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with the cooperation
The Honorable Judge David Gibbons, Nassau County Court, ex­plained
some of the new drug law's "novel approaches" to
elimination of drug traffic and related crimes including life
probation and bounty for informers, at a "Don't Get Busted"
Symposium in the C.W. Post Auditorium September 13. Honorable
Judge Martin Ginsberg, (R) Nassau County Family Court,
moderated the panel of Nassau County judges, attorneys, trial
lawyers, and law enforcement officials assembled to inform students
of the procedural changes and effects of the new New York State
Drug and Sentencing law.
AND THE SUBJECT IS YOUTH: County Execuitve Ralph G. Caso
stops to talk with young voters at a recent Youth Conference held in
Koslyu. The Conference entitled "Why Republican-?:!" featured Caso
as the main speaker and gave young voters the opportunity to talk
with and question county, town and city elected officials during in­formal
seminar sessions.
Bethpage School
By Mary McCutcheon and Lorraine Carley
The regular monthly meeting
oi the Bethpage Board of
Education was held on Thursday
September 20, 1973, with all
Board members present and
approximately fifteen taxpayers
attending.
Handicapped Adults AHRC -
Workshop
A parent appeared before the
Board of Education to requesT
transportation for young adults,
21 years old and over, to the
AHRC Workshop in Freeport
Presently ^these handicapped
young adults are forced to rely on
public transportation and if they
miss the shuttle bus out of
Freeport they are stranded. They
are' earning approximately $7.00
to $10.00 a week. Aside from the
arduous transportation problem,
these young people spend $5.00
per week on public tran­sportation.
The parent explained
Board Report
was told "to see "tfie7 Board
Education. She also indicated
that other districts do provide
transportation. There are four or
five young adults involved in this
area and the parent indicated
that she personally would be
willing to share the expense of the
transportation. The parent
concluded that these children
were vulnerable and asked the
Board to consider the request.
She was informed that the Board
would look into the legal aspects
involved and would have to check
with Mr. Goldman, Trans­portation
Department.
Fire Alarm System
Mr. Slavin, President, in­formed
the Board that the Signal
Communication Corporation,
responsible for installing the fire
alarm system, has gone
bankrupt. Mr. Chompsky, Plant
and Maintenance Engineer,
reported that the fire alarm
system is operative in all the
schools, however, there are
problems primarily with the
quality of workmanship that went
into the job. It is not the best and
we can expect trouble from time
to time with the system. He
continued Signal Com­munications
Corp. came in and
corrected some of the problems
two weeks ago. It was noted that
40 percent, $12,000 was being
held,. Mrs. Regan stated," . . . Mr.
Regan and Mr. Silfin, Engineers,
had volunteered to inspect and
evaluate the work done to present
and had presented a 'punch list1"
< were serious and inviolation of
Itandards and questioned why
tiey had been deleted by Mr.
jjjJMimpsky. Mr. Chompsky
asserted . . . some, items were
consolidated on* the punch list',
some were removed because they
were not needed because of the
specifications and to make a
more workable list. Mrs. Regan
requested a letter from Mr.
Chompsky indicating why the
items were deleted, for her
protection when she votes on final
Payment. At this point, the Board
» tabled any further discussion
M o n i t o r s .
Junior and Senior High Schools
Dr. Larsen, Superintendent of
Schools, reported that the
monitors were working well
we have additional coverage
j outside the cafeteria and in the
parking fields and he was not
aware of any problems other than
what would be considered
routine. Mr. Iannello disclosed
• students are taking the attitude
that the monitors are a waste of
time and the students were not
indoctrinated properly towards
the monitors; also, the teachers
union is openly trying to un­dermine
and reverse the
decision of the. Board of
Education. He continued. . . even
though some of us were against
the original motion (to replace 7
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said... a good percentage of the
teachers would like to see the
program fall apart... they are
submitting their evaluatiuon of
monitors to the Board in October
or November, it should make
interesting reading, he con­cluded.
Mr. Resnick said... any
incidents of- under cutting the
program should be brought to the
immediate attention of the
Superintendent. Mrs. Regan
commented, two department
supervisors indicated to her that
in their opinion, the high school
seemed better organized and was
running smoother.
Use of Building -Midget Football
Mr. Slavin referred to a report
from Mr. Chompsky and a note
from Mr. Blau, Principal of
Central Blvd. School, regarding
the Sunday use of Central Blvd.
School bv Midget Football. Mr.
Blaus' letter projected problems
that existed last year such as, the
wash rooms being tracked up and
the custodians busy on Mondays
cleaning, which interferred with
their normal schedule. Mr.
Chompsky's letter clearly states
that the Midget Football
Association is asking for facilities '
over and beyond what they had
requested in the past. They are
changing in the wash rooms and
using our equipment, (down-markers
and chains). Mr. Lavin
interjected the association does
not use our equipment now, they
have their own; we loaned it oh
occasion last year at the junior-high.
Mr. LoFaso saidin previous'
years the policy was to have
custodians monitor the building
and clean up. Mr, Slavin con­cluded
. . . if the association
wants to get into the building,
they must pay for custodial
services. There was an inquiry as
to whether or not the association
had a key to the building. Mr.
Iannello asked. . . are we going to
start to issue new keys to
everyone alter changing all the
locks? Only by having a
custodian can we be assured that
the safety and health of our
students be protected Mr
Cotton indicated he had a written
study showing if security were
provided for football and
baseball, it would cost the
district approximately $8,000 Dr
^arSf^Was d i r e c ted to inform
he Midget Football association
hat. they may not have access to
l t b™1 , n g u n l«s s t h e custodians
wages b e p a i d by the group using
the building. Mr. Gorman
suggested before you say no to
one group, you must review
policy for all groups.
Foreign Language Cost
Mr. Slavin requested
authorization of the actual cost of
the 7th grade foreign language
program for 1973-74 and
requested the Budget Advisory
Committee to look into the
trogram in detail.
"3kB&M«* iTo:
se decision and sh
so directed.
Girls Interscholastic Sports
requested for Junior High
Mrs. Helen Schiavetta ap­peared
before the Board and
made the following request: "We
are here on behalf of the Junior
High school girls and the Sports
program at that level. At the
present time, an inter-scholastic
program for the girls does not
exist. There is no sport in which
the girls compete with other
schools."
"The boys' inter-scholastic
program at the Jr. High is very
exceptional. They participate in 7
major sports - track lacrosse,
baseball, basketball, football,
wrestling and swimming. This
year soccer has also been added
to the list. This is a very fine and
a very important program,, and
in no way do we seek to change or
detract from it."
"Howwever, our girls are
tremendously talented and eager
to excell also, but they are suf­fering
an injustice in this
staggering imbalance between
the two programs. Just as the
school resounds with cheers at
each announced vicotry for our
boys - so should it resound for our
girls."
"It has been suggested that
girls join boys' teams involving
non-contact sports since they are
entitled to do so by law. We reject
this, however, as being
unrealistic to expect 12 and 13
_year-pld girls to compete with
boys of like age."
"The girls' Phys. Ed. staff at
J.F.K. is highly enthusiastic
about introducing a sports
program. MissDiPrimaand Mrs.
Lenowitz, who are with us
tonight, are willing to assist 4n
any possible way to formula^
and establish a realistic,
workable program. They have
great confidence in a very fine
group of girls."
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