The-Leader_1986-11-27

              ' Ol/ieial
Newspaper
Villageol-
Freeport
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Freeporl
' School Disirtei
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Baldwin
Setioot District
PREBP0RT.J4EW.Y0RK, Novcmlicr 17,1»6
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PRICE 25*VERCTPY-^
Village Rezones WateifrDnt Areas
Baldwin Achleyement
Levels Studied
New Zone Plonnmd To
Preserife Wafeifmnf
U.S. Students Show
"Normof' Faffure Rutes
BALDWIN T Dr. Peter K.' Lynch, Prinaipal df
Baldwin ^nior High Sftiaol, .RolRb Anntna, Directorvof
•'.Computer Servlifs, and James Spirakis. Director or
Ps^hi^gical' Ser^nees' fttended the . November .19lh
-Baldwin Board .of filiiaillon meeting-and-pfesenied the
Baldwin Senior ISgh
School's
-achievement
study grew oiit- o f a re
student' its high school career. As
study. This ninth graders, their failure
qu«t. by the' .Board' of' ^fautbej eieotsf 'w-'atws 'o1 "5-%o;r ,asm 1o0rteh
Education for da^ to i^djsrs,'it- was .19%; and
. .explain thei'failttre ra& a%*^.'«i 12th
the high ^ o o t , sat&ti^ 11%. It
' which .. have. ^een
. publicized w^ien a report
on-campusing at the high
school was pt^ented im
• year;
At that time, UmpesaeA
that the -lugh sehool'.ma
expeiiencing a higher than •
norinal.failpre iru». Heh--
: ever, study of the, <kta has
.'indicated that the' failure .
r«ites were well within the
ncirmal rates and fluetua*
. tions ^at have occurred in.
the past . , '.
- In beginning "'his
. explanation of ' ^ , isOA,
Tit.' Ljmch piiBied out
that ...Uie high- school.''
. generally: fooises ca
achievement. Hoiirever, In'
this study; the. ivens vmi
on failures. veA .statues
were compared for ffie
periods I98Z-8I. lil3-84
and 1985-86. Data fkom
1984>8S had'been lost as a.
result of a- computer disc
. erasure. The conclusion is
that student failure ratts
have remained relatively
' constant, with declining
reaf numbers. refle(;ting
the dieclihing enrollinenL
Inaddition %a ^mparing
last "years* fliilwe- latet
with.each' other, Annina
.tracked the failure rale of
the-class ofI9tS-86 muf-graders,
it «^as
was noted that
there' does seem to be a
Id«her failure, rate, ftrt' all -
^mm during sophomore
year. This 'trendy ' &»if
saidi eanndt - be' attributed
to any specific.factor'and
might simply be' the ns0i.
M' -.'"that ;• stage., .©f
adotes^flt deirielopment.''.'. -
. After the presentation of
statistics' by '-Annina, Dr.-
Lynch put the 4ata into'
perspective. He " stressed
that Baldwin Senior High
Schpol -' was . ' a
comprehensive high sehopl
with, all levels of student
»^Wy. He noted^
.^ernisre. . •' diat
achievement should follow
. die .' noiinal. d^ibution
nose . -including exc^-
tioml achievement,
* lyiures, - and ' • avenge
•achievement.- Lynch '«dd
that' it' would be
unrealistic to expect thai-there
would be no fail­ures.
.
Describing the. data.
Lynch stressed that there
. were .. no patterns of
si^l^cant change over
, the years r^arding
failure. • ••
Lynch also strnsed that
Baldwfn^ rigid philosophy
of. education,-as well as.
fCchLcnPagejar ": .
- Named As
Commended
. AtFHS
, FREEPORT - Six
I^eipqrt .High School
sinio^ have been named
Comm^ded Students in
the 1987 National. Merit
-%tolarship Program.. 7 •
• Ellsn Daf&ison, Kim
.HallQran, - Ian -.. Ifondel,
.Darryl Mag,. Alexandra
Misita and Tom Shebar
wiU each receive a Letter
'.of Cohimehdaiion .from
the; . National Merit
Schoiaiship Corporation. in
recegnbion of outstanding
aeKieiilie proinise.
."•• ..Ellen -Davison i$ a
member of. • National
.•Honor-Society and is an
' Honors English-and SocM
Studies student. Her ex­tra-
curricular ', activities
Four At FHS Win
I^EEPORT - The rezoning of. Freeporfs- Nautical
Mile, along'with most-of the east side of South Ocean
Avenu^ went smoothly and relatively quickly with, about
40-50 people attending the 8.pm MondaV. November '
24th public hearing.
The proposal to re'rane Nfarine Business »ries,
plus .additional require­ments
'to preserve open
spaces and to provide a
reasonable distance (a 20-
fiMt buffer} between new
eomrae.»ial buildings and
exiting abutting
reSidentM ar«e> ;
.This buffer » n e may be
'used for storage of boats
and off-$teet parking lots'
and, -iixefept for those two
(Cent.enngafflr
the area -to a .new
eategorfi ' Marine
Comimroe, met with
disajprament from several
busffl^men, iar' fewer
tl«ui 'the.nnmben who ob-
JectM at an «irlier public
hearing to ziming changes
in.otljw wateifront areas.
The ne# Marine
Commerce > - - district
combines features of the
Marine Industries, -and
tnWWED STWEnt, six senlor» at rretperr High School have
^ , . - ~ i . . ' Mtn^wMd cegawided Student* In the 19S7.Nattenal Merit Sdret*.
• C O m m e n d O f l e i n S UMP Presrem. Senior class Guidance taunctera' Ctifford
• •.••».!»i.*rM» ffoelteh and Linda Saidel {d»ve) fljnfc {2nd I. to r.) Darryl .
FREEPQRT - - Fbur- Nts; Kla Kellaran,'Alexandra Micita, Etten Oavfsen and Ten'Sha-
Freepbrt High School sg- .bii'...|«««itory thlapage.!
' Bio» have lx»n ..named
Commended Students in-the.
1987 • ..Naiiimal
Aehievemem Scholarship
Program for Outstanding
Negro StidenB. .
. - l i e honored students
are DenhQ- Chancey, In-grid
' DQdard.. Tracey
' Ooodson'i - and* >fatli«
Richardson.'
' A member of National
Honor Society; Denise
Chancey is 'an Honors En­glish
and Social Studies
student. Her extra-cur-
.riculair' activities.' Include
Concert -Baind. Marching
^nd. Rifle Team. Bad-:
miton Team, . Operation
' Get Ahead, and Distribu­tive
^lueation Clubs of
Amefiai. She hopes to
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I^X •I*''•''"'.'•? .':•'';.»;".••.••
miOR«..|te«MIflW.'. Freepert Sigh telieet -tenler ClH* told'
anea fiMnictars Clifford rnwifeh ( t . l snd t.tndi Ut«ial (r.l
flank the four fraqiort aitfi school a^len naaad m, fisMKnded
Student* In the Matfeml Adilayeawi ^wlardilp Pr^ran far
Cutatandina NHira StudRita» The feur are 12nd I. ta r.) Traeay'
Geedun, Itoltii Kldisr&en'. Ingrlil eeds^ and Oanlsa-Chancey.
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