The-Leader_1987-04-30

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Newspaper .
Village of
Freeporl
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Freeport
School District
Baldwin
School Disliict
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FREEPORT. NEW VORK, APRIL 30^ 1987
S3rd YEAR, No. 2
FRfiEFORT MEMOniAL UBRARY
PRICE 25*PERCOPY
Boulukos, Venzen Seek Re-Elecrion
~r I . 0 ^^ i~ - I _ ~ School fid. Seats, School,
B C l l d W I I I S c h o o l T Q X _ library Budgets On Ballot
Lower
Additional State Aid Lowers
'SJ'-'aSRate By 48'
byjitart Dflaney
BALDWIN - Although the $40,284,750 projected
1987-88 Baldwin School District budget'remains the
same, increased state aid has resulted in a lower pro­jected
tax increase according to Baldwin school offi-'
cials. The tax increase is now projected at $1.90 per
-.SlOO.of assessed valuation „ , legislators and commu­nity
residents'who lobbied
on occasions 'such as PTA
Day in Albany and REFIT
Day. ,
REFIT is a consortium
of school districts working
.to achieve a more equi­table
method of funding
education, particularly for
tho^e schciol districts la­beled
"high tax-low
wealth." In such school
districts, the bulk of the
tax burden is assumed by
residents because there is-
(Cobt. on Pitt t)
rather than the previously
projected S2.38, This'new
figure represents the low­est
tax increase in recent
years for Baldwin resi­dents.
For at home assessed
at S7000, it means an ac­tual
annual dollar increase
of SI33 versus the previ­ously
anticipated S166.
' According to statements
by Baldwin Superinteh-r
dent of Schools Dr. Rol~
land lones, the increased
. aid was made possible
through the efforts of lo-
BALOWIN ROTARY HONORS SCHOOl. BOARD MEMBER. Lomjnt'
DcUer (ind 1,), mcmlxr tai a foRner ptttid«nt of th« Btldwin School
Boud, « u prneatcd bjr Btldwiii Rotwy with » Civic Leadcnhip
A«rard.'Mr«. t^cUcr, » Baldwin resident for 72 yctre, ii put president of
REFIT, » consortium of high tsx, tow vtftlth schooi district, i»hieh lob­bies
tbi itstt le(isUturt for more funds and s mor* squitable fomiuls
for stttt aid to <du»tion. A tonf-tinM commusitx sctitist, Mn. DiUer
has also bctn trtasurtr.of ths B«sutiful Baldwin Fund, president of
Brooklide School PTA, lefislali»e chairman of sereraJ PTA units v d '
Baldwin CouRcil, and president of the Coalition tor School Financa Re­form.
Sht'bas also been a member of the Executive Board of Nai-ssa/$
unblk School Boards Aisociation, a member of the Executive
Board of Nassau' I^iitrict PTA, a member of the Board of.Directors of
the Prinu'psls Center of Lortf Island, and active with the New York
State School Boards Association Ie(islat'rre network. Photofraphed with
Mn. Celler at the Rotarr mcetinf were Dr^tarc JarnKlow (I.), Baldwin
Rotary pretidenl; Samuit landiorio (Ind ^.), thairman cl the Civii;
Award Procrsm; and Oecrje C. Sinnctt (r,),. a .member pt the Cjric.
" Awsrd Proffrivn corruTjttee. ' . • . . • • • - . .-..'..', .
Arts Council
To Sponsor
Ethnic Festival
FREEPORT - A variety
of demonstrations and ex­hibits,
entertainment and
food,, as well as craft
workshops and special
entertainment /or chil­dren,'
have been planned
for the all day third an­nual
Ethnic • Festival
sponsored by' the Arts
Couiicil at Freeport. in
conjunction with the
Freeport Recreation De­partment.
_^ Over 30 nations will be
r'epresented- at. this cele­bration
of international
folk arts, which will be
held on Sunday, .May 3,
II am-6 pm, at the
Freeport Recreation Cen­ter.
. . •
. Admission to the fair,
(Cont. on Pace 5) *
School Districts
' Receive
Senate Grants
" ALBANY - Sjjecial
"Senate' Legislation grants
have" been obtained for ,
the Freeport and Baldwin
School'District, according
to local State Senators
Norinan J. Levy and Dean
Skelos; - ; .
Levy represents sections
of bott) the Baldwin and
Freeport School Districts;
Skelos the Baldwin dis­trict.
In aniioun'cing the
graiits. Levy said he was
•. "abiively supported' in his
efforts by Assemblyman
Charter O'Shea, whose
19th district covers South
Baldwin and Freeport ar­eas,
Freeport will be receiv-itig
S35,O0O to be used for
lis 'Galiko .Insu'tute," ..act
(c'on't.'ion Pa't'e 8)' •'
•FREEPORT -. Calvei Venzen and George Boulukos
are running unopposed for reelection to the Freeport
School Board, The petitions of^the two incumbents were
the only one,s presented to the School District office for
the election scheduled for May 13.
Boulukos, who is seeking his fourth term, and Venzen
the current president
of the Freeport Board of
Education .— who is"
seeking his. third term,
both also ran unopposed
two years ago.
Also on- the ballot will
be the school and library
annual budgets for 1987-
^, The $45,452,044 school
* budget carries with it a
tax increase of SI.38 per
SlOO assessed valuation,
with all estimiiled salary
increases included.
Freeport Superintendent
of Schools, Dr. Jphn E.
Bierwirth notes that the
district is now the median,
27 out of 53 school dis­tricts
in Nassau County, in
tax rate well, with the.gap
between the top districts
widening.
There is a big differ­ence
in the taxes,"-iaid
Bierwirth. "We work hard
to keep it down," while
adding educational - ser­vices
and decreasing ciass
sizes.
Bierwirth also remarked-about
some of the reasons
the tax rate has gone up
in Freeport. He pointed to
the increased coKi.of /ia- •
bility insurance with the
estimated . premium . for
1987-88,' of , 5565,000,
several times higher than
it was three years ago; and
the per pupiJ cast of pri­vate
and parochial school
bus transportation, which
had doubled in just one
year. •
On a positive note,
however, Bierwirth
praised Assistant Su'[5«rin-tendent
of Schools Jack;
Sexton fot what the'Su­perintendent
described as
a "windfall* from previous
years' .state- aid. Bierwirth
explained that Sexton had
(Cont. on Pate 9J
TESTIMONIAt DINNER. C. James (Jim) Clark, recently retired after .
eicht jresrs as Freeport Villace Trustee and Deputy Mayor, wili'be hon­ored
on Thursday, May 11, 7 - 10 pm, at a testinionial dinner to be held
in Sumner HsJJ at Our Half ftedeemcr School. Clark, who also served on
the Villafa's Plaitning Board, has been a Freeport businessman for }3
years and a member of the Tin Department for 2C years. Goinj over
plans for the dinner are (seated, I. to r.) Honorary Churpersoi}s Mon-
•ipior Saverio Mattel and Msyor Dorothy Storm, and (ttandinf. I- to r.)
Co-Chairpenons Wilma Buchttian and Harry Gritmon. Tickets for the
Testimonial are $1S and cover a buffet dinner, drinks, dince rnustc and
, a/i/l for the Jtonoree. Reiervations touit be obtained by May 14. Checks
should b« made'out to, and sent to, Marry'GKtmcn, SS.South Bergei^
Place, Freeport. •,"'••