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VOL. 57 NO. 24 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingctalf. N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 29, 1976
Copyright 1976 by
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Will Teachers Vote Strike?
THIS 30 FT. BLIMP, donate J by Bell Arbor Novelties, is supported by members of the Hardscrabble
Committee and their children during a trial run last week. The bright red blimp with white and blue
lettering will fly over the Village Green in Farmingdale on Hardscrabble Day, Saturday, May 22.
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
^ en New Contestants Sign
For Hardscrabble Title
Ten new contestants, seven
boys and three girls, signed up
this past week to seek the title of
Master and Miss Hardscrabble.
Yesterday was the last
registration day for the Contest
at Claire Studios in Farmingdale.
The final group of contestants
will appear in next week's Post,
since the Post is printed early
Wednesday afternoon prior to the
deadline.
Girls registering for the contest
this week include: Jennifer
Bouza, age 6, of 123 William St.;
Caroline Kuntz, age 11, of 5 Ar­thur
St.; and Debbie Lynch, age
5, of 463 Charles Ave.,
Massapequa Park.
Boys entering the contest are
Richard Dantonio, age 5, 101
Staples St.; Billy Lynch, age 6,
403 Charles Ave:, Massapequa
Park; Charles Martin, age 9, and
Timothy Martin, age 8, of 114
Michel Ave.; Robert Schelhorn,
age 10, of 115 Michel Ave.; Adam
Semeken, age 7 of 74 Graham
St.; and CarlTholomann, age 9,
of 168 Detroit Ave., North
Massapequa.
In the first vote tally the three
leaders for the boys are Timothy
Dorsey, 669 votes; Christopher
Pieloch, 300; and Robert Meth-ven,
182; for girls, Jill Watkins,
581; Tracy Conrod, 513; and
Lisanne Bloeth, 437.
Some of the votes received
have been held out of the count
until they can be verified with the
merchant who validated the
ballot. All unusually high vote
counts are verified with the
issuing merchant.
Fraudulent ballots will
disqualify the contestant.
Ballots are available from
participating merchants who are
listed in the sponsoring ad­vertisement
in this week's Post
Healey Asks Trade
Zone At Republic
The use of proposed surplus
property at Republic Airport for
. the establishment of a non-aviation
' Trade Zone' has been
suggested by Assemblyman
Philip B. Healey ( R C
Massapequa) as part of his
economic program.
Assemblyman Healey said that
he has introduced legislation to
allow Nassau County to create
such a ' Trade Zone*. The bill has
already passed the Senate and is
coming up for Assembly passage
in the near future.
" Approval of the bill is for
thcoming and, since such
legislation also has been ap­proved
for Suffolk County, I have
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Union Calls Meeting
At Mill Lane Today
Whether there will be a teachers' strike in Far­mingdale
this year or not will be decided at 4 o'clock this
afternoon at a meeting called by the Farmingdale
Federation of Teachers at Mill Lane Junior High School.
The strike vote is on the agenda, pending the outcome of
last night's negotiating session.
- ^ Since the Post goes to press
early Wednesday, the outcome of
the negotiating session Wed­nesday
night is not known, since
if has not yet occurred. However,
if it follows the same pattern of
past negotiations, then it is safe
to assume that a strike vote will
be taken by the teachers.
If the strike vote is called at
today's meeting, the union
leadership told the Post it is
confident that it will receive
overwhelming support of the
union membership.
Should the strike vote be called
for and approved as anticipated,
a date for its initiation would then
be set. A strike date can only be
set by the general membership of
the union, a union official told the
Post.. If the teachers vote for a
strike, the most likely date would
be scheduled for the end of next
week to give the Board oi
Education time to respond to the
official notice of their intent.
The report of the fact finder
from the Public Employee
Relations Board ( PERB) is due
to be presented to the district by
the end of this week.
During Monday night's budget
hearing before the Board of
Education, only a small crowd of
about 50 residents attended to
hear Finance Chairman Robert
Campbell outline the budget as
presented in the school district's
newsletter.
Noting that cutbacks in the
budget called for the elimination
of 55 members of the professional
staff and 11 non- teaching staff
members, the board was
questioned as to whether the
class size would be increased if
that provision was eliminated
from the teachers' contract. The
board stated that it had no in­tention
of increasing class size,
but would be allowed more
flexibility. Most of the positions
eliminated, the board said, would
be attributed to the discon­tinuation
of the job security
clause in the contract and the
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lone Files
For Reelection
Louis J. Avallone is the first
incumbent member of the Board
of Education to announce his
candidacy for reelection.
In making his announcement to
the Post, Avallone stated, " In
April of last year, I decided to
seek election to the Board of
Education to fill a one- year
vacancy. I was relatively new
and inexperienced in the in­tricate
world of education but I
felt I had a twenty year
background in banking,
budgeting, finances and systems
and controls. Why not use these
resources to broaden the team
representing Farmingdale?
" Through many discussions
with individual residents and
groups in Farmingdale I found
very real concerns existed which
were similar to my own."
Some of these views called for:
#/ a re- appraisal of our present
programs to determine if ob­jections
have been met and a
complete evaluation'of the ef­fectiveness
of our programs as
compared to other districts.
• a realistic and practical
approach to measure what we
are getting for our tax dollar.
• greater efficiency and
productivity in our school system
with an eye toward reducing staff
proportionately as we experience
declines in enrollment. Also, the
need to evaluate work loads of all
employees, especially those in
high salary brackets.
• a definite ability on the part
of trustees to negotiate contracts
which enable the taxpayer to
receive something in return for
his tax dollar.
• the elimination of " job
security" from the teacher's
contract which presently
prohibits the district from ef-
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