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in FarminRdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 11, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
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Will Dist. Schools Stay On Austerity9?
A Student
Views Austerity
By Steve Fine
Thank you citizens of Far­mingdale
for your enthusiastic
non- support of the most recent
school budget. As a result of the
sound thrashing the budget
suffered, the young people of
your community are going to be
devoid of all the extra- curricular
activities that have made Far­mingdale
Senior High School one
of the best schools on Long
Island.
As co- editor- in- chief of the
Paper Lion, goalie on the 1,973
North Shore championship
soccer team and a senior at FHS,
I would like to express my ex­treme
displeasure with the voting
public of Farmingdale. The high
school is one of the most im­portant,
if not the most important
aspect of this community. To put
it on austerity would be tan­tamount
to destroying it. And,
3200 students would not like to
see their year at FHS ruined at
the expense of some antipathetic
and apathetic residents.
Farmingdale has always been
the Mecca of interscholastic
sports in Nassau County. Hun­dreds
of students each year are
given a chance to prove and
improve themselves through the
vehicle of sports. In recent
campaigns, FHS has been for­tunate
enough , to capture an
inordinate total of cham­pionships.
The girls' sports
program has been thriving.
College recruiters armed with
scholarships flocked to the
building. The school spirit
displayed at home events is the
envy of all high schools. All of
these elements would be
eliminated by austerity.
The Paper Lion is a constant
source of enjoyment for students
who are interested in journalism.
A lot of blood, sweat and tears
are shed by each staffmember
during the course of a year. This
past year, the staff put out what
were judged to be some of its best
issues in history. The editions are
currently being reviewed at
Syracuse University in a
statewide competition. How
would it look if the Paper Lion
won " Best Publication of the
Year" and its members were
unable to attend the banquet
because the district failed to pass
a school budget?
Also, the Paper Lion recently
exposed a swimming scandal in
Plain view high school. The issue
was subsequently picked up by
Newsday and its probe
documented certain illegalities
that are presently being studied
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DEATH SCKNK: ( ieorge Dahlman. who lived in the two room demolished building at lilt Fulton
Street, points to the railing that penetrated the windshield of the car that demolished it, killing the
driver. Joseph M. Dolan, 32, of West Babylon lost control of his station wagon and smashed broadside
into the building. The wooden beam smashed through the window and through the victim's mouth. He
died at Brunswick Hospital, Amityville eight hours later. Dahlman, who owns the properties on both
corners of Fulton and K. Carman's Koad, was reading at the table in the building when the car struck it.
He was not injured. I Post photo by Bob Starrest I
Dr. Richard B* Holzman
Supt. Of School^ In N J.
No Third Vote
Unless Petitioned
Farmingdale's Board of
Education made it official
at their annual
reorganization meeting
last Tuesday night: There
will be no third budget
vote unless the board is
petitioned to resubmit a
new proposal by the
district voters.
Board members feel that they
don't want to spend another
$ 5,000 to conduct a third election
and face a third defeat. They
indicated they want sufficient
support to carry a budget
proposal if they are to submit to a
third vote. Without a public
mandate, the district will remain
- on austerity.
Several members of the board
told the Post that they can see no
way to cut the budget further,
other than to begin eliminating
non- mandated programs from
the curriculum. Programs in this
category include driver
education, elementary foreign
languages, music, etc. The board
is also seeking public reaction to
any such program cuts.
In the reorganization portion of
the meeting, Robert Weiss was
elected president of the board,
replacing Robert Campbell, who
did not seek a third* term in the
presidency. Frank Ranieri was
elected vice president of the
board, the post held by Weiss
during the past year.
The two new trustees,
Raymond Parcels and Stanley
Martyna, were administered the
oath of office and officially took
their seats as members of the
Board of Education. They
replace Frank Gelish and Joseph
Molloy on the seven member
board.
Appointments of committee
chairmen will be made at a later
date.
Dr. Richard B. Holzman was
unanimously appointed
Superintendent of the Cin-naminson
( N. J.) Township
Schools at a meeting of the school
board on Monday, July 1. Dr.
Holzman will assume his duties
on July 15, under a contract
which will run through June 30,
1977.
" The appointment of Dr.
Holzman completes seven
months of intensive searching for
a superintendent whose
qualifications would fit the needs
of Cinnaminson's educational
patterns," School Board
President Ailister H. McCree
explained. The Board considered
130 applicants, both male and
female, for the vacancy and
granted interviews to fourteen
candidates. The applications
came from as far as Colorado
and Florida, but primarily were
centered in the northern and
eastern sections of the United
States.
" Dr. Holzman was the first
choice of the Board and we are
delighted that he will be coming
to Cinnaminson," McCree
continued. Dr. Holzman echoed
McCree when he stated that " I
am very pleased to be coming to
Cinnaminson as it was my first
choice, too. I am very concerned
about educational excellence and
I feel that you can have ex­cellence
within financial
limitations and you can have
economy, efficiency and ef­fectiveness
in a school system,"
Dr. Holzman stated.
The Board sought a superin­tendent
who had experience in all
phases of school leadership with
a specific background in the
areas of curriculum develop­ment,
staff recruitment,
negotiations and budgetary
development with particular
emphasis on obtaining cost ef­fective
educational im­provement.
Dr. Holzman will head the
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Masons Honor
Lewis Minn
On Friday, June 24, Bethpage
Lodge # 975 F.& A. M. of Far­mingdale
honored Lewis C. Minn
as its sideliner of the year. This
award is given each year to that
member that best exemplifies
the high ideals of Masonry thru
the contributions of his time and
talents.
This award was presented to
Lewis Minn by the Master of
Bethpage Lodge, Harold Turner
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