Observer_1983-09-21; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 31 NO. 45 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEIVIBER 21,1983 25c PER COPY
Lynbrook School Board
Reports
The Lynbrook Board of
Education held its monthly
meeting on Wednesday,
September 14 at the Senior
High School. Approxi-mately
40 community resi-dents
joined .the Board
members in discussing the
courses of action that the
Board will take.
The majority of the
Board's actions deah with
personnel changes. The
Board announced the hiring
of: Robin Lieberman as
part-time guidance counse-lor;
Neil Giordano as a
teacher of mathematics;
Jane Beeman as an elemen-tary
school teacher on spe-cial
assignment (gifted pro-gram);
Leslie Safran as
long-term substitute ele-mentary
teacher; and Patri-cia
Finer as long-term sub-stitute
physical education
teacher. The Board accepted
v.'ith regrets the resignations
of Corby May, teacher of
mathematics and Ralph
Seaman, teacher of social
studies. Martin Goldberg,
teacher of social studies, and
Gerilyn Mintz, elementary
teacher, were granted leaves
of absence. Merrier Fischer
was changed from a half-time
to full-time kinder-garten
teacher, and Maria
Becker was changed from a
full-time to a half-time kin-dergarten
teacher.
It was announced that the
school district had received
more than $16,000 in video
equipment from the Adams-
Russell Cable Company,
with approximately $10,000
more on the way. This
equipment for the district
includes color monitors,
video cameras, and accesso-ries,
The Board reiterated its
commitment to computer
education as a goal for the
future.
The Board heard com-plaints
from area neighbors
who c o m p l a i n e d that
schoolchildren were using
both school property and
the surrounding areas for
loud gatherings late in the
evening. The Board indi-cated
its concern and offered
to work with both the Lyn-brook
and Nassau County
police forces to alleviate the
problem.
The next meeting of the
Lynbrook Village Board
will be held on October 12.
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta has announced the
appointment of Arnold
Bornstein of Lynbrook to
the post of Communications
Coordinator in the Hemp-stead
Town Department of
Planning and Economic
Development.
Bornstein, 52, a veteran
reporter and public relations
p r o f e s s i o n a l , f o r m e r ly
served as pyblic relations
officer at Town Hall. He
previously held the positions
of copy editor and reporter
at the Long Island Free
Press, Long Island Star-
Journal, New Haven (Con-necticut)
Register, and
International News Service.
Bornstein's experience also
extends to the electronic
news media, where he was
news director of WBAB
radio in Babylon.
P r e s i d i n g S u p e r v i s or
G u l o t t a c o m p l i m e n t ed
Bornstein for his record.
"Arnold Bornstein has
served the Town of Hemp-stead
and the community
well for a number of years,
both in government and in
the news media. I am confi-dent
that his expertise and
knowledge, will give an
added dimension to our
Department of Planning
and Economic Develop-ment,"
Gulotta said.
Bornstein was awarded a
Master's Degree in English
and a B.A. Degree in Jour-nalism
from New York Uni-versity.
He attended Brook-lyn
Law School and taught
English in the evening ses-sions
at Queens College in
Brooklyn.
A Navy veteran of the
Korean War, he is married
and has a son and daughter,
both presently attending
Cornell University.
Geier Announces
Saturday Hours
L y n b r o o k M a y or
William P. Geier has
announced that his office
will be open on Saturdays
between the hours of 9:30
AM to .12 Noon to listen and
t a l k w i t h L y n b r o ok
residents concerning local
issues and problems.
Mayor Geier asks, if it is
at all possible, that a prior
appointment be made.
Those wishing to meet with
the Mayor should call
MaryAnn Hughes, the
M a y o r s s e c r e t a r y , at
599-8784.
East Rockaway Winner
In AAA Safety Program
SOFTBALL GAME CEREMONIES. Hempstead Presid-ing
Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (4th left) and Town
Councilman Joseph Cairo (right) attended the M.S. Softball
Game Ceremony and Supervisor Gulotta threw out the first
ball. Also shown (from left to right) is Judge Ralph Yachnin
of Elmont, Assemblyman Greg Becker of Lynbrook, James
Forte of Middle Island, Supervisor Gulotta, Brian Blom-quist,
Mayor William Geier and Dominic Dantona, all three
of Lynbrook, and Councilman Cairo.
Forums Introduced
Mayor Theodore Reinh-ard
and Trustees Eskenazi,
Santino, Shaw and Wipfler
of East Rockaway has
received the AAA Special
Citation for Outstanding
Pedestrian Accident Record
for the year 1982,
The special citation was
awarded to East Rockaway
because of a reduction in
pedestrian injuries from an
average of 5.3 per year for
the previous three years to
just one in 1982, East Rock-away
has also had six
straight years without a
pedestrian fatality. This is
especially noteworthy in
view of the heavy traffic
f r om other communities
through the Village on the
three major County roads
traversing the area.
The award was presented
by New York State Com-missioner
of Motor Vehicles
John A, Passidomo at a spe-cial
awards ceremony held
on September 14, sponsored
by the AAA. The award will
be on view at the Village
Hall together with previous
safety awards.
The AAA Pedestrian Pro-tection
Program evaluates
communities with similar
populations throughout the
n a t i o n . Recognition was
awarded to those communi-ties
who compiled the best
Pedestrian Safety Records
for 1982.
East Rockaway School Board Reports
Bornstein Appointed
Communications Coordinator
The September meeting
of the East Rockaway
School Board was held
Monday, September 19 in
the Music Room of the High
School. A crowd of approx-imately
60 people braved the
sultry heat and mosquitoes
to listen to the Board's
actions and comment on
specific areas of interest.
The regular meeting was
preceded by a forum in
which the public is invited to
meet informally with the
School Board for one half
hour. At this time, con-cerned
community members
may bring before the Board
various topics without wait-ing
f o j the privilege of the
floor at the end of each meet-ing.
This forum, beginning
with the September meeting,
will be held one half hour
immediately preceding each
scheduled Board meeting.
The public is cordially
invited to attend these
forums as a better way to
acquaint themselves with
both the members and their
policies.
The Board concluded a
v a r i e t y of p e r s o n n e l'
changes. It accepted with
regret the resignation of
Steven Lander, science
RAFFLE PRIZE FOR COMMUNITY CHEST FAIR.
Mark McCandless, Executive Director of Five Towns
Community Chest and Mike Babaian, proprietor of the
Woodmere Bicycle store present a bicycle to Ron Rorie,
Chairman of "People to People" Fair. The bike will be
raffled off on Sunday, September 25th at the Cedarhurst
Village Park, from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Raffle tickets
will be sold at that time.
teacher at the high school. It
was noted that he left this
p o s i t i o n to become an
administrator in another
school district. The Board
a l s o a n n o u n c e d and
approved the hiring of the
following: John Mousetas
to a provisional appoint-ment
as science teacher;
Fran Kohn as coordinator
of the Kindergarten pro-gram;
Mary Anne McCartin
and Terry Hughes as teacher
Aides; Monica DePalma as
Special Education Teacher;
Maria Argondizzo, Eileen
Glorioso, Ann Vecchio,
Marie Seda and Phyllis
Torres as additional elemen-tary
school cafeteria moni-tors;
and Bobbi Rivers as a
public relations person in an
effort to pass the upcoming
Building Renovation Pro-gram
bond issue.
The Board also approved
an increase in salary for:
Nancy Keane, for additional
elementary school responsi-bilities;
Philip Macaluso, for
teaching one period of
Social Studies per day in
addition to his period of
Social Studies per day in
addition to his schedule;
Miss Rubin, for teaching
one period per day of reme-dial
math for one semester;
and Anne Juliano, the Dis-trict
Clerk, to the starting
clerical rate.
During the privilege of the
floor, many concerned
parents and residents dis-cussed
their opinions with
the Board. Mrs. Sussman,
Centre Avenue's music
teacher, expressed her con-cern
over the Board's recent
decision to cut back the
number ot music and art
classes in the elementary
schools from twice a week to
one per week. She noted that
both music and art, in addi-t
i on to broadening the
development of the child,
make use of skills learned in
other courses, such as read-ing
and writing. Mr. Maiden
acknowledged the need for
both art and music, but
brought up the point that
there are but 25 hours of
classroom time available to
the school child per week,
and that it was both his and
the Board's opinion that the
basic elements of reading,
writing and arithmetic
should be stressed.
There was some discus-sion
over the new lunch pro-gram.
It was noted by the
principals of Rhame and
Centre Avenue schools that
the first day of the new pro-gram
had run smoothly and
that there would be a period
of adjustment before final-ized
plans would be
approved.
There was also much dis-cussion
over the upcoming
bond issue. The Board noted
that it was imperative that
the bond issue be passed, as
conditions in the school sys-tem
require extensive main-tenance
and structural over-haul.
They noted, however,
that the bond issue's passage
would increase the rax rate
by approximately $1.50 per
hundred. For this reason, it
was noted, the Board is hir-ing
a public relations person
to coordinate efforts for
passage of the bond issue.
The cost of $5,000 in ensur-ing
passage of the bond
issue, it was stated, would be
money well spent.