The-Leader_1984-07-26

              THE -REEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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Freeport
School Oisltici Igl FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JULY 26,1984
Baldwin I ujl -
School Distfict 1^1 49thYEAR. No. 14
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Freeport Woman Raped In Home
Baldwin School Test
Results Anal ilyzed
Affacker Cufs Window
Screen To Gain Enfry
. FREEPORT - A 35-yeaT-old FrteporV woman was raped In htr own
honie early Wednesday rooming, July-18. while her hiuband was
asle^ in an upstairs bedroom;
There have been more, than a dozen rapps alleged to have been
committed )ast y ^ in the victims' own homes; several of these
ofcarred when other memben.of
Sun Shines On
Canoe Race
Winners'
Moinstreaming Suggested
"As ReosbirFdr Low Scores
FREEPORT - The rains that
came liad left before Sunday,
July 22, and as lias become
traditional, the sun slione on the
Freeport Chamber of Com-inerce's
Great Canoe Races.
~-~ Hundreds participated in the 15
' races and the village's Waterfront
Park wis jammed with specta­tors.
' . .
Best overall time for the men
was paddled by Bruce KretOLg
and Joe Evios, .sponsored by
Atlantic_Nursery and. Garden
Shop. Their time was five.nunntes
and 24 seconds for the mile-long
course. Coming in second
was Peter Kessler • and Uwe
Von Seht, for Otto's Sea Grill,
at 5:29. Third place was Fred
Wall and John Pukke.
Taking the women's title were
Liz Eberst and Judy Hasbagen,
paddling for Mayfiir Power Sys­tems,
iwlh a time of 6'33. Second
place went to Kathy Mollen and
Sue. Lyons, for Otto's Sea Grill,
.with 6-.3S; and third was Debbie .
Longo and Evelyn Dillon, for
Ehrharts Qam House, 6dS7.
Best overall for the male-female
teams ''were Susan
Schrader and David Elkins,
sponsored by Madrid Furniture,
irith a time of 6:10. Second was
Judy and Paul Hashagen, 6:10.
''12 and third was Kat Mullen and
Dick. Westphal, for Love and
Quiches, 6:13.
In.the parent-child races, with
a shorter course, Richard and
. Kirk Westfall, sponsored by, BJ^
Stores had the best lime at 2:33.
Next was Karen and Robert
Storm, paddling _ for Hassel
Motors, 3HX}; and third was Chris
Morgan and Jack Combs, for
Morgan's Marine, 3:07.
In the special media race, Tom
Judge Jr. and Lany Grenier.
paddling for Pennysaver, look
.first place with 6:32. Jin Rpemo
and Karen Abde, sponsored by
The Leader came in at 7:45 and
third place went to Kim Burch-anan
and Janet Brenner, also
rowing for The Pennysaver, at
8:11. . . .
' In the whaleboat division, the
results in the women's beat was
(Cont.onPagsll)
by Joan OalMity
BALDVnN - The annual presentation of the Baldwin School Dis­trict's
achievementon elementary level standardized testa took place at
the July 18 Board of Education meeting.
Dr. Jamej Spirakis, Director of Pupil Testing,, outlined the testing
program,- types of lest used and test results.- Perba^ because of a re­cent
Newsdaj-TUIlde, wMca—- ^ rir—?-rr^- - - -
compared sdiool districts, tills
presentation indiided a signifi­cant
number of questions from
the school board as well as an
attempt to explain and even
perhaps to justify' achievement
levels. "" "
Superintendent of Schools
RoHand Jones cautioned that such
scores were an . "inadequate
measure" 'and open to misinter-'
pretalion. He noted tiie adnuni;-
tiation's desire to. analyze the
scores and the acliievemen.lr'of.
'"educational outcomes" within a
context oT analyzing curriculum
and individu^d acliievement,
Jones alv> explained that sucti
testing helps, to gain new in­sights
and should be linked to
improvement.
Two types of lest scores were
presented. The first was the
CBTS Scholastic Aptitude and
Achievement Tests. (Califbm'ia's)
for grades 1-6 which are des­cribed
as norm reference tests
in mathematics,, reading and
langtuge arts. These test results
are used in comparing a student
against a norm and for comparing
one student's achievement with
others in his class, school, com­munity
and nation. Tlie results
include an "anticipated local
achievement'' score which is
based on. the aptitode, grade,
sex and chronological age o{ stu­dents
as well as oltier factors.
According to that anticipated
local score, "Baldwin students
are doing as well as expected and
a. HttJe bettor." An example of
this is the results for Grade'3 in
Diathemalics. The lutional norm
is 3.8 (that 'is third grade — 8
inonths since the test a given
in April). Baldwin's kxal antici­pated
score is.4.9. The.actoal
achieved score for students in
the SOth percentile was 5i>.
The otlier type d( test is the
New Yott SUto Pnpil Evaluation
Performance test caUed NYSPEP
which is state mandated and
given to stodeiits in grades
three and six. This is a criteria
reference lest in reading and
mathematics used to determine if
a student has mastered a group
of objectives. It is employed lo
identify Uiose students in need of
remediation who score below
. the "state reference level."
Another new test, begun in
1983, is a slate mandated test in
writing for grade five. It was ex­plained
liiat a.holistic method of
grading, which vi^ws the writing
sample as a whole, is. used.
Frances O'Connor, Principal of
Shubert School, noted liiat the
tiigh remediation level for Bald-win
in the 1983 lest was tlie result
of an incorrect and too stringent
judging process by inexperienced
judges. Th'is year's resulls, she
added were more in keeping with
the actual known performance of
stodents and with other com­munities'judging
standards.
There was lengthy discussion
on the reasons for Baldwin's
slalUUcs on the NYSPEP tests.
Baldwin was compared .with the
. surrounding communities of
Freeport, Hempsteid, Long
Beach, Occanside, RockyUle
Centre and Roosevelt, Of those
communities, both.Oceanside and
Rockville Centre liad fewer chil­dren
below the Slate reference
point than Baldwin. Since there is
this decline in Baldwin's achieve­ment,
various administrators
were asked to suggest reasons for
it.
Stressing that tiiC reasons were
"speculation" rather than
"scientific." it was suggested
that perhaps Baldwin main­streams
more, students than other
d'lstricts with those scores in-
' dnded in Baldwin's averages. It
was also pointed oat that there is
large population mobility. In a
study of certain seventh graders,
(Cont.onPag«6)
the family were asleep in other
rooms.
Last July^ a 19-ycar-oId Free;
pott man was charged yiiib
committing at least two of those
rapes. Luis M. Rosario is still
awaiting trial.
In the most recent incident, the
victim had fallen asleep on. »
couch in a downstairs room,.wh'ile
her husband was asleep in the up­stairs
bedroom.
She allegedly awoke at about
3.am to find a strange man in the
room. According to police, the
attacker had gained entry to the
hotiscby cutting a screen in a rear
window., .
Aftor lie raped his victim, the
suspect left and the. woman (led.
upstairs to awake her husband.
They called police and the woman
was taken; to Lydla E. Hall
Hospital where she was treated.
and released.
The suspect has been described
as a whito man, about 20-25 years
of age, 5*6* to 5'7* UU and with
a thin, somewhal.muscular build.
He is said to have datk iaix,.
perhaps curly, and a tanned -
complexion.
(Conl.on PaaolO)
TROPHY TIME *t the Freeport TentJi Annual Canoe Recet, held ihU
past Sunday, July 22, and the two lop male winner* (bottom photo)
receive their trophy from Frank Flneo Cc), chalmtan of the Freeport
Chamb* ol Commerce'* Walerfroot OMaloo. The overall male
winner* were Bruce Krctzlng 0.) and Joe Evin* Jr.), paddling for the
Atlantic Nursery & Garden 8bop of Freeport. Flneo (2nd I. In lop
photo), accompanied by Frank Delman (I.), chairman el the Judge*'
panel, and Mike Oeera (r.), president ot the Freeport Chamber of Com­merce,
»pon»or-of the annual race event, aUo presented the Sport*-
manshlp Award to aim Kenney ol the Marine Trade* Aasoelatloo.
In Kenoey'a abaenee, the award wa* aecept*d by Chrl* Fautoer (2nd
r.), director of the In-the-Walw Boat Show lo be held this lall In Free-port.
In presenllna the award, Flneo, said ol Kenney, "without his
help we could not have had the race."