The-Leader_1988-06-30

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THE
FREEPORT
MLDWIN LEABER e»^i'*n44tt*
54th YEAR, NO. 26 FREEPORT, NEW YORK.' JUNE 30, 1988 PRICE 25* PER COPY
RAP is more than music at Freeport High
For the Class of 1989, next
year's Freeport High School
seniors, RAP is more than just a
form'of music. It stands for the
Regents Action Plan, and next
year's twelfth graders will be the
first students in New York Sute
to graduate under its rigorous
requirements.
Under the plan, created by the
body that oversees all public edu­cation
in New York State, stu­dents
seeking either a Local or
Regents Diploma will need 20>/i
credits. These include an addi­tional
year each of Social Studies,
Science and Mathematics.
For a Regents Diploma, those
ISfh credits also include three
units of a second language. Ftee-
.^ port ofters French, Cerman. Ital-
' ian, and Spanish.
In addUni to the required cred­its,,
studenti punuing either a
tocal.fir IlefHM»p$(tonu iQiist
_ cpmpiete two three-unti seqiien-'
ces or one {rve-uoit and one three-unit
sequence in English or Social
Studies.
Tbe area whkb will undergo
the most signSlcant change is
Social Studies. Be^pnning with
the Class of 1989. a fgurth year of
Social Studies will be' reqiuicd for
can influence the development of
public policy, which is to be the
focus of the new Government
course.
The goverment course will not .
be an eMtnination of the gmsti-tution
and_ how goverfihient
works in theory, since that is part
of the curriculum in seventh and .
eleventh gndt Social Studies. It
is designed to have students
understand the forces that result
in governmental decisions being
made and how they, as citizens,
can actually bring about those
policies which will improve their
world.
In addition to studying issues-that
affect them and whose reso­lution
they can shape, it is also
hoped that the course can
include, for those students inter­ested,
a government intetn^p
prognm witit sentiMt woiting in
tt^\ offices of government
dRRals. "" • s**"*
° Tbe new Econooto cowie
will focus on the theoretical aind
pncOol mmftcaHoBB of econom­ics,
but not the historical aspects
of the subject. "
.. In addition to being part of the
Regents Action Plan, the new
Social Studies fourth year
Umted States, as well as New
York State, Canada and Mexico,
among others.
Social Studies 9 and 10, which
previously were Afro-Asian Stu­dies
and European Culture Stu­dies,
respectively, have now been
combined into one course. Glo­bal
Studies, and taught over a
two-year period. While the time
graduation from high schooljx:3*flJ''f"°*"''*P*'?<''^*^.'°P'*'*
This will encompass two new
semester-long courses: Econom­ics
and Participation in
Government:
The" selecUon of the two
courses was deliberate. Members
of the Board of Regents believed
that graduating students had lit­tle
groundwork in how economic
systems actually operate and
were unfamiliar with how citizens
revision of the Social Studies cur­riculum
which began several
years ago. The State Education
Department began with the
fourth-sixth grade syllabi, then
worked on seventh and eighth
grades and then grades 9-12.
The biggest changes occurred
at the secondary leveli Junior
high school Social Studies now
focuses on social history of the
spend on Western European
Studies has been cut in half, the
new curriculum added units on
Latin America, the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe.
American Studies, the Social
Studies 11 course, has also been
revised. Formerly tau^t by top­ics,
the new course is primarily
chronolo^cal in organization
and has been renamed U.S. His­tory
and Government. .
The-Regents Action Plan also
includes a new testing program.
There are now Program Evalua­tion
Tests.iivjocial Studies in
sixth and ei^th grades. More_.
significant, however, is the addi-
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Crash injures 19 firefighters
by Amy J. Vernon
' Two Freeport fire trucks col­lided
on the way to the site of a
Talse aUrm last Thursday, injur-'
ing 19 firefighters.
The FirdDepartinent received
a report of a fire on the fourth
floor of 72S Miller AveaiK M 7:1S
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Fuc clMf ftjiar Maiiipik^^-w^ct^^
At 7:16 pjB., jMtai niia were
arriving at the loene, Ataistant
Chief Julius' Elliton, who w u at
the Miller Avenue bt^ing,
received a report from Unit 218
of Truck Company I, that they
had been in an acodent with Unit
212 of Hose Company 2, said
Chief Maguire. .
Unit 212, a pumper, had been
travelling south on Guy Lom-bardo
Avenue and Unit 218, a
hook and ladder truck, had been
travelling west on Merrick Road
when the accident occurred.
Unit 212 Vound up in the gas
station on the comer (of Guy
Lbmbardo and Merrick Road)
and hit the gas pumps," Chief
Maguire said. "There was no gas
flow from the pumps."
Traffic in the area was tied up
for a few hours because of tbe oil
and diesel fuel that had leaked
from Qie two tiud^heaiM.,^ _
.-^JSaJafllaffiXtn were j ^ l^lis .
triantoSwiaiNiiiauCnwiniM
•ties Hospital and Mercy Hoqn-tal.
Their names were-Juit_
released.
One man had received injuiies
to the leg and hands and was
released the next mortdng from
South Nassau, Chief Maguire
said.
"Fortunately, all iiijuries were
. minor," said Fire Chief Richard
Holdener.
Both trucks are now beiiig
inspected by the Village Garajge.
, While other units were dis­patched
to the scene of the acci­dent,
Chief Ellison proceeded to
investigate the alarm at the build­ing
oo Milkr Avenue.
The Assistant Fire Chief dis-°
covered that the problem was
that the fumes froin the nail pol­ish
or nail poUsb lemover of one
of ttc iwaileWi of the fotirth floor
^taiwior,
•haalains.
•ae nalijr,.
<ic«]ly feaiitivB." Chief EUiaon
said. 7"
"When I got there, the siiper
said he had just come from the
fourth floor, aiidjiothing was
wrong,** Chief Elltton s^d. Then
the alarm went off again. The
fumes must have sent ijl off.
again."
Although the report was a false
alarm, it was a "good intent" call.
Chief Maguire said. It was not a
malicious call, he said, so no
charges vrill be pressed.
FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOLtBRADUATION waa Juna 26. Parant* and frianda f UM tha grand­stand.
aptUlng ovar tha aidat. Four-hundrad and fHty atudanta wara griiduatad tn a tplrft of
accaptanlcaVaoVdarlty and unity. Cynthia Taylor tpoka about 'Tha Fraapert High School Expa-rianca,"
bafora tha Prindpal. David Church, praaantad tha daaa of 1888 for Graduation. Not
tvan tha rain kapt tha graduation from going en. Tha thumlaratonn atoppad aarty anough for tha
preparation of tha athlatie fiald f lir tha ayant, and a atisht ahowar ratumad aftar tha caramony
hadandad. ___ '-' phoubyMiuricaFcrs*