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The Community Newspaper Thursday, September 22, 2011 750
9/11 remembered at Freeport High School
THE FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL CHORALE (left) sings
"The Star Spangled Banner" a capella to open the
"Freeport High School Remembrance of September 11,
2001" assembly. The FHS orchestra (below) shrouded
from the audience by a layer of tulle, played "Evening
Prayer" as students gathered for the "Remembrance of
9/11/01" assembly. For more, see page 3.
Freeport voters approve $6.9 million capital improvement bond
by Laura Schofer
Freeport voters approved a bond issue
for a proposed $6.9 million worth of
capital improvement projects to its eight
schools on September 20. The vote was
803-212.
Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Kishore Kuncham stated, "I am grateful
to our community and I am proud of
their support and the support of the
Board of Education for this important
initiative that will not only address
many critical projects for the benefit of
our students and our community, but
will also allow us to take advantage of
the state program that will save us
almost one million dollars in interest
costs."
"In these difficult times we all work
hard to think of doing things 'another
way' " said Dr. Kuncham. "This is
another example of how Freeport tries
to do more with less.
"We will now embark on the design
phase and we are hopeful that we can
bring all of the major projects to fruition
by next fall. These critical projects will
protect the assets of the district, enhance
the environment as well as the health
and safety of our students, and will
make our residents proud of their school
district's facilities.
"Once again, on behalf of the Board
of Education and the entire district, I
thank the Freeport community for its
ongoing support."
The bond will provide $5 million of
upgrades to school facilities including
bathrooms, HVAC systems, security
cameras and exterior lighting, lockers,
some floor tile, asbestos abatement,
some ceiling and window replacement,
masonry work, sidewalk repair and
some playground repairs. An additional
$1.9 million will be used for the instal-lation
of a new synthetic turf field with
field lighting at Freeport High School.
Money for the installation of the syn-thetic
field will come from the school
district's capital reserve fund at no cost
to residents, leaving $5 million to be
bonded. New York State, through a pro-gram
called the Qualified School
Construction Program, will assist the
Freeport School District by absorbing
the district's interest costs about $1 mil-lion
for the $5 million bond.
The money to install the field is
already in the capital reserve fund and
construction on the field will begin in
the Spring of 2012. The field will be fin-ished
by Homecoming 2012. Total cost
of the field is $1.9 million.
The bond issue will cost approximate-ly
$9 a year for a home assessed at
$318,000 a year in Freeport. The bond is
for 15 years.
Waterworks
hearing
pageS
Shots fired
in Baldwin
page 5
Baldwin remembers U Freeport schools
9/11 I honor 9/11
pages 5 and 8 I page 7
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| Title | 2011-09-22 |
| 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 | 2011 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | |
| 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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