The-Leader_1971-04-22

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"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
Fr«ttport's
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35th YEAR. No. 52 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Split Session
Ends This Year
GREEK EASTER: CommemoratiiMi the Easter Season of St. Demetrios Greel( Or^odox Churdi, tl.OOO
white carnations and blue iris are lashMined in the form of ttie Tomb of Christ by die Ladies Auxiliary.
The floral di^itoy above, which is an mmmA rtaiad, is follow^ by disvibution of the ir^iwdual Hmim»
to the membm of the congreptfon on ^m f^iday precwdine ttM Gre^ E^ter Sund^. Heraidlni Ae
joyous wmmn is Father Kim IMsiiifis and left to right: ^nny Ittettf^ws. Lisa Tsitour», Christina
Condos, Jackie I^nakos, Stacey libplK» ami Rdna Zotos.
Sinee ihk week has bemm d^ignated as Chamber of Commmrcm
Week by Governor Rockefeller, we take thin opportune time to
introduce Michael Kemp, past president of Freeport*s Chamber
of Commerce, who wM regularly write a column for the L^der
containing news and aetitMm of your local Chamber.
YOUR
of
I COMMERCE
if
fflnlKB
Kemp
I am nuHt pleased to have the
opportunity to write a colamii
pertataing to ¥oor Chamber el
(^mncrae. Wm i teog time ttie
Oiamber hm wma/toi to remAt
mora iHffilD^smai and resid^is
wWhin our immunity. Your
Owinter irf OMttmerce would
like you to taxDW what is being
lianned. and what its' pi^itta ii
r ^ a i t e ^ problems you may
Imve. im more important, il
ne^te the benefits of your
ofHnicMK and help Hop^ollythru
this column, we will reach more
of our communily
To give you some general
bad^iHind, the Chamber is
n u ^ iqi of interested r^idente
ami b i ^ ^ ^ n e n who pay anual
^•is to Ite organiaKaticm. 11i^
dns rmam ftrnn $10.06 to IW.OQ
d^cndii^ upun the t^t^uey and
iiK o f ^ Iw^ness. FrrnnaUtlw
m ^ b ^ ^ , 30 directors are
^eded to serve as the policy­making
iMxIy of the Chamber.
The Erector's terms of offtoe are
staggered to insure a turnover of
mea and ideas esuA year. The
does iMcb are collected are u i^
1^ tibe ttnrtws as tbif sm
pta&mm to ^idy ai^ wnn-k on.
'rtmOmmibim maintoUK ui office
to d^pw^ fatformation which Is
r ^ i ^ ^ ^ by people fron
Preepwt as wdl as all met Ite
U S.A. I wish evwywie eouW s »
the number of little ^rviera
which are performed and
fH-ovided free of CMt by the
(Chamber of Commerce office.
fi^ach Thursday a luncheon
meeting is held at a local
restaurant To dispell one
common misundrastancUng, the
meeting is held as a ^rvice to the
P^^port Community. Most of
the speakers tUscuH tepia of
interest directly related to
Fr^pcn-t. You donMta^tote
a member of the Ouffite to
attend these meeting. Th^are
for you!! At the present time, the
charge for lunch is $3.00 and the
speaker and locaUmi irf Out lunch
is printed as a service by all our
tecal ne«nspapau mapis to ^ e
3Wtt there.
A dUrectors meirt^ feteidi^e
each mimth. Al ^ ^ m i ^ i ii
aU ma^r pro^cto warn ^^u^ed
andvotedupmi. IlisMrpidi^to
i»t have a ^^Imt at tte
(Coitiniied on mm M)
Freeporl'i Acting Superintendent of Schnob, Dciiiald
Cost low, has announced a plan io end spUi sessions for
the fifth gndes in the Freeport ftiWic Schools. Fifth
grades have been on part-time se^ion in Freeport for the
past three years; one half attending from 8:00 AM - 12:00,
the other half from 12:30 - 4:30 PM. Under the new plan,
all fifth graders will attend a full da| ^»ion.
To make room for the full %^on. firat.«^iid and third
gradem icheduled In attend the Atiili»tin school in Sep­tember,
will te iramferred to tire Columbus Avenue
School Roomi for them there will he obtained by moving
pre-kindergarten d a ^ ^ to rented fadlifies and by raising
kindergarten class size to an estimated 23 students per
class. The shift involves a sliglit increase in bussing since
students living west of Main Street in the Atkin^ion area
will be eligible for buying to the Coliimbus Avenue School.
In speaking of the changes, Mr. C«tlow stated, "I reali?^
that the .•ihlft will catae some dis«»mforl i« both teacheii
and students. As Superintendent, however. I cannot su|>-
port an wrpnixalional pattern thai denies a full education
to 600 fifth graders. Tlieir full-time education must be
our first c«incern."
TTie movement of pre-kindergarten classes to rented
facilities is dependent on continued State funding of the
program. Governor Rockefeller's ie««nl budget cut pre-kindergarten
fuiid.«i by I.H million dollais; but, according
to the program*! director, this may not msan a cut in
Freeport's bud^t. Currently, tlie Stale Education I>eparl-ment
provides 8Sf of opera ting expendityres. and, instead
of reducing the percentage State wuie, the division may
eliminate some programs it regards as non-productive.
Also involved in the switch will be three classes of
elementary age retarded children now at Columbus Avenue.
These d ^ ^ will be placed in Ite mriom etementary
schools housing children of tlw ^me afe group.
The chanp in loning postpone or dinumt^ the nt«d
for a building addition at the Alkiiwin ^ u i oL Depending
on Kindergarten enrollment for the mxt few years, present
school facilities may be adequate for Freeport's elementary
age enrollment.
' i n addition to a possible savii^ of millions of dollars
to the taxpayer,'" said Mr. Costlow, **thc shift ehables the
fifth graders to r^ume a nomud i ^ ^ u f e in September
rather than to wall ^veral yean tm a buiW% to be com­pleted.
The lootlon of retarded dtmsm in a school wth
their p^ra, and Iks movement of pe-lcindeipirteneri to
superior f a c i i t e are also pod^ie i^iecte of the plan/*
Freepnt's Welfan M t e s I Rs Bfeds
A meeting to discuss
Freeport's w(Sam prableios a»l
to help d^terate » n e M t t e^
prcAilami wltt he Mi at the
Columbia Avenue School on
Thursday evming, April Z^d at
8:30 P.M. lUi m ^ o g ts being
called by no i ^ p u ^ ^ ^««ip. Ixit
simply by a pvup at cmcemed
residents.
Dr. James SbWBrt, Nassau
G M ^ CSmn^ Gammlasion^ vi
Social i e n r i ^ , who is «
a ^ ^ « i aitf attswar period « ^
famm-
AU Merraled retidents ate
requKled to attendL
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