parade will proceed East on Beth-page
Road to Main Street. At Main Street it will
turn South and will pass the reviewing stand
located at the Main Street School War Memorials.
From there the parade will turn left onto Richard
Street and left again on Rose Street and will ter­minate
in the Parking Field behind the Village
Hall.
Immediately following the parade, memorial
services will be held at the Main Street School War
Memorials where the massed colors will be
assembled along with the members of com­munities
service and veteran organizations.
The invocation will be given by Father Marcus
of St. Kilians R. C. Church. Farmingdale Mayor
John Halahan will deliver the Memorial address
and the veteran organizations will offer the
traditional rifle salute. The Farmingdale High
School Band will play the National Anthem
followed by the Benediction which will be given by
Rev. James Corgee, pastor of St. Lukes Lutheran
Church.
The parade line up will be as follows; Color
Guard and official cars, followed by the 1st
division led by Ex- Chief Charles Karp. the V. F. W.
band and membership, The Weldon Howitt Junior
High School Band, American Legion Post No. 449,
Young Memorial Post No. 1803, East Farmingdale
Fire Department band, membership and ap­paratus.
The 2nd Division will be led by Ex- Chief Donald
Glascott, the Mill Lane Junior High School Band,
Girl Scouts of America, Campfire Girls, 4H
Sunrise Council, Farmingdale Midget Football
Association, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts of America,
the Farmingdale Nautical Cadets, and the South
Farmingdale Fire Department band, membership
and apparatus.
The last Division will be led by Ex- Chief
Raymond Ward, followed by the Farmingdale
High School Band, the Bethpage Lodge F. A. M. No.
975, Knights of Columbus Council No. 2204, the
Lions Club of Farmingdale, and the Farmingdale
Fire Department band, membership and ap­paratus,
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Farmingdale administrative
staff. She asked them how many
positions were currently at the
$ 18,000 and above level and what
these positions were. According
to Mrs. Proefriedt, she was told
that such information can only be
released thrugh the school board.
Mrs. Proefriedt said: " At a
time when our school district is
undergoing a severe belt-tightening
in all areas, it seems to
me that the public ought, at least,
to be informed of the number of
administrators functioning at
upper level salaries. If cuts must
be made in the school budget, the
board ought to consider freezing
the salaries of these high- paid
administrators before they
consider reductions in other
areas.
" The administrator's refusal to
provide me with this information
is in clear violation of the State
Education Law. Itemized
salaries of all school personnel
are a matter of public record and
open to inspection by qualified
voters at reasonable hours. No
special permission is needed.
Referring me to the school board
in this matter is a highly
questionable action on the part of
the administration. I intend to
seek legal advice on this matter
and to force the administration to
comply with the law."
When contacted by the OB­SERVER,
a spokesman for the
school administration confirmed
that salary information are not
given out over the telephone but
that any registered voter has the
opportunity to inspect salary
records at the office of the
district clerk.