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PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 7 NO. 16 Thursday, March 8, 1973 10 cents per copy
Bethpage School
By Mary McCutcheon and Lorraine Carley Board Report
The regular monthly meeting'
of the Bethpage ' Board of
Education was held on Tuesday,
February 20, 1973. Mr. Miklas,
Vice President, conducted the
meeting in the absence of Mr.
Salvin, and 11 taxpayers afes*
tended.
Dr. Larsen requested approval
of a Swim-A-Thon - a first in the
Northeast - to raise funds for
equipment in the pool area. The
Swim-A-Thon will start on
Monday, April 23rd at 9 a.m. until
Tuesday, April 24th at 2 p.m., av
total of 29 hours. Each team will
consist of ten swimmers and two
alternates, both boys and girls
teams. Each swimmer is
requested to have a sponsor to
donate money for each lap he
swims. The money is to be turned
«,. „ * -specified equip­ment.
Dr. Larsen specified that
there will be no ticket salesi but
the pool will be open for spec­tators
during the entire 29 hours.
Mr. Forrest and Mrs, Van Sickle,
swim coaches, will donate their
time for the event. Dr. Larsen
informed the Board that the only
expense to the district would be
additional security guards for the
night hours. A motion was made
by Mr. LoFaso and seconded by
Mr. Gorman, to approve the
Swim-A-Thon, with the
available to the Budget Com­mittee
excpet for personnel
records. . .but high school
students are now typing the
salary scales and probably have
the whole budget. . .we, as a
committee, know and understand
our responsibilities and have
always acted with discretion. . .
A member of the Budget
Committee remarked t h a t . . . he
was getting the feeling that the
Committee was pot needed... we
are simply asking for the tools to
put our minds together for a good
report. Following further
discussion, a motion was made
by Mr., Gorman, seconded by
Mrs. Regan, to authorize Dr.
Larsen to make available to the
Chairman of the Budget Com­mittee,
those people who are
knowledgeable in specific areas
of the budget, as requested by ttie
chairman, and also, materials
pertinent there to, subject to
reasonable availability. The
motion was approved 6 - 0.
Mr. Miklas reported, that he
had been advised by Mr. T.
Weathers, Executive Officer of
the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards
Association, that after the
Primary Elections of June 4th, in
New York State, all voting
machines will be impounded for
three weeks. Mr. Weathers in­formed
-him that some districts
have moved their voting date to
bwim-A-xnon, mw *~~
stipulation that all proceeds go to May so that they are assured of
the Leaders C"'l--u*b- , a—n-d» ™wao=s mKiia machines. The District
carried by a vote of 5 - 1 .
1973-74 BUDGET
Mr. Cotton inquired on the
status of the 1973-74 School
Budget and was informed by Dr.
Larsen that the Business
Manager was completing it now
and getting back up information
together. Mrs. Regan interjected
at this point that.. . she was very
disturbed that so called con­fidential
budget information was
scattered over the floor near the
printing ship in the basement of
the Administration Building. Dr.
Larsen informed her that he was
aware of the problem and has
directed the printer to shred all
leftover copies in the future. A
taxpayer questioned if the budget
was not already late in being
submitted to the Board of
Education. Mr. Schuckman,
Chairman of the Budget Com­mittee,
suggested that members
of the Committee receive the
Budget first and act as an ad­visory
arm to the Board. Mr.
Miklas replied that . . . the
Budget Committee gives
tremendous in-put to the Board,
however, he was negative to the
Committee's suggestion...items
such as policy issues, plus the
board deliberating delicate
personnel matters should not
become public. . -Mr. LoFaso
also expressed a negative
reaction that. . .this Board of
Education { cannot let them
(budget committee) do our job. .
.Mr. Schuckman then slated that.
. .anything in the district is
voting machines. The District
Clerk was directed to check with
the Board of Elections and obtain
some ; guarantee of voting
machines for the June Election
and School Budget voting.
CAFETERIA REPORT
Mr. Marks, District Ac­countant,
submitted the
Cafeteria Report as follows: The
School Lunch Program for
January 1973 resulted in
revenues exceeding expenses by
$5,973.72, which was higher then
any previous month in the past
two fiscal years. From a deficit of
$3,982.54 from July 1, 1971 to
January 31, 1972, the operations
now indicate revenues in excess
of expenditures by $17,401.88.
.This latter figure includes
$13,061.85 of the $25,000.00 to be
contributed by the District.
A brief, heated discussion
erupted between Mr. LoFaso and
Mrs. Regan. Mr. LoFaso con­tended
t h a t . . . he could not tell
by the figures of the Type A
lunch or the Al-A-Carte lunch
making more money, . . . (Mr.
LoFaso, at previous Board
meetings had questioned whether
or not the Al-A-Carte in the Jr.
and Sr. High Schools was actually
responsible for the increased
income in the cafeteria.) At this
point. Mr. LoFaso asked for the
Cost Analysis Report that he had
requested from the Cafeteria
Manager and was informed by
Mr. Marks that the figures had
not been completely compiled at
this time. Mrs. Regan, directing
her remarks to Mr. LoFaso,
stated that... she thought it was
a disgrace that he tries to find
fault every month with the
cafeteria report and continued...
you never worried about the
cafeteria before when it' was
going under, now when it starts to
look good, you are constantly
questioning it. . . and, you were
ready to put $52,000 into the
cafeteria three years ago. . . .
Mr. LoFaso answered em­phatically
that... it was not him,
it was the Board of Education. He
continued. . , I want to know
where the source of revenue is"»
coming from... you ask for many
reports, I can ask for one report..
Regarding other areas of the
cafeteria, Dr. Larsen was
directed to speak to Mr. McElroy
concerning tightening the
security at the high schi "
•• the rarfetena bau**lv»e
noted that the Board had \
proved a bid for meat from one
meat company however, another
company is now supplying the
meat and she wanted to know
who was responsible. The
Business Manager was not
present for an explanation.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board, approved the
minutes of October 5, January 16
and January 30. The December 28
minutes were approved with the
following correction: the minutes
should read that Dr.' Larsen
requested that the Board hold
any discussion on the
Bloomingdale School and
Hicksville School District for
executive session.
The Bethpage High School
P.T.A. sent a letter to Mr. Slavin
regarding Career Night, March
20, 1973.. A representative of the
New York State Employment
Service will be present along with
.,...exj^Brts^_jpj>fes4ipjials.-... and
' tradesman, to discuss job op­portunities
for the students.
The Board approved the
retirement of Mrs. Spaar, ef­fective
June 30; the regular
substitute appointments of Mr.
Mulaterno and L, Wollman: F.
Melons was appointed Lacrosse
coach, 7th and 8th grades. Also
approved, were curriculum
changes for 12th grade English
effective Sept. 1973 and industrial
arts curriculum changes in ac­cordance
'with State recom­mendations.
Mr. Chomsky was
directed to check the safety
equipment Tn the industrial arts
rooms.
The^ Board approved the
payment of bills from the
General Fund, Cafeteria Account
and E.S.E.A. Account. Noted was
a bill for $401.00 for replacement
of glass in district vehicles that
were vandalized recently. The
Board approved the extention of
contract for transportation in its
fifth year to Tom For, at $175
month, $6 each additional,
student.
Other approvals were:
custodial resignation of Paul
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HE'S GLAD HE CRASHED THE PARTY - The free
instruction clinic, put on in Bethpage Community Park
by three stars of the New York Raiders, was supposed
to be for little fellows of the Township of Oyster Bay's
Junior Hockey League, but Jeff Fleischman, who plays
defense for Nassau Community College, dropped by
and picked up some good pointers. Here he meets with
fellow defenseman Kent Douglas of the Raiders, who
has been in the pro ranks for nearly 20 years. Douglas
now serves as both player and coaching assistant to
Camille Henry, the head man of the Raiders, and
Fleischman said "it is great to be around with a real
pro". Also on hand for the program sponsored by Getty
Oil Company, were rookie goalie Peter Donnelly and
wingman Wayne Rivers.
Mothers J^JeadFor
Children's Safety
A group of angry
mothers demonstrattetP
yesterday in front of
Grumman Aerospace
Corp. on Central Avenue.
The mothers, led by Mrs.
Daniel Di Roma whose
young son, Douglas, was
hit by a car and killed in
the area of the demon­stration
last week, are
asking for protection for
their children at the corner
of Robert Damm and
Central Avenue. There is
no traffic light at the
crossing. After 4.00 p.m. in
the afternoon when the
employees from Grum­man
leave work, it is
practically impossible for
anyone to cross safely.
Two other chUd^n^^avg^
been hit by' cars in the
area, one of them was also
killed.
Two years ago a group of
the mothers in Bethpage
sent a petition with 800
names to the Town of
Oyster Bay and Nassau
County requesting that a
traffic light be put at the \
corner of North Robert
Damm and Central Ave.
for the protection of their
children. They received a
letter stating that the
traffic, from Grumman
had to be expedited and
that a traffic light at that
particular corner would
slow down traffic.