The-Leader_1981-09-03

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Freepgrfers In Roosevelf
Schools Request Change
FREEPORT - Residents of several blocks of homes that, while offi­cially
in the Village of Freeport, lie within the boundaries of the
Roosevelt School District, have petitioned the New York State Depart­ment
of Education to redraw Ute school idistrict lines, n e petition,
which presently rests with Dr. William Callahan, .Superintendent of
Schools of Sole Supervisory
PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE. An imoortant part of being a Freeport police officer is dealing with people.
For that reason, each officer attends a series of workshops given by Village Human Relations Director
Michael Kir>van {standing). Present at a recent session were the Freeport Police Department's
eight new recruits, who will complete their formal training later this month. They are (l. to r.) Gerry
Muniz, Kevin Noll, Susan Krelzmer, Robert PaullcK Jr., Tom Drew, Thomas Garrily, Christopher
Wilson and Alt>erto Villaneuva.
^ Judge Sentences Violators
To Clean Up Baldwin
BALDVyiN - Support for Baldwin Community organizations' ongoing
campaign to curb littering and clean up Baldwin has come from District
Court Judge Burton Joseph. Violators of the Town of Hempstead's
"open container law" — an ordinance prohibiting open containers
of alcoholic beverages on public property — were sentenced by Judge
Joseph to one day's work on a
gleaning crew as an alternative
to a $50 fine.
Offenders opting for the work,
assignment were sweeping at the
Baldwin LIRR station on Aug­ust
14. Others removed litter
from the vicinity of the Baldwin
Fire Department Headquarters
on August 21.
' Alert Baldwin Citizens (ABQ)
and the Baldwin Chamber of
Commerce have been in the
forefront of the community
campaign committed to beauti­fying
Baldwin by, among other
things, putting an end to littering
and vandalism. Knowing of
Judge Joseph's approach to
sentencing violators, ABC
and Chamber of Commerce
representatives' were instni-mental
in having work assign­ments
carried out m Baldwin.
"We appreciate what Judge
Joseph is doing," said Walter
Marcinkowski, Chamber Presi­dent,
"and we hope that his
example will be followed b^ other
judges in sentencing viotators
of ordinances. Those whose
conduct contributes to despoiling
community appearance ought
to bear a hand iivcleaning up the
mcii they make. All of us
concerned witb the beautificatioa
of Baldwin are much enouraged
by this latest development."
Those sentenced by Judge
Joseph to work on the clean-up
details in Baldwin were' appar­ently
young people. "The most
important aspect of the work-sentencing
may be its educational
value," said A. William Larson,
former ABC chairperson; "In
the long run," Larson explained,
"education is the jnly way by
which to engender respect for
the rights of others. That's why
we are pleased to see expanding
f)rogr3ms, concerned with
ittering and vandalism, in the
public schools. And we're glad
to note that the schools will
observe a "Pride in Baldwin'
week inthespringof next year."
Earlier this year, ABC and the-
Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
collaborated in submitting a
proposal for funding to the
America the beautiful Fund
of New York. Former Chamber
Presidents Jerome Leahy and
rank Nolan worked on this
project with Larson. ABC vice-chatrperson
Rita Press and
ABC director Joseph Mooman.
A S500 grant has now been
received from the America the
Beautiful Fund "to develop a
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District of Nassau County, re­quests
that the 502 homes or
parcels be considered in the
Freeport School District rather
than in Roosevelt as they present­ly
are.
Although the 'petition was
originally .sent by the residents to
the Commissioner of Education's
office in Albany, it was then for­warded
to Dr. Callahan, who has
the sole legal responsibility for
the decision.
' Callahan said thisweek that he
has the matter under advisement- they benefited.
moi^s that would be lost to, and
have to be made Dp by, the School
District, taxpayers, is past fiscal
"obBgatJons" incurred by all the
district's residents, incliiding, be
reminded, those propertv owners
who-now want to have the lines
redrawn.
Spedficaliy. Dr« Byas pointed
to the bond issue that the district
residents had voted upon to build
the new high school, which he
said some of the sons and daugh­ters
of the petition signers prob­ably
attended and from which
Freeport's Dead
End Kids
Take State Title
FREEPORT - The Dead End
Kids of Freeport Fire Depart--
ment's Truck Co. No. 1 have won
the 1981 Nassau County OM-Fashioned
Point Championship.
The team came away the county
champs following a first-place win
in the Long Beach Old-Fashio.ned
. Invitational Tournament on
Sunday, August 30.
The team also set a new State
record at Lone Beach, breaking
the record in the Efficiency Re­placement
Event they themselves
had set the previous year.
The teams.'s other accomplish­ments
thb year were Central Islip
Invitadonal Champs, Second
Battalion Champs and the setting
who now want to have the lines
Into-One Event.
Daytime Sirens^
To Start Again
FREEPORT - h appears that
residents of the Village of
Freeport will soon be hearing
audible fire alarms again, at least
during the daylight hours
of 7 am - 7 pm.
The Freeport Fire Department
Council has voted to resume
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and explained that, while under
the law he does not appear to
have any time liniits set for him to
given an answer, he would have
one for the petitioners within 60
days. , _
Callahan says he will be corre­sponding
with both the Freeport
and Roosevelt School Districts,
seeking their imput as to the
effect of any change.
One of the two school adminis­trators,
whose opinions are
sought by Callahan is Roosevelt
' Superintendent of Schools
Ulysses Byas. Dr. Byas told THE
LEADER this week that the
Rooseveh district has analysed
the petition and has identified
about 300-325 "undupUcated
households" ftom the signatures.
According to organizers of the
petition-signing campaign, how­ever,
who also spoke to THE
LEADER, the 505 signatures rep­resented
all but two of the 502
parcels involved in the area.
These two, said Corliss Kendall of
Mount Joy Avenue and Rosa­mund
JavoTsky of High Place,
were never at home when those
working on the petition cainpaign
came by.
Byas opposes the change. The
"figures that were most important
to him were in dollars and cents
— with the bottom line figure
of$1.47.
This ^amount, said Byas, was
the increase, per SlOO assessed
valuation, that would have to be
paid by every other Rooseveh
School District home owner if ti>e
more than 500 homes, represent­ing
$340,000 inlctual tax money
realized by the School District,
left the Rooseveh School District.
Byas feels that just as impor­tant
as a consideration of future
We think they have a continu­ing
obligation to see these debts
liquidated," said Dr. Byas.
The Roosevelt School District
has had a sligbtiy 'decreasing
enrollment in the past six years,
from about 2,500 to 1,800 elemen­tary
enrollees. One out of every
seven "students" in the district
attend private or parochial school,
Byas said, rather than one of the
district's public schools.
The second school district in­volved,
Freeport also has a slight­ly
diminishine enrollment: about
200 per year. District Superin­tendent
Dr. John E. Bierwirtfa
said he had not yet received any
formal notification from Dr.
Callahan, nor has he, said
Bierwirth-, received any informa­tion
from either Callahan or the
Roosevelt School District as to the
number of students that would
actually be involved. "We are
awsuting information before we
can know what the ramifications
would be," said Bierwirth.
In response- to a, specific
question from THE LEADER,
Bierwirth was able to say that
during the 1979-80 school year, h
cost the Freeport School District
just under $3,000 to educate each
child.
The idea for the redistricting of
that segment of north Freeport, a
somewhat irregular fashioned
area bounded by Evans Avenue,
the back of Norti^ Long Beach
Avenue, Greene Avenue, a piece
of Putnam and Babylon Turnpike
on the east, appears to have start­ed
at a meeting called by the
Northwest CMc Association
months ago, which discussed the
entire question of having the
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