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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
Vol. 10 No. 42 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
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Revised Budget Adopted
By Board of Education
What Farmingdale High School is accomplishing and the problems
of financial support of the school system were the main topics
discussed at Monday evening's regular school board meeting.
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TEACHER HONORED: Mary James, chairman of the Jenkins Memorial Fund
Committee, is shown presenting an honorary lifetime membership in the' PTA to
Preston Corsa, administrative assistant in charge of Pupil Personnel Services of the
Farmingdale Public Schools. Mrs. Helene Trattner, president of the Council of PTA's
looks on.
Preston Corsa Receives
Jenkins Memorial Award
The highest honor a Parent - Teachers
Association can bestow upon an in­dividual
has been presented to Preston
Corsa, administrative assistant for Pupil
Personnel Services in the Farmingdale
Schools. The New York State PTA
Jenkins Memorial Life Membership was
awarded to Corsa by the Farmingdale
Council of PTA's during the Annual
Council Dinner held May 24 at Manor
East Restaurant.
Corsa has been a part of the Far­mingdale
school system since September
1947 holding the positions of senior high
school English teacher and Director of
Guidance before assuming his present
position. Corsa's qualifications for such
an honor include president of the Long
Island Association of Pupil Personnel
Administrators and membership on the
Farmingdale Youth Board and Board of
the South Nassau Division of the
American Cancer Society. He was in­strumental
in founding the Farmingdale
branch of the Cancer Society.
In her statement at the presentation of
the Life Membership, Mary James
remarked: " Honorary Life Mem­berships
are given to individuals the PTA
wishes to honor for their contributions to
the welfare of children and youth. It is
given with pride and gratitude to those
who have made a significant contribution
to children of their community by our
Farmingdale Council." Corsa has been
active in Cub Scouts, Little League and
PTA functions.
In his capacity as administrative
assistant for Pupil Personnel Services,
Corsa's responsibilities include
supervising services to handicapped
children within District No. 22, acting as
liaison with BUCKS tor their special
vices, providing borne tutoring for
children with temporary handicaps and
supervising the General Welfare Fund
for needy childlren.
Corsa oversees district- wide testing
programs, coordinates teacher con­ference
days, supervises services for
disadvantaged youths funded by state
and federal agencies, assists with the
Superintendent's annual report and holds
a seat on Concerned Parents Committee.
Further activities include acting as
principal fort Special Education PTA and
participation as a member of the Ad­ministration
Council and the South East
Area Advisory Council for BOCES.
The Jenkins Memorial is part of the
New York State PTA " Twin Projects"
which includes the Jenkins Memorial
Scholarship Fund for Teacher Education
and the New York State Teacher
Fellowship Fund for Graduate Study.
The purpose of the scholarship fund is to
attract outstanding high school
graduates into the teaching profession.
The aim of the fellowship is to urge ex­cellent
teachers to remain in that field.
PTA instituted the " Twin Projects" in
its belief teachers such as Corsa are the
key to education and in turn quality
education depends in great measure
upon superior teachers. The projects are
supported by monies received as the
testimony to the dedication and con­tributions
of those honored individuals to
the education and welfare of children.
Corsa was unanimously selected for the
Jenkins Memorial Life Membership by
representatives of each member school
in the Farmingdale PTA Council because
they feel he has demonstrated the role of
such individuals and reflects the many
positive contributions of members of the
teaching profession in educational
developments.
The proposed budget discussed at last
week's hearing was adopted
unanimously by the board. Trustee
Frank Ranieri, however, discussed some
reservations including the high cost of
education in a low wealth district and the
lack of reduction in staff in comparison to
the drop in enrollment. He said that Dr.
William Kinzler, superintendent of
schools, was doing a study on how other
districts such as Massapequa managed
to lower the tax rate. Trustee Terry
Weathers ciritcized the State for not
covering a fair share of education cost
and said that the public must get the
legislature to correct inequities in the
financing of education. The budget totals
$ 25,063,701 with a tax rate of $ 15,324 for
Town of Oyster Bay resident and $ 22,476
for Town of Babylon residents.
The board also approved the new
salary schedule and an addendum to the
contract with the Farmingdale
Classroom Teachers Association.
Ranieri voted against the approval of the
salary schedule.
Accomplishments in the area of music
were vividly presented at the board
meeting by a performance of the High
School Double String Quartet. The
players, Fred Fehleisen, Pamela St.
John, Marcie Green, Matthew Abrams,
Carol Sue Lind, Denise Logan, Tim
Harrington, Ellen Caruso, Fabienne
Johns and Jerome Washington had
rehearsed the piece on their own. Igor
Hudadoff, director of Music, commented
' that the Farmingdale Schools had done
very well in the New York State School
Music Association competitions held
June 1 and 2.
In the sports field some of the members
of the championship Lacrosse and Track
teams were introduced.
High School principal, John McLen­nan,
and director of guidance, Leonard
Marino, reviewed the current status of
last year's graduates and the outlook for
this year's.
Of this year's 1000 graduates ap­proximately
71 percent are continuing
with some form of formal education and
about 19 to 20 percent will be going on to
actual jobs or job training including the
armed forces. The remaining 10 percent
mostly boys, are without specific
vocational direction. McLennan said that
these were the ones he worried about
most and more had to be done for them.
Over $ 400,000 in various kinds of
financial aid will be received by Far­mingdale
Students going on to higher
education according to Marino's es­timates.
Aid is given on the basis of need
and ability. Among the awards are three
for students who will attend Harvard
University worth a possible total of
$ 36,000. Community groups have
awarded prizes totaling about $ 10,000.
The trend is continuing toward more
students attending two year and state
supported colleges. In a follow- up study
of the class of ' 72, 36 percent are at­tending
two year colleges, 30 percent four
year institution, 6 percent are in other
post secondary education, 2.1 percent are
in the Armed Forces and 22.7 percent
have entered the labor market.
In other business the school board
made appointments for secondary
elementary summer school. The
teachers salaries for the elementary
corrective reading program to run from
July 2 to July 31 are fully funded by the
Federal government.
The school board approved with letters
of appreciation the retirement of six
faculty members who have served the
district a total of 117 years. They are
Roberta Everitt the director of Library
Media, Beatrice Hamburger from East
Memorial, Helen Mihalski from Wood­ward,
Helen Robertson from Mill Lane,
and Albert Holub and Roger MacArthur
from the Senior High School.
John Guilford, former superintendent
of schools in Farmingdale, died last
week. In his memory all at the school
board meeting rose for a minute of
silence.
Marilyn Hametz
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLOCK: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Howard T. Hogan
stands with Micheal Mena ( center) and Micheal Wolling on Maple Street in Far
mingdale after the street was selected ' Most Beautiful Block in the Neighborhood.
" The boys. 6th graders at East Memorial School, spurred by an ecology project 111
their class, launched a " most beautiful block" contest 111 their neighborhood. Maple
Street was chosen ironi six streets which participated in the contest.