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F'RYr>->- \6mAE;ijBV?AHM
Baldwin
School OisUict-
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 10,1983
|48thY5AR, No. 29
FfiEzFpR? tEUQ.^lAL H e , T \ n y .
V USRRldK RD
FRPT m U520
PRICE 2 5 * PER COPT
Freeport Schools Ask Resident Input
Baldwin Crime Drop
Doesn't lndudeR.R.
Schecfufe Town Meeflng' To
Qiscuss New Regenfs Plan
FHEEPOBI - AH oembers of the Freeport eommonity are invited by
the Freeport Board of Edocation to a special Town Meeting to discuss
the New Y$ii State Board of Regents' "Action Flan to Improve ,
Eletnentary and Second Edocatkn.".
"-" TTie Towii Meethig win be held ooiWednesday, November 16, in the
Gbraiy of the AtUnsmi Scfaocd,
^^ Police Chief,
Resident in
Sliouting Motcli
LLRM. Sfof/on fo Get
'Mounfed' Crime Wafch
the villaae does Issve a ito- BALDWIN-A Nassau County mounted pcdkx ooit will be patioIEng
loitering law Mayor WiDiam H. f>e Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station in an efiort to deter woold-
Wfaite asJBtt'd residents at Mpn-Jwo^tMwM. ,. \ ^ , .^ ,. . ^ ~
day November'&!• Village Board - "'^ """t has been ordered by Inspector Andrew Mulrain, Conn
of Trustees Bieellng.-The inayot tnaofing Officefpf the First Ffednct. after' State Seiiatoi Honnan J.
was responding to a questi•o a• Levy expressed toncers over the
asted by resident Uonel Socidov.
White explained that be had
already sent a memorandum to .
Freeport Folic Chief Anthony Elar
calling for enforcement of vil-
Uge's disocderiy conduct law,
••called the loiuring law" said
White. '
Socolov, referring to Elar's'
comments to the past week's
issue of THE LEADER, asked
why the Chief would need written
instructions from Village Ccnnsel
to enforce a law.
"Do we need a pofice diieft"
asked the residenu
Bar answered back thai the
police interpret the laws and he,
only asked fcr locfa ctotiScadota
if "we thlnklbey (the lawsf are ..
. unamstltutiooal."
"I tUskthat is arrogance,"
loudly said Socolor, ebar^ag
the chief with "malfeasance or
malpractice.", " . '
"Then you go ahead and yon
bring a malfeasance or mal-pra<
See actioo against me,"
Elar shouted back.
Mayor Wtdte then interrupted.
"I agree with Mr. SOCOIOT that
it is out up to yoo to interpret
the law,^ said White to Elar
"We interpret the law until
the court says otherwise." the
a-<ef retorted. He then said
"stop aO the ttaaecenaiy iaik.
If you are going to east aspersions,"
Elar - sUd la Socolov,
• "you'can take DM IO eourt."-
The 8 cm pnbSc ses^oo of
the Board meeting also heard
from Marvin IskoJs of Ann Dtive,-
who asked about flooding conditions
on.Ray Street and East
Avenue.
The Mayor eiplataedgBat the
residents of that are* hadjit
high inddeoce i4 vandalism and
thefis it the station^
In his monthly release, givuig
crime statistics for the Baldwin
area. Levy noted that he had been
informed by Inspector Mohrain
that such a unit had hem
ordered.
levy's release each month is
based on informatico be requests
from Inspector Mulrain. The
Sgores compare crime in
Baldwin, BeOmore and Merrick-daring
a month's periaT.wiih
crime statistics fee the same
month the pievicns yor.
Residential barglariet dropped
considerably in Baldwin i»xa
October. 19S2's figures l ie compared
with those baa October,
1983. There were 23 such ciinUna!
incidenU during October, i9KZ —
accorduig to Levy's figures -^
and 10 during October. 1983. ' ' - .
~ Business ~boijlazies~ also
dropped, although not as dramatically.
In Baldwin, in October
of 1982. five business burglaries
were reportH; in October, 1983
there were three such incidents.
BeRmore and Merrick also
showed dramatic decreases in
residential bu^iaries.
~ Eicrtrsse in crime. • however,
was apparent at the Long Island
Rail Road. Station in Baldwin.
Wlule there was only one report
of crindnal mischief during
October, 1982, tberewere five
in October, 1 ^ ; five reportS-of
larceny during October, 1982
were increased by ooe daring
October, 1983; and three teporu
of stolen cars remained conitant.
Nine From FHS Capture Honors
FREEPORT . ICnc fteqiort
Hij^ Sduol setdon have been
named top stndenls In Ttrioos
national scboiatslAXDffipetiticos'
The idae are Margaret Farley
and Panl FapaU, named'seml-finalistx
in the 1984. National
Merit Scholarship Program;
-Kisten -Seadale,—Commeadcd -
Student in the same program;^
Pamela Croomes, a semi-fioaHst
in the .National Acfaievemail
Scholarship Pcogiam ftac . Outstanding
^-t—Neper- Students;
Syivesttt Cotto. a scnd-finaSst in '
the National tSspaoic Scholar-
Awards Ptojgram;. and Cathy
Bnmpus, L^ie Evans, Keith
Kendrlck and Jeanne WilSams,
Commended Students in the
National A3iieremeht Scholarship
Program for Outstanding
Negro Students.
- Margaret Farley- and Faol
PapaK's a^icv^ments' as. send-
' Ms. Farley, who plans to Djjor
in computer soence at coDege,
!r4n the Freepori High Sdiod
diapter of the Natiooa} Booor
Society, the Marching Band and
Concert Band, and serves as c6-
editac-in-diief of the 1984
Vuyageui yearbook,
—^^-FapaE.-wbo is alsonow-coni-p
e t ^ far one of the Dote than
S.300 National Merit scfaolaxships
to be awaided in March, is
interested in a career in medicine.
A member. c( the Freeport
High Sdwoi diapler of Na&nal
Honor Society, be is also a'
Maildetes team captain, metnber
of the Nassau Cnniy AD-Star'
Mathletes team. Debate dub
president. FlasUngs news editor.
Kntage Cterxxy- magirfne tuS
roesabeTrnlnnteer tutor, and h's
Academic team member^
Commended. Stndent Brsten
^Seasdale. fa a. member of AB-West
Seaman Avenue.
Schod District staff, stndente,
patents and residents are urged
to attend, ask questions and share'
their tboaghts about the Board
rf Regents proposals to lengthen
.the sdiooi year, iociease graduation
reqairements. and fitrther
standardize educatioo in New ,
YorkState.
: TUs oooununlty.inpat wiB bdp
tbeii£end)eti'oftheB<MrdMEda-;'''-
cation prepare a response to be'
forwarded to the Regents when
formal consideralion of -the
proposal is taken - op by the
Regents and the State Legislature
in February and Mard>. 1984.
The Regents' "Action Plan," .
whicb vras annoonced in Jidy,
calls for the formal adoption of
roles,- legnlatioos," and laws
whidi woold mean major changes
in poblic education in the State.
Qureatly, the proposed plan is
the subject of heuings and meetings
across the State-.While the
p l u is only a proposal at this
pnnt, H is expected that formal
cbnsideratian of the various rules,
regulations aiid laws requited for
implementation will b e ^ in
early 1984. coinciding w ^ thie
bicenteimial year of the Uoi-veraty
ofjHe Stale of New' York
and the Board of Regents.
Most of the proposals can be
put into efiect'ss^y thtoagh
efinges is the Begesls' Rules
and Stale Education Department
Cmnmissianet's Regulations. A
few, such as the length at the
sc)iool year, win faivbhre action by
the .Governor and Stale legis-*'-.
latnie.
Under the "Action Plan,"
begmning with the Class of 1988
an high sehool students win have
to complete iVA vSSs of academic
work plus 2 imits of physical
education' to teceiie either a.
Regents ta a local diploma.
Qiacnlty..^ stndmlt.. . most, -
complete 18 units - to recehre a
Regents d^lotna and 16 units to
receive a local diploma. -
For a Regents d^loma. stn-
. dents win have to complete three
years of Mathematics and three of
Sdence. The present requirement.
is one year of each.
In addition, students wiQ have
to complete a . tfareeryear-se-qoence
in a tatiga language.
Presently, there is no such
foreign language requirement for
a dt{daaia. Regents or loeal..
The Sodal Studies requirement
win be increased from three to
four years, with the fbotth year
consisting of one-haU nsh in
practical government. The second
half unit wi0 t>e specified after the
. State Education Department completes'
its pruent Grade .7-12
Social SlniUes cnrricnlaia revision.
Already announced have
been plans to change the Grade .
7-12 Social Studies program, with
- a chroodogica] approach to NrW.
York State and Usiled States
history in Grades 7.8; Global Studies
covering A ^ . Africa, and
fCont. on Paoe 20) "
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