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^ Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 15C
^ 4 » Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO. 25 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 8, 1975 T ^ / o^ ight 1975 by
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price 1 Si - $ 5 par year
Bd. of Ed. Drops
Social Studies
4 Year Mandate
Farmingdale's Board of Education officially voted to
unmandate a fourth year of high school social studies
during their regular monthly meeting Monday night
before a large crowd of taxpayer group representatives.
The move would allow the board to release two teachers
from regular duties and be assigned to the substitute
pool.
Seniors View
NEW WATER COMMISSIONER for the South Farmingdale Water District, Roger Bell [ right] is
shown the district's by- laws by retiring Commissioner Albert Nasser and retiring Office Manager
Harold Fogg as Town Councilman Gregory W. Carman [ left] looks on. Nasser retired as commissioner
to take over the duties of office manager and Bell was appointed by the Town of Oyster Bay to fill the
vacancy. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Bill To Regain MTA Taxes
et
A new legislative concept, co-sponsored
by Assemblyman
Philip B. Healy ( R- Massapequa),
would return lost control revenue
to the Farmingdale School
District which has resulted from
the MTA's takeover of Republic
Airport.
Assemblyman Healey said that
the bill would prevent the loss of
assessed valuation on Republic
airport by holding the district
" harmless" at the level of the
assessment rolls at the time of
the acquisition. This would be
implemented until such time as
revenue- producing property
offsets the loss.
" Under the existing Real
Property Tax Law," said Healey,
" losses of assessed valuation are
compensated by a tranition
assessment program, this was
originally designed to reduce lost
revenue at an annual rate of two
per cent in assessed valuation on
property which has been taken
over by a tax- exempt agent, such
as the MTA.
" fynfortunately, the airport is
being expanded within a school
^ strict which is already fully
developed and surrounded by
tax- exempt cemeteries. There
currently appears to be no op­portunity
in the near future to
recover these revenue losses.
Consequently, Farmingdale
homeowners are indirectly
subsidizing the airport by about
$ 1.8 million a year.
" In these times of spiralling
inflation and ever increasing tax
burdens, it is imperative that we
find some means of tax relief for
the middle income suburban
homeowner. For this reason, I
am exerting every effort to have
the bill passed in the Assembly.
Because it is a traditional fact
that bills are released from
committee faster if they are
sponsored by the chairman, I
have asked Assemblyman
Kremer, Chairman of the
Assembly Committee on Cor-
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More than 3000 Nassau County
high school seniors will have a
chance to find out about career
and employment opportunities on
Long Island during Youth Op­portunity
Day at Cantiague Park
May 13.
The students will come from
every high school district in
Nassau County and will be bused
to the park during school hours.
At the park, they will meet with
representatives of approximately
70 business and industrial firms,
government agencies, and the
armed services.
The students will be in­terviewed
by industry and
government recruiters who will
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Kuck— Tammy Angwin
Master & Miss Hardscrabble
The flood gates opened and the
votes came pouring is during the
final week of voting for Master
and Miss Hardscrabble,
resulting in some upsets among
the contest leaders. Tammy
Angwin became Miss Hard­scrabble
with a total vote count of
7295. Eric Kuck jumped into the
lead from fourth place with 3595
votes to become Master Hard­scrabble.
Eric outpointed last week's
leader Robert Meagher to take
the top prize. Robert scored a
total vote of 2877 to nail down the
runner- up prize. Gregg Thomp­son
placed third with 1660 votes
and Joseph Pangallo fourth with
last week's leader, with a vote
final of 3965. Mary Milone took
fourth place with 2393 votes.
Eric and Tammy will receive
their $ 100 savings bonds from the
Farmingdale Post during
ceremonies on Hardscrabble
Day, May 24. They will lead the
parade in period costume to
launch the day's activities. The
two runner- ups will each receive
a $ 50 savings bond from the Post
and will serve as understudy for
the two winners.
Runner- up for the Miss Hard­scrabble
crown was Carol Anne
Kuntz with 4016 votes. Third
place went to Patricia Heckman,
Because of the" job security
clause in the teachers' union
contract the elimination of two
teachers assigned to the sub­stitute
pool still are to draw their
same salaries under the contract
clause. It does, however, save
money which would be allocated
for a substitute and eliminate a
substitute position.
The board was criticized for
this action by Fran Sigmond, who
is expected to file for one of the
school board seats open this year.
Mrs. Sigmond said the board
should begin " cleaning house"
before beginning to eliminate
courses, She polled the board and
found that Mrs. Lucille Goulding
was the only board member to
vote in favor of retaining the
fourth year of social studies. Mrs.
Sigmond then stated that she has
supported Mrs. Goulding in the
past and still agrees with her.
Assistant Superintendent
Charles Manso pointed out that
the fourth year of social studies
has been unofficially " un-mandated"
for the past two years
as students were allowed to take
other subjects more in line with
their chosen field ( such as math,
science) rather than the senior
year social studies. The State
Board of Regents only requires
three years of social studies for a
diploma, so the principal and
guidance counselors used their
discretion.
The question of • the board
allowing only one vote on the
budget this year was brought up.
The board stated that they are
not going to be locked- in oh a
promise of one vote, but will not
be inclined to go for a second vote
if the first budget is defeated,
unless further cuts can be made
to the budget and the public
demands a second chance.
It was also noted that the last
day for candidates to file for the
open Board of Education seats
will be May 19.
The board adopted a policy in
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