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69th Year, No. 23 Freeport, N.Y. 11520
The Community Newspaper
Thursday. June 10, 2004
Salute to a hero
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MAYOR GLACKEN addresses the huge crowd.
FREEPORT FIREMEN gather to honor Richard Muldowney.
Freeport budget revote discussed
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by Kerry Carroll
The June 2 Freeport school board meeting at Atkinson School was dominated by presentations of the 2004-2005 budget that was voted down by a margin of 127 votes.
These presentations of the proposed budget are critical because Freeport residents have the opportunity to re-vote this budget on Tuesday, June 15.
Superintendent for Business Kishore Kuncham addressed which programs would be removed if the contingency budget is accepted and the proposed budget is voted down for a second time. The proposed budget compared to the contingent budget results in $3.4 million in required cuts.
"The programs lost would be devastating. They are critical not only providing healthy after-schoo] and weekend activities, but are also critical in the college admissions process," stated Mr. Kuncham.
Mr. Kuncham revealed that "it does not make me proud," when noting that Freeport is
the 44th lowest district out of 46 K-12 in per-pupil spending. He did, however, believe that this fact illustrates that the budget is being stretched as much as possible.
The programs that will be reduced, unless the proposed budget is passed on June 15 include equipment, supplies, extended instructional opportunities, and required hiring of five to six teachers. Extended instructional opportunities include elementary Summer school, secondary Summer school, community school, driver education, and Upward Bound and Operation Get Ahead. Field trips and athletics and co-curricular activities would also be cut by $338,000.
State aid has been shrinking as a percentage of Freeport's budget, from 39 percent a few years ago to 32 percent currently, according to the boards question-and-answer literature on the budget.
The contingent budget includes teachers' salaries and ordinary contingent expenses. These ordinary contingent expenses are defined as
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by Bill and Norma Braun
It was noontime, Monday, Memonal Day, and hundreds of people (dmmed flie plaza of the frccpoit Fire Department on Broadway to honor and' mourn for Lx-Captam Richard T. Muldowney, Jr of Wide Awake Engine Co, 1, Freeport Fire Department, who lost his life performing rescue work on September U, 2001 'at the World' Trade Center.
Guest speakers included Freeport Mayor-William F. Glacken, Town of
Hempstead Supervisor Kate : Murray, State Senator Charles"' Fuschillo, Jr., and Congressman;' PeterT. King. •*:
Dry eyes were few as each speak;' • er spoke tenderly to the Muldowney -familyt wife Connie, mother Ann ; and children John, 14, and Katie, >
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The family participated in the"' unveiling of a Memorial Plaque,,. and the ceremony renaming '' Broadway to Firefighter Richard T.- ^. , Muldowney Plaza. . •.'"
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| Title | The-Leader_2004-06-10 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2004 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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