Bethpage-Tribune_1970-01-08

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Bethpage - Plainview - Island Tree* - Plainedge - Seofdrd
Vol. 4 No. 12
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REPORT OF MONTHLY
MEETING OF BETHPAGE
SCHOOL BOARD
The monthly meeting of the
Bethpage Board of Education
took place on December 30, 1969
a( 8:45 -- All Board members
were present. Terelfce Hunt,
president of the Thbhias Powell
Yorkers: Club presented the
Board j with an! ! Joriginal
photograph of the firs* 6ne room
school house in BetrirJage. It jwas
built about 1858 and served' the
community until about 1896. The
original location is where
Broadway joins Plainview Road.
There were many interested
taxpayers in attendance
iher-fefcofe. Joseph NOawson,
President of the Board, asked if
anyone would like to address the
Board. A question was presented
as to. the legality of opening a
work session of the Board to the
public, in order to vote or take a
specific action, without prior
notification to the public, Louis
Orfan, District Counsel, said..;he
felt that the public was entitled to
advance notice but in some rare
instances this was impossible...
Mr. Dawson then said that
anyone who wanted to address
the Board on any subject or
problem was invited Jo notify
him. He (hen would schedule
them to be heard, even in an
executive session. Also, the
Board was asked about the
legality of a tape recorder being
used to tape the monthly public
meetings. Mr. Orfan said!.,, that
as long as it did not disrupt Board
proceedings and Board Members
had no objections it would _be
acceptable... The question of
providing the public with a copy
of the agenda prior to the mon­thly
meetings was also raised.
This was resolved by Dr. Roper
Larsen, Superintendent of,
Schools, who said that an agenda I
would be posted on the bulletin
board in the Administration
building.
An interested parent expressed
concern about, the amount of
teaching time lost between the
unusual amount of substitute
teachers being used recently and
the . extended classroom
celebrations prior to a holiday.
Another taxpayer asked for a
copy of the 1969-70 contract
recently signed with the teachers
federation. The Board presented
him with said contract. He then
asked about literature being
presented to the public sooner
than what is now Board practice,
especially in the area of the new
budget and teacher negotiations.
This particular taxpayer felt that
by the time he is supplied with
any information regarding
negotiations with the teachers
federation the Board is restricted
from discussions with the public.
Thursday, January 8, 1970
Week of Mourning
For A. Carl Grunewald
10*4 per cop1
The Board went into executive
session at 10:05 until 10:45.
Public meeting resumed.
Correspondence was presented to
the Board by Dr. Larson. Soriie
subjects covered were:
1. Conference to be held at
Hqfstra on Saturday, January
10th. in connection with the hew
Prbgram Budgeting System. To
bej attended by Mr. Dawson and
Mf. Miklas.
2. Letter presented to the Board
from Governor Rockefeller
asking for support in reference to
additional school aid from the
Federal Government. The Board
unanimously felt a tetter to the
guvernor was forthcoming but
I hey did not necessarily agree
with the governor's policy. They
did feel, however, that it was
necessary to communicate with
the governor and legislators to
poinf out the necessity of ad­ditional
State aid to replace cuts
to education.
3. Annual meeting of BOCES at
Westbury Sr High on Monday,
April 6, 1970 at 8:30 to present
budget and elect board. Mr.
Hearl to attend.
4. Nassau County Drug Abuse
and Addiction Commission public
hearing to present programs and
projects. To be held on March 5th
and March 12th. Mr. Orfan is on
the Committee, Dr. Larson will
attend.
5. Mr. A. Blaugh will take a
sabbatical leave in the 71-72
school year to further his
education in meteorology and
geology.
6. Synchronized swimming
(water ballet) will be added to
the activities in the Sr. High, to be
taught by Miss K. Lawson.
7. Anticipation of a greater
number of kindergarten children
at Central Blvd. school for the 70-
71 school year will necessitate
sending a percentage of the
"children to Pine Avenue and
Kramer Lane schools in order to
balance classes. " %n
8. TheSBethpage. School District
had 35 Regents Scholarship
winners and 21 alternates this
year.
9. Approval of $999 for folding
gates in the High School to close
off the old section of the high
school from the new addition.
Mr. Coyle made a motion that
the Board send a copy of the
minutes of the October 28, 1969
meeting to PERB with an at­tached
letter directing PERB's
attention to the following...Mr.
Murphy, President pf the Beth-page
Local of the American
Federation of Teachers, stated
that...If a contract is not signed
by September 1 of 1970 this
district will not open. Mr. Coyle
asked if this was a THREAT. Mr.
Murphy replied...This is not a
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k. Curl Grunewald
Councilman
The Town of Oyster Bay has
dedicated this week as a period of
official mourning in memory of
Councilman A. Carl Grunewald
of Hicksville, who died after an
illness of several weeks on Janu­ary
3 at Massapequa General
Hospital.
Councilman Grunewald's death
was termed "a serious loss to
Town government and to all the
people of the community" by
Supervisor John W. Burke. Burke
said that the Town Board would
meet briefly at its regular
Tuesday morning session to
honor Grunewald but would then
suspend all hearings and public
business, continuing them at a
later date. Burke also directed
that all flags at Town facilities be
flown at half mast during the
week in Grunewald's honor.
Grunewald, 60, was first ap­pointed
to the Board in 1962. He
won election to a four-year term
in 1963 and was re-elected by a
wide margin in 1967. He first
entered Town service as a
member of the Zoning Board of
Appeals in 1955 and became
Chairman of that body in 1958.
Grunewald devoted much of his
time toy Town affairs after
retiring upon completion of 25
years of service as General Traf­fic
Manager for the Lea and
Perrin Company, food distribu­tors,
in N'ew York and New
Jersey. "Carl was constantly on
the job, learning and helping to
guide Town employees in their
work," said Angelo D. Roncallo,
former fellow-councilman and
currently Town Republican
Chairman. "I don't think any­body
knew any more about what
was going on in Oyster Bay. We
shall all miss, him deeply."
Grunewald was head of the Town
Safety Council and was
responsible for numerous safety
improvements at Town beaches,
parks, roads and other facilities.
Grunewald was past president
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IV
TOB Supervisor
Outlines Goals
John W. Burke, Oyster Bay
Town's new Supervisor, made his
first address as the Town's top
public official following installa­tion
ceremonies at Town Hall on
Slew Year's Day.
Burke, who was voted into
office by the largest margin ever
given to a candidate for the
Oyster Bay Supervisor's spot,
used this occasion to outline the
major actions, steps and pro­posals
which he plans to initiate,
during his first months in office.
"1 promised the people of
nated," Burke said. "Accord­ingly,
I shall submit to our Town
Board specific proposals regard­ing
a comprehensive plan for the
Town's growth and development.
"We need a plan that respects
and regards the interests of
.Oyster Bay's more than 365,000
people. At the same time, it must
assure to all residents the proper
Town services and environment
necessary to the quality of life we
value."
Burke said he would soon
appoint a distinguished resident
as chairman of a 7-man, town-wide
Planning Advisory Board
and thereafter announce its six
other members, all of whom will
serve without pay as a matter of
civic responsibility.
Burke said he also intended to
• present additional proposals
relative to the appointment of a
professional planning coortfp
nator who will assist both the
T^own Board and the Planning
Advisory Board in developing the
future of Oyster Bay.
Burke admitted that Town
faces critical problems from the
decade of the 1960's, but he said,'
"we also inherit from the 1960's a
much better understanding,
greater know-how and new tech­nological
tools for coping with
these problems.
"The means for finding and
implementing practical, durable
solutions to these problems are
available to us. It is up to those
who serve in public life, with the
help and support of .those they
sensitivity. We must avoid the
short-sightedness of acting only
for the immediate future."
The new > Supervisor also
commented JMI the progress that
has been made as a result of a
number of issues he brought to
the attention of the public-during
his campaign for election. These
include a bill pending before Con­gress
which would create an
interstate compact to deal with
the growing problems of solid
waste; the steps that have been
taken to limit the use of DDT in
Nassau County and the Federal
government's announcement
that it is taking a hard look at the
possibility of controlling the
adverse effect of non-soluble
synthetic detergents.
"With God's help," Burke con­cluded,
"the cooperation of my
colleagues in government and the
support of the people of Oyster
Bay, we will march in the right
direction."
RINGING OUT THE OLD: Oyster Bay Town Clerk
William B. (Bud) O'Keefe, right, of Syosset, hands
marriage license application to Jeffrey Ladd Kimball,
22, while his bride-to-be, pretty Ann Rahilly, 20, of
Oyster Bay, and Ann's mother Doris look on. Mrs.
Rahilly, who works for the Town Clerk's office, per­sonally
processed her daughter's marriage license,
one of the last to be issued for 1969. Mr. Kimball, a
resident of Shrewsbury, Mass., is a 2nd Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army and a graduate of West Point.