Bethpage-Tribune_1976-08-26

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OLDBETHINGE
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THPftGE NY 11714
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PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
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VOL. 10 NO. 40 Thursday, August 26, 1976 10 cents per copy
Area
School
Openings
Bethpage Schools
District No. 21
Opening Date-Tuesday,
September 7.
New Tax Rate-$16.077
(includes library tax ) per $100
of assessed valuation.
Names of Board Members-
Anthony Lo Easo, President,
Anthony Cotton, Vice-
President, Lee Hilton, Marie
Hurley, Joseph Parisi, Harold
Resnick and Michael Ver-derosa.
Plainege Schools
District No. 18
Opening Da te-Wednesday,
September 8.
New Tax Rate
No Tax rate has been set due)
tto austerity budget.
Names of Board Members-
Dominick Gagliardo,
President, Irving Russell
Weber, Vice-President, Fred
H-= Conklin, James H.
Edelmann, Robert G.
Galante, Lillian Goldner and
Jules Teck.
Plainview-Old
Bethpage
District No. 4
Opening Date-Wednesday,
Septembers.
New Tax Rate-$19.804
(includes library tax) per $100
of assessed valuation.
Names of Board Members-
Alvin Delman, President,
Louis Natter, Vice-President,
Joseph Scholnick, Michael
Miller, Eileen Porta, Ben
Taubenfeld and Mitchell
Laub.
Island-Trees
District No. 26
Opening Date-Wednesday,
Septembers.
New Tax Rate-$17.13 (in-eludes
library tax) per $100 of
assessed valuation.
Names of Board Members
Richard Ahrens, President,
Frank Martin, Vice-President
Richard Melchers, Louis
Nessim, Patrick Hughes,
Richard Michaels, Christina
Fasulo.
Three-Fold Cooperation For Safety
By Shari Miller
Work has recently been
completed ,on the Grumman
service road entrance on Stewart
Avenue to permit installation of a
traffic light at the Bethpage High
School crossing. Grumman
Aerospace Corporation has ex­pended
its own funds for the
necessary service road
modifications so that a safer
pedestrian aind motor vehicle
crossing can be provided at this
busy intersection. The actual
work involved moving the service
road a little farther north so that
a light could be installed.
The Nassau County Depart­ment
of Public Works provided
plans for signalization at the
intersection and will install a new
traffic light at the crossing. The
original impetus for the plan
came from community concern
oyer the safety of high school
students crossing Stewart
Avenue at this heavily-travelled
section of the road.
Dr. Roper F. Larsen, Bethpage
Superintendent of Schools, ex­pressed
the appreciation he and
the Board of Education felt for
this action in a letter to Mr.
Thomas Cuniffe, Grumman's
Director of Facilities
Engineering. "I should like to
express my appreciation," wrote
Mr. Larsen," wrote Mr. Larsen,"
as well as that of the Board of
Education,...for your excellent
cooperation in this matter. We
feel certain that the installation
of this signal will provide for a
safer crossing for our High
School students."
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Salvatore R. Mosca also ex­pressed
his appreciation for the
A SAFER CROSSING for Bethpage High School students on Stewart Avenue when school opens in
September, will result from Grumman Aerospace Corporation moving its Service Road entrance far
enough to the north to permit installation of a traffic light at this dangerous intersection.
cooperative effort to insure the
safety of area students in a letter
sent both to Mr. Cuniffe and to
Mr. Paul Streb, Nassau County
Director of Traffic Engineering.
"I was happy to learn of
Grumman's cooperation in
facilitating the installation of the
light on Stewart Avenue at the
Bethpage High School crossing,"
wrote Mr. Mosca. "I am sure that
the residents of Bethpage, par­ticularly
the students, will be
most grateful to Grumman for
their cooperation in making the
installation of the light a reality."
As Fred Hawkins, Grumman's
Director of Community Affairs,
noted, "This was a good show of
cooperation between.the school,
Grumman and the local gover­nment."
Plainview Looks Ahead
By Dr. Robert F. Savitt,
Superintendent
Wednesday, September 8 will program materials.
be the first day of school for
pupils in the Plainview-Old Beth­page
Public School System. It is
anticipated that some 7700 pupils
will report to class. This is ap­proximately
550 students less
than last September's
enrollment. Members of the
teaching and administrative staff
will meet on September 7 in order
to plan professional activities for
the year ahead and to make final
arrangements for a smooth school
opening/
During the past summer,
several professional committees
were developing curriculum and
Special
planning was carried out for the
new nine period day at Plain­view-
Old Bethpage High School
which will provide certain new
remedial and enrichment op­portunities
for students in grades
9-12 in that building.
The year ahead will provide
many significant professional
challenges and the Superin­tendent
and Board of Education
have held a number of
preliminary meetings to lay the
groundwork for a major school
and community-wide effort to
(Continued on page 16)
Plainedge School Plans Bethpage School Calendar
By Dr. Raymond T. Blank,
Superintendent
Freshman
Orientation
The Peer Conselors of Beth­page
High School, in coordination
with Mrs. Zelda Sarfarty and
Mr. George McElroy, are
sponsoring a Freshman Orien­tation
Program for the incoming
freshman at Bethpage High.
This program will better
acquaint the freshman with their
surroundings for the upcoming
school year. The program will be
held at the Bethpage High School
auditorium on September 2, at
(Continued on page 16)
In the coming 1976-77 School
Year, approximately 5200
students will be enrolled in seven
buildings. This is 300 less than
were enrolled one year earlier
and about 3000 less than the same
period in 1962 when peak
enrollment was reached.
Besides experiencing rapidly
declining enrollments, this
district has existed under
declining state aid support during
continuing inflation and with the
resultant required local effort
increase which has brought about
regularly defeated budgets.
During the current period, the
Plainedge District is functioning
under an austerity budget as the
result of the latest budget defeat.
This means that unless the
budget is put up for vote again,
and passed, children in Grades K-
8 who live up to two miles of the
school attended will have to walk.
The same is true for Grades 9-12
students who live up to three
miles away. In addition, parents
will be required to purchase all
supplies used at $7.51 for Kin­dergarten,
$15.01 for Grades 1
through 6, and $22.52 for Grades 7
through 12. There will be no new
library books, no capital
equipment purchased, no in-terscholastic
sports, no youth
program, no use of buildings or
grounds unless all board costs
are paid in advance, and no adult
education including the Senior
Citizen Program.
Despite the handicap of
austerity, a number of fine
continuing and new programs
will be in effect.
The new Middle School will
progress with its reorganization
along team lines as it gradually
achieves its planned objectives,
completes its transition, and
becomes a cohesive Grade 6-8
Middle School. A second
Extended Readiness class has
been created for youngsters
needing more transitional time
and individual assistance bet­ween
Grades Kindergarten and
(Continued on Page 6)
Month
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
Approved May 25,1976
Day ^
6 Labor Day (Schools Closed)
7 Schools Open
4 Yom Kippur (Schools Closed)
11 Columbus Day (Schools Closed)
2 Election Day (Schools Closed)
11 Veterans' Day (Schools Closed)
25-26 Thanksgiving Recess (Schools Closed)
8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (School Closed)
23-31 Christmas Recess (Schools closed)
3 Schools Re-open
21-25 Winter Recess (Schools Closed)
28 Schools Re-open
4-11 Spring Recess (Schools Closed)
30 Memorial Day (Schools Closed)
24 Schools Close at End of Day
The Board reserves the right to adjust this calendar between
September 1, 1976 and June 30, 1977. This adjustment may be made
so long as the 183 day school year is not increased.
The dates for unused emergency days have not yet been
designated. .