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SENIOR GRcYSI TAVAREZ used creatine to study the cognitive ability of mice.
by Mark Treske
A relatively small crowd assembled last week at the Freeport Memorial Library for the Northwest Civic Association forum on Freeport's school and library budgets, as well as to meet the two candidates for a seat on the Board of Education.
Deputy Superintendent Kishore Kuncham gave a brief talk on the school budget, which was approved April 5 at $128,509,876 - an increase of 6.26 percent.
Large amounts of that increase went to contractually or state-mandated items such as teachers' salaries, employee benefits and special education spending - not to mention •the same huge increases iri fuel costs we all have to bear'. Included in the budget is ' monies for the All-Day Kindergarten that the district wishes to start next year.
Approximately $820,000 was trimmed after the initial presentation in Frebruary, some of which was attributed to refinancing of the districts debt and a slight reduction in required payments to the teacher's retirement system. The state budget, approved by the legislature in early April, provided $2.6 million in additional state aid, which
enabled the district to restore its science program, as well as extended day and Saturday Academy programs (important in this era of testing) and to present a tax levy increase of 2.2 percent - the third lowest such increase in Nassau County.
When asked why educational costs were rising faster than the Consumer Price Index, Mr. Kuncham noted that education is different from the CPI, subject to many mandates and legal requirements. Furthermore, there are caps on state aid that disadvantage Freeport, and New York State spends less on education aid then most other states. "I understand your frustration, but don't take it out on the local budget."
The candidates speak
By longstanding tradition. Dr. Joseph Cattancas the first to arrive, spoke first. After thanking Ms. Mule for running a civil campaign without any ill will. Dr. Cattano spoke about his primary concerns: First, about the cost of education - school and village taxes plus reassessment are making it difficult for many to afford to live here. He suggested that the board consider capping the budget - That the board present a (continued on page 15)
THE FHS ROBOTICS TEAM poses with their B-ballin' robot "The Little Devil." They are: (left, standing) ninth-grader Michael Fernandes; (left, kneeling) llth-grader Ethan Weisman; and (right, kneeling) llth-grader Michael Garcia.
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From stem-cell research and ialternate fuel sources, to alterna-Uive medicine and possible causes |of autism, students tested the fboundaries of science during the pSecond Annual Freeport High .School Science and Engineering SFair.
Teen scientists competed for jhalf a million dollars in scholar-?'ships, research fellowships and other prizes, provided by more /than 30 corporate sponsors. The 'winners were announced at a special awards ceremony on Thursday, April 27.
More than 100 research projects were featured at the fair, covering a wide range of topics. Fresh from the FIRST Robotics Competition in the Hofstra Arena, where they won the Rookie Inspiration Award, the. FHS robotics team demonstrated their "Little Devil" - a basketball playing robot that has proven.its skills on the court.
Half a dozen young engineers collaborated to create the Intel-recognized project Alternate Methods of Generating
Electricity: Voltaic, Solar and Microbial Fuel Cells.
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| Title | The-Leader_2006-05-04 |
| 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 | 2006 |
| 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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