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Bisons, Chiefs Win; Dalers, Devils Bumped
District 22
Considerable discussion took
place at Monday's District 22
Board" of Education meeting on
the approval of purchase orders
which had been submitted by the
Business Office.
Trustee Bernard Lang said
mat he would vote against the list
of purchase orders because they
called for more study and infor­mation.
He requested that the
administration provide the Board
with this information in sufficient
time before board meetings so
they might be analyzed by board
members. He said mat he knew
that the administration had been
performing their duties well, but
he owed allegianceto no one, except
to the ' flag'. Trustee A. Terry
Weathers said mat he would vote
yes for die passage of die
vouchers totaling $ 2,311,069.67,
but agreed mat he would like to
have more time to study die
various items in detail, despite
his confidence in die administra­tion.
The motion to pay die
vouchers was passed by a 5- 2
vote with Lang and Trustee
Leroy Mollineaux voting in the
negative.
In the absence of die Superin­tendent
of School, Dr. William
Kinvler, who was attending a
superintendent's conference, As­sistant
Superintendent of Schools,
Dr. Charles Manso gave a report
on class sizes. It was pointed
out that in 1966, there were 66
classes in die district widi more
man 30 pupils per class. The
figure dropped to 55 classes widi
more than 30 pupils per class in
1967.
The Board adopted die r e ­ligious
observance days for die
school year as follows: October
19- 20, First Days of Sukkoth;
October 26- 27, Last Days of
Sukkom; November 1, Feast of
All Saints; December 8, Feast
. of the Immaculate Conception;
February 28, 1968 Ash Wednes­day;
May 23, Feast of the Ascen­sion
and June 3, 1968 Shabuodi
( Feast of Weeks).
The Board designated the r e ­ligious
holidays in order not to
be penalized for non- attendance
regarding State Aid.
The Board also adopted a reso­lution
that a survey be taken in
October, 1967, and a follow- up
survey taken in May, 1968 to de­termine
eligibility under Public
Law # 874 to receive Federal Aid;
and, furdier, diat die President
of the Board of Education, Lucille
Goulding, be designated to act'
as die authorized representative
of die Board for the survey.
The Board also commended die
teacher- assistance program
being conducted at Nordiside
School. Fourteen volunteer
parents assist in various capaci­ties
during the week. The
parents assist in die health
office, cafeteria, playground, and
in die library.
Trustee Josephine Jones said
that the High School Planning
Committee held a meeting and
reviewed detailed plans for die
interior of die additions. She
also stated that die administra­tion
has had many meetings.
In the area of insurance, Mrs.
Jones said that a saving of
$ 5,600 had been effected on the
annual premium because of " good
experience".
During the Public participation
period, a Mrs. PatriciaReicher-zer
of 41 Shirley Court told the
Board that pupil| s in the fourth
fifth and sixth grades had to
walk to school from her area.
She stated that she and several
of her neighbors who were pre­sent
had die distance measured
and it was over the one mile
limit which would call for
transportation. She further stated
mat die youngsters had to walk
on Motor Avenue where there
were no sidewalks and cross over
die railroad tracks on dieir way
to school. The Heiser Lane
route was just as bad, she said.
The map which die school district
uses does not even show Shirley
Court because it is a com­paratively
new development. She
submitted a petition of 40 names
to me Board of Education of
parents who were protesting. The
Board said they would look into
the matter.
Anodier member of the
audience who said that he resided
on Sullivan Avenue said diat there
was no date on die map which the
school district was using and was
completely outdated and diat it
contained no uptodate boundaries.
Frank L. Bagli of 28 Wavery
Place, wanted to know why die
Fairchild Hiller Republic as­sessment
drop came as such a
big surprise and what the board
could have done to prevent it
before it happened. School Board
Attorney Kendrick Smith said
that the school district held no
legal status in the proceedings.
He claimed that Republic went to
court directly and did not bring
up the matter on Grievance Day.
Negotiations between the Town of
Babylon and Republic were then
held behind the scenes.
School Board set a meeting
with Town of Babylon on Wednes­day,
October 11 and the Board
will also meet with State legis­lators
on Saturday, November 18
on the matter of future assess­ment
lowerings. When a question
from the audience was posed why we
do not cut off the Babylon portion
of the district from district # 22,
Trustee Weathers said that only
one tenth of the school population
, resides in that area, but 22 to
24 per cent of the assessed valu­ation
happens to be in that area.
Weathers said that a letter from
the Assessors office stated
that they knew nothing about the
assessment lowerings. " The
shock came one week later,"
Weathers said.
Trustee Bernard Lang mo­tioned
that a Citizens Advisory
Committee of eleven people be
appointed to study die assessment
in the district. The motion was
passed.
Under new business, Lang also
said that methods should be taken
to increase public attendance at
school board meetings in order
to improve public awareness
of the issues at stake. Although
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Two first period touchdowns
by Mike Capone and Joe I) e-
Donato sparked Berner High
School to a 40- 0 pigskin romp
over Calhoun high school last Sat­urday.
The Bisons added two
more touchdowns in the second
and three in the third period as
defensive back Jimmy Hughes in­tercepted
three Calhounpasses to
pave the wayfortwoDennis Quinn
and one Buddy Fennessy touch­downs.
Coach Bill Brown's eleven will
take on Long Beach this Saturday
at 1: 30 p. m. at home
Massapequa High School
bounced back from a 7- 6
first quarter deficit last Satur­day
to score a decisive 32- 7
win over Baldwin. The Chiefs
scored on a Brendan O'Neill
. eleven yard run followed by
touchdowns by Craic Clancy,
Glenn Lambert and James Am-he
said diat he did not waht to
make it die form of a motion, but
radier as a suggestion he
hoped the Board would' go along
widi, he recommended that an­nouncements
be distributed
before each meeting widi die
notices taken home by the
students and also asked that the
administration make available t
for publication in the newspapers
all of the meeting dates.
Among the appointments made
were diat of Fred Pokrasso as
a school psychologist at an annual
salary of $ 13,930.
District 18
Ralph P. Connors, Director of
the Pupil Personnel Services of
the Plainedge Public Schools,
delivered a report to the Dis­trict
18 Board of Education
Thursday night at the monthly
curriculum meeting held at the
Sylvia Packard Junior High
School. Board President Law­rence
Hammer decried the small
audience in attendance.
Connors is Past President of
the Long Island Personnel and
Guidance Association, Vice Pre­sident
of New York State's As­sociation,
a member of the Vo­cational
Advisory Council of Nas­sau
County and was appointed by
State Education Department
Commissioner James B. Allen to
a council for the improvement
of education for mental health.
Pupil Personnel services in­clude
the school nurse program,
psychologists, speech therapy,
exceptional children, attendance
and guidance.
Connors spoke of his ambi­tion
to have Plainedge Guidance
department " second to none in
Nassau County".
A two session workshop was
announced for parents and college
brosio. The Chiefs will take on
Oceanside this Saturday in an a-way
game followed by a Colum­bus
Day encounter with Lawrence
at home.
A strong Syosset High School
football team took an early 12- 0
first quarter lead over Plainedge
and posted an 18- 7 win over the
Red Devils.
The losers scored their only
touchdown when Zebrak ran back
a punt for 55 yards.
Coach Don Snyder's Farming-dale
high school eleven came out
on the short end of a close 13- 7
football game last Saturday when
Great Neck nosed out the Dalers.
The winners scored on short
end sweeps in the first and thii *
quarters while the Dalers used a
pass interference weapon to pot
them in range for their onry
score.
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At press time it was reported
that the District Attorney rep­resentative
for Nassau Coun­ty,
allegedly had advised
Edward Horton, senior li­brarian
at the Farmingdale
Public Library to drop
charges against Farmingdale
Trustee Carl E. Gorton.
The courtroom proceedings
were postponed until Friday
ingdale Library attorney,
Kendrick C. Smith allegedly
could not be reached. Gorton
told The Observer that he*
would insist on a jury trial.
According to Joseph Laurie,
Assistant District Attorney, who
is prosecuting the case, the trial
will go on Friday at 9: 30 a. m.
and he intends to prosecute to
the full extent of the law;
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bound youth. On Wednesday, Oc­tober
25, the mechanics about
filling out forms etc will be dis­cussed
and on Monday, October
30, a mock admission committee
meeting will be enacted and dis­cussed.
In the spring a work­shop
will be held for parents
whose youngsters are not going
to college.
Speech therapy has proved one
of the greatest needs for the
Evening Center in which Plain-edge
is participating along with
Farmingdale, Massapequa,
Plainview and Bethpage at the
South Oyster Bay Sectional build­ing
on Hempstead Turnpike,
Bethpage. This program is pri­marily
for parochial school stu­dents
and students who have left
school who can only come in
the evening.
Connors spoke of making a
television tape on how to take
examinations to prepare student
for the Regents and SAT exams.
He emphasized that year round
learning was the most import­ant
preparation.
Film strips are being made
available on how to choose coll­ege
and are available for par­ents.
Plainedge will- also tape
various college representative .
who come to" speak to young peo­ple
thinking about their particu­lar
college or university so that
other students or parents may
benefit.
When Board of Education Tru s -
tee, Robert Mackrethasked about
his views on sex education, Con-nors
answered that Plainedge
should begin with seminars for
parents.
Plainedge has a ratio of about
350 students to a guidance coun­selor,
which Connors termed
• good'. The state recommenda­tion
is 250 to a guidance coun­selor.
Connors will present to
the Board later in the year rec­ommendations
which would have
budget implications.
Board President Lawrence
Hammer announced that each
board member would appoint two
members to a citizens committee
to deal with; transportation pro­blems.
The Board wants to
know names of those interested.
The committee will be named
by Wednesday, October 11.
A Plainedge group OPEN will,
petition the State Highway
Department to improve walking
conditions on Hicksville Road.
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