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VOL. 58 NO. 4 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farminfc « lulf, N. Y.- 11 7. J5 Thursday, December 9, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
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View Aid Changes As Disaster
Could Cost Farmingdale
Between $ L2 - 2.2 Million
The Farmingdale Board of Education met Monday
night for the first time since hearing the Regents
proposals for cutting state aid to suburban school
districts. In a public statement, Louis Avallone, board
finance chairman, took issue with the Regents and
predicted a $ 1.2 million to $ 2.2 million loss for the school
district if their proposals are enacted.
SALUTE TO EAGLES: Assemblyman Phil Healey congratulates the recenUy inducted Eagle Scouts of
Troop No. 359. The ceremony was held at Musicaro's Restaurant Sunday. The Assemblyman was a
guest speaker of the Troop. L. to r. are William Derasmo, Jr., Gregg Howard, Healey, Scout Master
John Kozak, Gerard Kozak and Raymond Lisk.
Christmas Opera Saturday
At Farmingdale High School
Amahl And The Night Visitors,
Menotti's ever popular Christ­mas
opera, will be presented on
Saturday, December 11, at 8 p. m.
at the Farmingdale Senior High
School auditorium, by the Or­chestra
Da Camera and its Opera
Company under the sponsorship
of the Mid Island Council of Girl
Scouts.
The opera will be preceded by a
hilarious interpretation of Saint
Saens' Carnival Of Animals for
orchestra, plus a ringmaster and
five interpretive dancers.
Amahl And The Night Visitors
will be fully staged with an all
professional cast, including
chorus, dancers and full or­chestra.
The touching role of
Amahl will be played by 11 year
old Robert Sapolsky, who has
previously played with the, New
York City Opera Company. Other
members of the cast include
Judith Allen- George, well known
lor her work with the National
Broadcasting Company Opera
Company, as the Mother; Walter
Hook of the Kansas City Lyric
Opera Company and the Newport
Music Festival as Melchior; Karl
Patrick Krause of the New York
City Opera Company as Kaspar;
John Ousley, soloist with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic and
Houston Grand Opera, as
Balthazar; and Jason Byce as
The Page; dancers are Mark
Hammond and Debbie Weiss of
the Harkness Ballet.
All tickets are $ 6 For reser­vations
call 249- 0096 or 669- 1583 ( 9
a. m. to 4 p. m.)
Water- Fire Dist. Election
Fire and Water Commission
elections will be held in the South
Farmingdale Districts next
Tuesday, December 14, with the
polls open at the Fire
Headquarters from 4 to 10 p. m.
In the Fire District election,
five men are seeking voter ap­proval
to fill a vacant seat on the
Board of Fire Commissioners.
Commissioner Saivatore
Frandavella is not seeking
reelection thereby creating the
vacancy.
Candidates seeking the vacancy
include present Department
Chief James Crispino, ex- chiefs
Jerry Eich, Roy Bazylewicz and
William Willemsen and fireman
Ed Schmidt.
The South Farmingdale Water
District will conduct their
election in conjunction with the
Fire District. But, because the
Water District cover a larger
area, voting will also be held for
Water Commissioner in the North
Massapequa Fire House on North
Broadway and Albany Avenue.
Seeking re- election unopposed
for Water Commissioner is
George Meyerhoff of South
Farmingdale.
The South Farmingdale Fire
Headquarters is located at 819
South Main Street.
Avallone, acting as spokesman
for the board on this issue, said
he wanted to bring this to the
attention of every taxpayer in the
district.
Reading from a prepared
statement, Avallone said:
" The Regents are asking for a
change in the aid formula which
will cost this district at least one
million, two hundred thousand
dollars. I will repeat that figure -
$ 1.2 million. This will be our loss
in basic state aid and there are
indications that other changes
are in process with other parts of
the aid formula which will drive
our loss in aid to a total of $ 2.2
million.
" The size of this loss is un­believable.
The effect it will have
on our educational programs and
taxes is difficult to imagine. It is"
very difficult to believe that this
proposal actually came from the
Board of Regents, the policy­making
body for education in this
state.
" Let me take a minute to at­tempt
to explain the changes that
are being proposed. l Under the
pretense of attempting to
equalize spending among school
districts, the formula penalizes
one district to assist another
district. It recognizes the
problems of the cities7 and seeks
to assist them by taking away
from the suburbs - robbing Peter
to pay Paul. I have no argument
with the need to help the cities
but simply cannot see or accept
the notion that the solution lies in
taking millions of dollars away
from districts like Farmingdale.
" The proposed state aid for­mula
recognizes some of' the
problems which exist in this
state's aid to education, but
ignores completely others which
work to the detriment of others.
As an example, may I cite that
the proposal does not take into
account the effect that inflation
has on our costs - the basic aid
ceiling has really not changed for
the past five years. But the
Regents do want to take away the
., one protection that has enabled
us^> survive inflation. They want
to take away the " save har­mless"
provisions which
guarantee us at least as much
basic aid as we had in the prior
year.
" They do this by changes in the
formula which I- will not go into at
this time. What I will do at this
time is ask you to keep a careful
watch on the situation. We
already have been in touch with
our elected representatives in
Albany. Senator Johnson,
Assemblyman Healey, and
Assemblyman Yevoli are right
up to date on this matter and all
are in our corner. I noticed that
the local press is following the
story closely; I want to thank
them for this and ask them to
make a special effort to continue
their coverage.
" Please be assured that this
Board will do its best to work
with other school boards to fight
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Auto Fatality
Heart Victim
A Seaford man was listed as an
accident fatality in Farmingdale
early last Friday morning, but it
is probable, police said, that a
heart attack was the cause.
According to the police report,
William McLaughlin, 53, of
Seaford was driving a 1971 Buick
when it hit a fence in front of 100
Spencer Street, and tore down 12
feet of fencing at 2: 50 a. m.
Friday.
Dr. Sausmer pronounced
McLaughlin dead at the scene of
the accident at 4: 34 a. m.
Police said McLaughlin had a
history of heart desase and there
is a strong possibility that he had
an attack, causing the accident.
Police also reported one
burglary in the Farmingdale
area during the past week. The
home at 6 Darlene Drive South
Farmingdale, was entered
December l between 8: 40 a. m.
and 7 p. m. through a rear win­dow.
Assorted jewelry was
reported missing.