The-Leader_1980-05-29

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45th YEAR. No. S .FREEPORT. NEW YORK, MAY 29.1980 PRICE 20* PER COPV
In Residents Requesf Humori
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FEEEPQRT - Several school district residents urged the Freeport
School Board to set up a Task Force to consider the study of human
seiuality in the district's public schools. The request was made at the
last public meeting of the Board of Education on Wednesday evenhig.
May 21. Before the mecthig ended. School Board president Sara'Holly
afBmjed. "a Task Force win be . - ^ i- ; ;/^
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TVyiF(OHQ ON THE MAU-1 Tfis Frwpori RacrMlh>n'l3«pirtniint'«> Apwl^ fr^'iri|tt!wl>N>« onvThe
Frwport Mall SaturdayV May 3t.JIO am-4 pm. SpohsbrBd by^lhe FreepohiChaniber bfiComtnsrce'a.^
Retail.Draaido.'tri^ demonatraUons will ahow Fraeporters the style 8ird;.perf«ctlon:jwbrchiopk the '
group straight up to lasf year's New York State Cham'pioiuhlp.vJuBtctHls pest .Vrdekend,Jthe Junior
t.arge'Danes T^irt Team placed second at the New York'State; Competition held in Central Isllp..^
At'thesam^tlme, the Juvenile Stpall Dance T«Ul Team plabed.thltdlri their dJyl8lon..ThpTwlrler8^
will soon i]irgoing to Ellz8bet(ttowprN7J. to compete ton the! Regional title, r. ,' . ~r •"'':- ^>;-- "^
setup.
The questioning was'begim by
Shirley Crittenden who said thaf,
"Plumed paieuthoiod' of -Massau
CPunty'received a^nht .to come
hito tUs cp]|cmuidty^)irai juiy of it
filtttdomi'.'through'^the cur-
Resfdentt'Question Chdniiai
In School Lui|ch Seivi^^
ScKdbl District
S i t t i l M ^ i th ;
-^* • temi
S^a|l!*tyJnic|li>l-:::
'::FHBEPORTl^-Ti«sifirst of^the
: eigtrt iMins :ot enlployieei'. assd-
:Binbtti!iridir^mcii the Freeport
:;Sdi6bI District te negotiajiiiMhis'
^yeatV;has r (had ? Jtfaeir^ cooftact.
i approved by the Sdioo) Board/ v
r;<.:At-l«stl Wednesday idg^^
May;21);iiieetiog.%.tire. Board of
-•Educatton 4'PtOTed' thureiimtiaet'
•s:-. cafeteria
. JHEESOBT «vl^^^iaent1>rcugfat the matter up^dtuine^^^b^'
Sesdon 'of.tbe. Preepbct B<Ard of'Edacatfonr meeti^^emuisday^
eveningrMay^l..;Adi«nge iv cafeteria maaagementJuta itot bieen'oh;
ti^ agenda and there tud been ho ptevtoos^ discutsioii:.^B°tIJean
5f^isnerrof JK'haley.Strettjinid'she bad learned of the'oonterimlated
dungeTnlheiLdistria's - "^-•
ptogHtm feom a source V<*^»*? - of ^S3,000-S4,000~ in; the first
ofihedisMct?* ^^ . •^ V ) ' year/accwdiog-to iCosUdw but,, _ . __ .
?'Why is;ag«jorjAange/oou-^heaaid»>t'monerJsnbt'-tte^mijdr•t5Sf**5?*^^
mplated?J^r'she^ adce^ the concern; qualityU.^^CosflOw said r^i-^^^^ ,
Board, A member of thelfbrmer wwHohu ldth ea tnteemwp St CTvfce^tfedistetioip^LTiO^h^iSttPo^tt^e "''^^*^^^^^^^^ fl_?-l_r * t^ t^ • - ti t V J' tx iapproximate 6% mcrease for the
^ « » * of I"^«:^WcfajMda:t_^n^^^^-the fir^
be«yaisedtoftreyears.v.-;;^c^:S^siJii:pej^
\,y^!r^ ~-555?°^^i^rA«?er;js<icaid.-ycaf^';of:jthe"oontraictJ
Soset agreed wtthwisnet-saying-^r^ctaal' ddlar^^iuiukmts = are "an
that the pn^osal widd. tice ^InoiiaMc^
"control out of-the hands; .of - -^ - •
local people and.pnt itintoout-side
corporate £uids.;.As/^a.'con-'
cemed patent," he-swd,l"r
would like to see some input from
thePTA.? ; "::^:' ^;{^;:v,v;- -^-w;-'.-
Costlow said the,two:people,
who run the'.ontdde cbrpnate'
service were "qualified" u^that
the district's cafeteria proghun .
would be under the guidance 6f
Assistant to the So^xintoidenf
of Schools Hussell Birdsall.
But Suzanne . Hirscfafeld of
Randall Avenuie' continued the
questioning. "Who contnds the
supplies of food?" she asked;"
"and ths quality?";
Costlow said the school district^
would, remain if control of these
elements because they would put __
h T S K would retahi the now. He said some foods come m i*narlong,^^2!^rtiOT. Durmg
ability to approve an menus, as government surplus, as m aD
^8tricl:wideMbtriri6n.Cotauiuttee..
' that hadstudted lundmme menus
• sev^alyearstigOt'Wiffwt, wanted
to .know why, iC^the>distri^''s-prfesenk
program ia'im Wtiqus and'
cost-effe^ve,« change to an\>ut*
'Iride'management'team-is b^g
studied. 'j .^ ' .. -
'-Wisner said she was speaking
'alsoforMuPyn Roller, president
of ReeiMti's'PTA' GoQncO,''when
asking tor time to^dythe issue.
Sdiool Board preddent "Sara
Holty * t « ^ that the issue would
be on the agenda the following
month. A proposal to change to
an outside management service
bad been pfiesenfed to-the board,
at one'Of their a "plaAning
ses^ns^" Holly explained.
Stq>etfa>tend«it of Sdiools
Donald Costlow called it "incum­bent
on'the administration to
presentiJlaltetiuttivesthatmigbt '
miprove what we have." He s^d
the. new sjjrstem, if accepted,:
would mean 6o ^ange in services
to the diUdren and no dismissal of.
tendent •'t^cf i:
:.C6stlowvanswcired' her;
^^.•Nol" TbeTstody..dl iiuman a«t-i-
ualityi.;be saldi tis'^'an-.opilional'
S&and iathe-staie syOibni and :
until there li a. community. Task ^
Force' to s^'idy the questton-"it!
'!wouldbeliiappro|)ti[ate/- v^-':
. Richard Alman, of West SeC-
- Wd Street, ask^ if the diistrict
'.intndi^ to .set up sudi a Task
!Fbrce^and''wis told by^GwBowj"-
"asoftiiismOThcmtfnbi'f •>.!;-'^
: ~;"Hqw'do ifrc'gd about jprompf-
\ ing the board to {Dnasuata TasE
, .Fo?ce?'i;Vaslxd^ffie /next *ques-
- tidner, SoeHlisdifeld. -J I'.H • •".
!!:i,*?By coming tbbbard meetings',','
; replied - Sdiool Board' preside^
•'•:SaraHonyi'."--;.^-:.,^ '.^ '^r-::.r:!-.;---v^
£^_;P6ny JDfiwted that this meet-
->ingwa^:the first time the'issue
• Jiad' craiie 'to the' district's - al-
• ; tnitinn. v "S6me".''«fistricts",'!, 'she
- ezplidned "have gotten into dif- '
ficulties because of the wrong a^
pn)ach...The Task'Force,*' HbUj
.went- -voi -^should indude- Uie
boDuann% and the rellgibinF com
;muhity"- to ' make'!.ttecotdmeh- .-
^ti(»ls to : the - Board "'of the
- . . t-rEdyart^«r?^^^^5^»t^?'^i:(!"^^••'""'
SchooUW^i^lfi^ifiddp^^
!us,*r.' she:said, 'liave tdren the -'
pnlM of the rominnnity, finihthe.
demi9i6ufy--mde {parents up •
and We fed thatit is time tb.fdnn '
sudiaTaskForoe.'Vy"-'?'"-'.' • ~-'
:>Crfttendra told thiktibaii that: '
"albt of people would nthet put it
in a'doset and ignore it::.b'ot it is'
bettetto teat* burchildraii''/* -.
.Hdly.'recommended to' her
.bitted . f ^ t jthey, set-up! sodi - a .-
(xonmittee'Mmparing the revest
from tiiose i^jspdce'to tbfrrae
fipm.the public"fOT a' Nutritionv
CbmsoMeeiwhidi-j the: Board '
.EdniMtirai ubU ptit: Intb; m ^
;s6metim^badc^*"r'_';>.-;-'^.^!>;^:|',:,^
l Ontgoinig school bc^rd mexnba
' Ed: Monroe reactedJ'in favor .of'
-geftSg iTdtf the'lMntf
:Mg Ifae commnm^ invtriyed...we
•;i (Cbhtipn p^eiB)!
:u;
y«tt;3(K the second yisaf.
'! The dohtract was negotiate for
the School District by-its paid ;
-nejgotiator Jqe|Ig6e. !pour mem-^:
>bers_tf the board .were present —r .
'Gecttge Bonlnkps: wis in. New! ^
- (Means the night xS. the'meeting/
' -i-r "and:;vpted to- approve- the
. contract s terms. - r'-'
Atjkliisdh's;^
inafCim^Wiiis:
FREEPORT. - The Atkinson
..S$^ool. (Qfih:, and sixth-grade
centerrMathteto tdun.has won
first place in the first Lc^g Islaiid
" Mathematical Olympiad. /
Over 2,000 students from more
approve
There woold-fae minimal savings 4(Cbnt: on Page 3)
TOPS AT FIGURES. Memtiers-of. the first place winning. Atkinson
School Mathletes team are ahowri with S t ^n Pascual^(l,)i the school's
•t. <nnr' Tf j t "_»- "^i^athSpeciialist.-TheflfthBndSixth•grafleatUdenteeam
year" of competition for-elernentary school stodents.T^e Freeport
youngsters are 0. to r.) front row: Olentha VonRedde.n, Bob Ennis, Ari
Juets. Dlaiia-Slnsiterra and Cathy Esopa; second row; Erik Saannaa,
Kevin Rugg, William Rugolsky, Craig Schlecter and Ellen Davison.
Rugolsky also!placed first in Individual ratings; while VonRedden and
Sdilecter took second place. (See story, elsewhere this page.)
t^t period, tlie compefitors Ceiced
25 dulienging math questions.
In addition to the team's excel-
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