The-Leader_1983-08-11

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NeMSpapei
Village of
Ffeeporl
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Ffeepoft -
School Oijiricl
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Baldwin
School Disitlil
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, AUGUST 11.1983
48th YEAH, No.ld
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Another Rgpet No; 10 Sincie Jan, 1
Baldwin Board Of Ed
Back On Course
^ Freeport School Tax
Hike Estimated
_^. At 9 5 ' . »1.05
FREEPORT • Although con­tractual
negoliatioiu have aot
yet bees completed with the Free-port
Teachers Association, thie
Freeport Boani of Education
legally had to set their 1983-84
badget In otdet to Mtid it to the
Nassau Coooly Board of Super­visors.
The budget, as accepted by the
School Board at a meedng held on
August 3. is $31J42,Tn, an
amount Sl,080,000 higher than
the budget presented on May 11,
when school district voters went
to the polls.
The increase, a school district
spokesman eiplalned, takes in
salaiy increases for secrttaties,
paraprofessbnals anj teachers,
and allows for adjustments for
federal money that had been
withdrawn.
'Back in April, before district •
volets went to the polls and ap- -
proved a budget ttut showed no
increase in school taxes. Super­intendent
of Schools John E. Bier-wirth
and then-president of the
School Board George Bouhikols
cautioned that the amount did not
include any projected salary
iscreases for teachers, secretaries
or school aides (THE LEADER,
April 28, page 1).
At a Freeport Chamber of Com­merce
meeting, Bierwirth
had said that, when salary oego-0
tialions are completed, a "mini­mal
increase," about S% or less
than S1.2S per SIOO assessed
valuation, could be expected.
According to School District
Busines KUnager John Sexton
this week, homeowners in the
Freeport School District can
probably expect an increase of
less than that. "An educated'
guess," said Sexton, would be
95« to Si.OS per SiOO assessed
valuation.
Under the new taw, which was
first used last jetr, the Nassaa
County Board otSapetvisan sets
the tax nte for foor dasses of-properfy
owners la schod dis-tricU
and can shift the bases for
each class up to,5H < year tor u
"many as three years. •
(Cont. on Pag* 3)
Most Charges Requesfed
By B. B.A.Are Approved
by Jovt Dtltnty
BALDWIN - On Wednesday evening, August 3, the Baldwin Board
of Education convened for a meeting wfaidi faidicated a return to
"iMrmalcy" in its eniphasis on regular>ustoess and agenda items.'
Among the itons disoissed was ilie Adndrfefrdiim's tespnise to tlte
Baldwin Educational Assembly's (BEA) reqnot for diarges and al­most
aB of them were approved.
Police Sfresis That Locked
Doors,Windows Offer Safety
FREEPORT - Just two weds after the arrest of a 19-year^ man
for several rapes in the Freeport/Baldwin area, local residents were
shodced by another attempted rape and the rape of a 16-}'ear.old girl
in Sooth Freeport early Sunday morning. August 7.'
The two most recent crimes, a polKC source tc4d THE LEADER this'
week, brings to 10 the number of
Some charges' were altered
slightly and those not approved
were explained. ~
The .BEA's request for a study
of the CIS comptner used in gmd-ance
was not approved because it
has ooly been m use one year,
there mil be a new departnient
diaitman at the high sdioot and
theinibtmation b already avail­able
from administration. •
- Regarding the posubiSty at
a workshop oo financial aid.
Board member William Ryan -
suggested ^that perhaps, this
could be done in conjuoctjon with
• the aduh. education progiam so
that more camirc|nily residents,
t>esides the parents of Ugb sdwol
juniocs or seiuots, cocdd avail
themselves of the mlbnnatioa.
The Administratioii suggested
that the charge relating to those
items eliminated fexn the bond -
(site work and some safety items)
be eliininated. It was explained
that since that time, many other
safety-related priorities have sur-ttced
so it win be necessary to set
a list of priorities for those items
to be considered next. Assistant
Superintendent* Gene Lanzaro.
said that "tots of llungs are com-
'ing to a ck»e," referring to re­organization
of schools and the
resttuctoring of staff. He added
that "we want to reset directions
and set priorities..." and added
that the AdnUotstration did not
want to ^ve a charge based on
"aa appendage bom the past."
-Regarding other requested
charges from the BEA. the Ad-rniniirtration
expanded the
request to study the art program
to include the secondary schools
and the request to study the legsl-hies
of parental contact to indnde
parental access to student rec-anb.
They eBininated the study
al ctosstog guard usage, stating
that they would not wast to be
involved in making recommenda­tions
for placement d guards
whidi later could have legal tami-fieatlons.
It wax the study at merit pay
for tesdiets that resulted in the
greatest controvetsy. Apparently
the BEA wanted a timely charge -
to revitalize iuerest in the As­sembly.
However, both Adminis­tration
and members d the
Board warped against the ap-ptoval
of any dorge which could -
be misintetpret^ by cjther
the community or stafi. School
Board meml>er Bernard Fbtinsky
said that since the Board has not
expressed any interest in intro­ducing
merit pajr, he would not
want it studied prematurely and
give any false impresnon- 6 was
agreed that the whole ixmcepi
is a "sensitive area," and Super­intendent
RoUand Jones said
that it must, be "seen in per-spective...
to see what message.
you are sending out."
After much diimsiipn on the
Pre»dent's Commisiioo on Ed-ucatioa
and the recent recommen­dations
by the New York State-
Board 'of Regents regarding ed-ucatiooal
changes, it was agreed
that the c h a ^ to the BEA
would involve a review of the
Board of Regents' recommeoda-tkmswith
regard to the impact on
Baldwin. This would include a
study of sudt things as an ex­tended
school year, curriculum
changes, graduation require­ments,
etc, school Board member
William Ryan particnlarty
stressed an interest in the finan­cial
impact, if-tbere would be
mandates . withom . fun£cg.
,Acconfing to Lanzaro, the Be-gents
r^oct is not complete.
The School Board, said the
Assistant Sopetinteadest, win
be sediag 'input from many
gtoops. tadttding teachers, stu­dents
aisd comtsoiDSy. He sug-
(Cont.onPagee)
rapes/attempted tapes in Free-port
since the begiiming of the
year.
According to police, the two
early Sunday monung.incidents
were apparently conumtted by
the same unidentified susped,
described as a nule hiqanir. -
17-19 rears old. 5'6'to 5'7r taD,
weighing about ISO lbs. and tUn-ly
twit, with' dark:', curly hair.
Sometime after both inddetsts,
pa&ce siy, a South Freeport
residest ttaad a kaifr, wUdi,
police beBeve to have been used
by the alleged rapist. The orange-handled
krufe, found under a
bush, was wrapped in a btne
shirt; •
Freeport Police Chief Anthony
Elar commended the resident
for calBog the police and said
'that was the kind cf help police
seek. Elar also noted that "good
ptt>gicss" was bting made in
solving the two incidents, with an
attest "irmninent."
Elar also urged residents to
praetioe adequate security meas­ures.
, sndi as lodong their'
doon, windows, etc., and calSsg
the police if they see or hear
ariything suspicious or oot-of-the-
onfinaiy.
. The' orange-handled kitchen
kn^e, was beScved to be the
sanie one taker) at the alleged
rapist's first reported break^n
Sundayroonnng.
According to the police, the
man euieted Ae &st house,
at about 3:30 am, through an
unlocked ficot door, walked
into the kitchen and took the knife
from a drawer.
In the firing toom, be found a
19-year-old woman, who .was
sewing. Without saying anything
to her, he painted the knife in
her ditectron. She, however, had
a pair of scissors handy, wUdi
she had been u ^ g for sewing
and she grabbed theni and
chased the man away. He fled
on foot through the front door.
About a haIf4our -later, in
another South rieepoit boose,
a 16-yeatHDld ^ , asleep on a
coach in a first floor room, was
awakened by a maa bdeved by
detectives to be the same in-tmdier.
According to the ^ri's
story, be placed a ktofe with an
orange handle to her throat and,
after threateinag-to UB her,
taped her.
Descsibed as having a ckxh
around his face and wiaiing only.
maroon shorts and tube sox.
the apparently shirtless, shoeless
suspect, fled the house through
the rear door. Pdice say he ap­parently
had entered the house
through a basement window.
- "DetectiverArthur. Fisher of
the First'Squad is beatSng the .
imrestigadan. Anyone with infor­mation
can can him at 223-1100
or can contact Freepcn PoBce
Capt. David Meehao at ViOage
Pdice Headquarters, 3784)700.
The 19-year-oid Freeport man
arrested two weeks ago for pre-vious
rapes is being hdd in
$502,000 bail. Luis Rosario,.
whose last addtess police gave as
135 North Mam Street, had bad .
two pieviuus attests for burglary
audi, had fled bom the county's
•mqfk. release program on May
27th of this year. He has been
charged with the rqw of a 26-
year-old Freeport woman in-her
home eariy Sunday . moniing.
July '24; for anempied rape,
tobbeiy atvl bursary sAne two
hours earfier; burglary and
rnenacing in Freepon the day
before; the burgiary and rape of
' a 4S-year-oId woman in her home
on July 10; and the rape of a
33.yearK>ld pregnant woman in
Baldwin oh October 5,1982.
Freeport Cop
Bitten Arresting
Drug Suspect
FREEPORT - A VBIage police
cfScer was Unen on his left arm
last Saturday, August 6, during
a straggle to ap{^ehet>d a sns- -
pected drug seller.
Pq&ce Officer AI Gros had
stopped a man. identified, as
Jetty WiIHams,-20,-rf IT^af&t}
Avesoe, Freepon, who he be-tiered
bad run from him the day
before, drapping neariy S40Q
worth of heroin.
Gros* first etxounier with
WilEartrs. aceording to - poice
rcpocu, was on Friday, Aognst 5.
at about 3 JO pm. Wlale patrd-
Gng ia the vionity ct Coinmbus
and Ddmboer Avenues. PJO._
Gros bad aHegedly observed a~*
maa.' on a biqrde,=a<aiag sns-
(Cont. on Pag* 16)