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VOL. 7 NO. 24 Thursday, May 3,1973 10 cents per copy
At Bethpage Library
Bethpage Public Library on Sunday, May 6th at 2:W P.M. She will
perform works by Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin.
Audrey Schneider was a scholarship student of Jakob Gimpei and
•Madame Isabelle Venerova and did further work with master-teacher
Leopold Mittman. She has appeared on CBS-TV as soloist
with the C.B.S. Concert Orchestra, conducted by Alfredo Antonino.
Also on CBS, in collaboration with Beatrice Sutter, she created and
presented a series of music and dance programs for children.
Mrs. Schneider was, for several seasons, harpsichordist with the
North Shore Baroque Ensemble. She has made numerous ap­pearances
on Long Island, including recent performances at the
. Long Beach Public Library, in solo recital and as accompanist in a
leider recital.
Ill addition to her performance schedule, Mrs. Schneider has been
leaching piano for 22 years. At her Bethpage Public Library recital,
Mrs. Schneider will be performing on the KAWAI grand piano
recently presented to the library by the FRIENDS OF THE
BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
There is no admission charge for this program, nor are tickets
required. Ail are welcome to attend-children should be accompanied
by an adult. For further information, call the library at WE 1-3907.
- The Bethpage Public Library is at 47 Powell Avenue (off Broadway)
Old Deed Explains'Old Deeds'
(Continued from last week)
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The regular monthly meeting
of the Bethpage Board of
Education was-held on Tuesday,
April 24, 1973 with all Board
members present and 10 tax­payers
in the audience. The
minutes of March 27 were ap­proved
as corrected, also
minutes of March 29 and April 12.
Under Board communications
a change in zoning (variance for
addition) was brought to the
attention of the Board concerning
the area south of Central Avenue
and west of Park Avenue. The
School Board Forum Dinner
meeting will be held on May 14th,
7:30 - 10 P.M., at Hofstra
University, the topic to be
discussed, "Positive Conflict
Management". At the request of
the Secondary Administrators, a
meeting was set up for May 3,
1973v 8 P.M. A public ir*e*tfog for
Thursday> May:%o* Wtw spWHiulea
for the Board of Education tovote
on official notice for the Budget
Vote (June 13). A leU«r was
received from the Long; Island
Womens' Basketball Clinic,
thanking the District for the use
of our facilities this past winter;
commending the personnel who
assisted them and Dr. Long's'
efforts in working dilligently with
the clinic; also the leaders clubs
for their help in setting up
equipment and the custodial staff
for their helpfulness and courtesy
at the high school. A letter was
received from Kay burn Bus
Service notifying the Bethpage
District that t^ey were protesting
the transportation bid against the
Best Bus Company on two
flagrant violations. The Board
directed Mr. Lavin to schedule a
meeting with Rayburn on either
May 3rd or May 10th. A letter was
received from a citizen of the
district and read by Mr. (Man.
The le'tter stated in part. . .his
taxes went up $60 even with
closing a school. . .has been a
resident for 15 years and his
mortgage has increased from
$103 to $203-school. taxes have
tripled and people don't care. .
.this was not a legitimate rise-have
built a super payroll.. .very
few of our children can afford to
live in Bethpage. . .listening to
teachers demands and lousy do-people
who form the base of the
. district. . .there has to be a
change—the taxes must go down,
if the teachers don't like it they
can leave district. .
Under the Superintendent's
Report, the following items were
approved: Accepted the
resignation of F. Morse, Science,
• Sr. H.S.; Granted maternity
leave to J. Birnbaum, Central
Blvd. School, effective 9/ 1/ 73 -
6/74; Appointed F. Melone,
Summer Elementary School
Principal and Thomas Duffy,
Summer Senior High School
Principal; Approved the special
area substitute list. (In a brief
discussion, Mr. Slayin felt the
policy regarding the utilization of
substitute teachers should be
taken up at a future meeting.)
The Bethpage Congress of
Teachers filed a grievance
against the Bethpage District
regarding class load for English
teachers. Their contention was
that the class load was not to
exceed 100 students. At present
the class load is 115 to 119
students. After hearing all
sides, the Arbitrator awarded the
decision in favor of the Board of
Education, stating in his
opinion...there was nothing in the
policy to uphold the grievan­ce
and there was no intent on the
• part of the Board to ttjsat1-
Board is not requ
class loads of 100 students. Mr.
Coition ''':hu^l&n6d-^t**.-r.:o€)&\:Qf:
following through op grievances
and arbitration such as this and
was informed the cost was ap­proximately
$1200. Mr. Slavin
went on to say that presently, in
the, English department a
problem exists where the A and C
track students are mixed in the
11th and 12th grade levels, with
the C track students experiencing
a difficult time and falling
(Continued on Page 3)
Plainedge:
Parents Picket Board's
"New Secrecy
TEXT OF ORIGINAL
INDIAN DEED
Be it Knone to all men at these
pressants that I pugnipan
Sacham of Motinnacok do for my
Selfre and in the beehalfe of
Nanamorrouas and Neponhew
and pocipupon bargin and sell
and make over unto
Robert Williames of Himstead
parte of the grete pleains lying
northeast from hemsted or there
abouts beeginnihg at A pointe of
Tres Called by the Indianas
Ciscascate or Cantiag at A whit
oake marked by me puginpan
and from thence uppon a South
line to the Middel of the plaine
and from thence upppne A. Est
line to the End of the plaine
bounded with the Wodes one the
Este and Northeste and North or
there aboutes all which tract of
lande I the sayed Pugnipan do for
Miselfe and In beehalfe of
Nanamorrouas and Neponhew
and pocipupon bargin Sell and
macke ouer, unto the Sayed
Robert Williames his Ares
Executors administrators and
Asines for teme. (them)
pesaubly to ingay forever from us
allso wee the
acknolyeg that we have Reseved
fulle Sattisfacktion of Roberte
Williames in Trading Clothe for
the fore menchaned Tract of
Plaine Land in witness-hereunto
wee have Set ouer handes this
twentheh day of May in the Yere
of one Thousand Six Hundred
forty Eight..
pugnipan
Nanamorrouas
neponhew
Pocipupon
Witness
Richard Willetts
John Washburn
rasaocume Sachem
Ponannegan
maschacur
perawes
nannittung
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by Richard Wood
11 was raining; not too hard, a
slight drizzle actually. I had
gotten out of my car and and was
approaching the main entrance
qf the Plainedge High School
when I happened on something I
hadn't seen in Plainedge in
more than a year. A* picket line,
About 10 individuals, who
referred to themselves as
"simply a concerned group of
parents," circled the High School
entrance with home-made
placards protesting what they
called the School Board's
"secrecy" on both the Rinehard
affair and the district's new
budget.
THE WORDS OF PROTEST
I entered the High School and
walked down the long corridor to
the cafeteria. Once seated and
innittung AMM>***»»» mc v.... ~--^-
Entered in the office of Records not icing representation of at least
^^^^^^™^^™^^™ Island
at New Yorke the 12th day of
ffebry 1666.
Matthias Nlcolls, Secy.
f'A true Coppy Taken from the
Original (both in substance and
' and Entered by
four other Long Island
newspapers, I glanced at the
agenda for the April 26th
meeting.
It contained three items.
Ort graphy) ana unterea uy vO;nneC vcyounVcve.r ned contract
order of the proprietors. Revised negotiations with the Plainedge
and Compaired by me Samuel Administrators, and Supervisors
Willis Recorder." Association. The second con­cerned
similar negotiations with
the Plainedge Educational
Secretaries Association. The
third item simply read:
"Budget."
Nothing at all about the district
superintendency or the Rinehart
.^ffair. .,.
As people began to pour into" the
cafeteria, it was apparent that
the Rinehart affair and. the
budget were on most minds.
Next I read through the leaflet
one of the pickets had handed me
as I entered the building.
"The citizens of Plainedge
deserve some answers," it read.
"We deserve more than silence
and secrecy from our Board....
Will our new Superintendent be
chosen because of superior
qualifications or are we going to
be sold a political puppet?"
On the matter of the budget, it
read:
"Why the secrecy this year on
the budget? Why did the Board
not have any plans formulated to
have an open budget hearting?
Why did a community member
have to remind them of our right
to attend budget hearings?"
The meeting opened with the
Pledge of Allegiance and quickly
moved through the first two
items on the agenda.
Negotiation agreements with
the two aforementioned
associations were unanimously
passed. It didn't, therefore, take
very long to get to the "real"
issue at hand:/uie board's new
secrecy - a label which the^
district was fast pinning on it.
Dominick Gagliardo, a six-year
member of the School Board,
indirectly opened the bag of
worms by initiating a last minute
resolution.
"Prior to the close of the
meeting," said Gagliardo, "I
request that one-half hour be set
aside for questions and answers
on any matter pertinent to the
school district."
Gagliardo's proposition,
greeted with applause from the
150 member, standing-room only
audience, was met with the op­position
of vsome of his fellow
board members.
Trustee Franklyn J. McGrath
countered 'by requesting thai
Gagliardo's motion be tabled.
Trustee Michael Cimino then
(Continued on Page 10)