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VOL. 57 NO. 26 Second Class Poatage Paid
In Farmingdaie, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 13, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
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Board Gets Injunction
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The strike by the Farmingdale Federation of
Teachers has today entered its second week with the
union and the Board of Education still far apart on a
contract agreement.
The board has offered the union( a $ 500,000 package of
salary and benefits amounting to a 4 per cent increase
The union is demanding 6.25 percent this year and 7 16
per cent next year on a 27 month contract.
While the teachers have
abandoned the job security
clause and agree that a total of 33 Stan Weckstein
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STRIKING TEACHERS walk the picket linein front of the NorthsMe School Itosday afternoon. As the
strike enters its second week, negotiations continue, but the board and the union are far from reaching
an agreement [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Master & Miss Hardscrabble
With all ballots finally in and
tabulated, Farmingdale shoppers
have selected Robert Methven as
Master Hardscrabble and Cindy
Heckman as Miss Hardscrabble
for the 1976 Hardscrabble Fair.
The two runner- ups are Timothy
Dorsey and Carolann Kuntz.
Master Hardscrabble Robert
Methven narrowly edged out his
nearest rival Timothy Dorsey by
a 5886 to 5770 vote margin. Miss
Hardscrabble Cindy Heckman
collected 3664 votes to Carolann's
2579.
The two winners and the two
runner- ups, dressed in colonial
style costumes, will lead the
Hardscrabble Day Parade at n
a. m. on Saturday, May 22. They
will receive their prizes during
the opening ceremonies on the
stage in front of the Main Street
School following the parade.
Master and Miss Hardscrabble
will each receive a $ 100 savings
bond and the two runner- ups will
each receive $ 50 bonds from the
Farmingdale Post
This year's Hardscrabble Fair
will have over 90 booths manned
by local organizations and
Farmingdale residents on the
village green and in the adjacent
parking lot. There will also be
pony rides and the lunar walk,
among other attractions.
Two huge balloons will be
Robert indy Hickman
hovering over Farmingdale that
day. A bright red 30 foot blimp
will fly over the village green and
a hot air balloon provided by
TWA will be flying over the op­posite
end of the parking lot'
behind Medine's Travel Agency.
Main Street will be closed to
vehicle traffic all day between
Richard Street and Front Street
Farmingdale merchants will be
conducting a giant sidewalk sale
in front of their stores and of­fering
many bargains in their
stores. Local artist will also be
displaying their talent along the
sidewalks on Main Street
A full day of entertainment is
also being planned in two stage
locations. The Town of Oyster
Bay Showmobile will be located
in front of the Main Street School
and a second stage will be located
at Front Street The CAPA
Chorale and the Long Island
Banjo Society, sponsored by the
Town of Oyster Bay, the Mill
Lane Junior High School Band,
East Memorial Chorus, The
Children of the Night, three rock
bands, and a square dance band,
with dance caller, are among the
features. A complete program of
events will appear in next week's
Farmingdale Post.
The Farmingdale Heart Fund
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School Bd. Seat
Stanley Weckstein of
Massapequa Park, ah assistant
principal of a Queens high school,
has filed his petition seeking the
vacant seat on the Farmingdale
Board of Education in next
month's election.
Stan and . Sheila Weckstein
moved to Massapequa Park nine
and a half years ago. They have
three children. Two of the
children attend Farmingdale
schools. Stan graduated from the
State University at Oswego in
1961 and has a B. S. degree. He
has a M. S. degree from the New
York University in 1966.
He has worked for the City of
New York for the past fifteen
years. At the present time he is
an assistant principal at Beach
Channel High School in Queens.
Stanley Wickstein
the elimination of 29 additional
teachers. According to the union,
62 teachers have received
dismissal notices.
The board has dropped 55
teaching positions because of the
declining enrollment through
elimination of the job security
clause, cutting back on
elementary foreign language and
guidance counselors and nurse-teachers.
The union wants the cut
programs restored and new
programs instituted to provide
more teacher jobs.
The board contends that the
community cannot afford the
additional tax increases that
would be necessary to meet the
demands of the union. The aim of
the board is to keep the school
budget for the coming year as
near to a zero tax increase as
possible. They feel that since the
public has eliminated all the
board members who favored the
teachers' union demands in the
past, they have a mandate from
the public to hold the line.
The union has charged the
board with deliberately
provoking the strike and has
asked for investigation by the
Senate Education Committee
headed by Sen. Leon Giuffeda.
The conduct of the striking
teachers has become another
issue with the public during the
week that the strike has been in
force. Complaints from both
parents and students have been
made to the Post about the foul
language and threatening tactics
used by striking teachers on the
picket lines blocking the schools.
There have been reports of
teaches actually to fail students
in their courses if they crossed
the picket lines to enter their
schools. Teachers and substitutes
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