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Plainedge Board Meeting Review
, three years old,
fCfwbn the title Pee
Wee Long Island. Her brother.
Richard, who is six years old,
won the Master Long Island title.
Both contests were recently held
at the Holiday Inn in Hempstead,
where youngsters from all over
Long Island competed in various
age categories.
A Little Miss, PreTeen, Teen
and Miss Long Island were also
selected from girls ranging
between 6 and 27 years of age.
Deanna and Richard are now
eligible for over $30,000 in cash,
scholarships and prizes awarded
in the national finals which will
be televised from Asbury Park,
New "Jersey on September 9th.
The Hemisphere Beauty
Pageant is the largest children's
pageant in the world today.
Applications for next year's
contest can be obtained by
writing to: Miss Hemisphere
Pageant, 6 Grace Avenue, Great
Neck, N.Y. 11021.
The Plainedge School Board's
last meeting before the new
school year, held August 16,1973,
was dominated by a lengthy
discussion about next year's high
school graduation.
Trustee Dominick Gagliardo
made a resolution, seconded by
School Board President Franklyn
McGrath, to hold graduation
exercises in an indoor location
away,from school premises. He
cited "weather problems" of the
last few years. (BETHPAGE
TRIBUNE, July 19, 1973)
However, it was pointed out
that the passage of such a motion
would disregard the poll taken
last year of the then juniors and
seniors.
In that poll, fifty percent of the
seniors had replied. Two hundred
and twenty-six preferred that
graduation be held in Plainedge
and 74 favored another location.
-Of the-forty-percent of-the^unior—
class that responded, 148 voted in
favor of Plainedge with 63
preferring other facilities. Of the
twenty percent of their parents
responding, an overwhelming 67
percent preferred holding
graduation exercises in
Plainedge.
Trustee Robert Galante stated
that he would like to see the
graduation ceremonies held in
Plainedge for nostalgic reasons.
A parent in the audience,
Esther Kamlet, stated that the
students not only have to learn to
cope with the future, but that they
the students' but the com­munity's.
Nevertheless, there were five
votes against the resolution, with
Mr. McGrath voting in favor and
Mr. Gagliardo, sponsor of the
resolution, ironically abstaining.
TAXES
The 1973-74 school tax was set
at $15.61 and the library rate at 71
cents. The school tax was 3 cents
higher than estimated, one of the
reasons being that the exemption
for senior citizens was recently
increased from $5,000 to $6,000.
A number of Plainedge
residents have filed official ob­jections
with the town assessor,
claiming that their increased
property' assessments are ex­cessive.
A number of these ob­jections
have been upheld. Since
these decisions have resulted in
decreased revenue, this is also a
contributory factor in the in­creased
tax rate. ; : _ _ _ _.
EDITOR SOUGHT
A resolution calling for the
hiring of an editor for Plain talk,
the Plainedge School District's
periodic newsletter, was offered
by Dominick Gagliardo and
unanimously passed.
Plaintalk, a very informative
publication on school affairs,
activities and programs, is
published eight to ten.times a
year and distributed yia the
mails to all district households.
COMPARISONS WITH
MASSAPEQUA
_ _ . • _ ' • _ - . must learn how to make a
Free Lunch Program In Bethpagedecision,righto.-wrong.
'"** • mm ' Mr. Gagliardo replied that part
either orally or in writing for a
hearing to appeal the decision.
The Superintendent whose ad­dress
is the Administration
Building, Cherry & Stewart Ave­nues,
Bethpage has been
designated as the Hearing Of­ficial.
Hearing procedures are
outlined in the policy.
The policy also provides that
Bethpage Schools announced a
free lunch policy for Bethpage
school children unable to pay the
full price.
Local school officials have
adopted the following family size
and income scale to assist them
in determining eligibility.
Families falling within these
scales, which provide for ad-of
"growing up" is taking a
direction, to which Mr. Galante
countered that this would not be
directing them but be more in the
nature of "ordering" them.
Mr. Gagliardo then retorted
that the graduation was not just
described Massapequa's practice
of making available detailed
personnel information to those in
attendance at public meetings.
No decision was made, but some
Plainedge board members stated
that they should and would
contact the President of the
Plainedge Federation of
Teachers before making such a
decision.
One taxpayer, Babette Cantor,
questioned, the vacant
Superintendent's position.
The Board reported progress in
its interviewing but expressed
doubt that there would be any
decision prior to the beginning of
the new school year.
Mr. Gerald Bretton, Assistant
Superintendent of Schools, has
been temporarily filling in as
Superintendent with the title of
Acting Superintendent.
Other routine items were
t r a n s a c.ted, i n c l u d i ng
resignations, appointments, and
the disposition o£, incujrrj
penses. ' _.;,,
^ The next public board meeting
"will beheld Thursday, September
13th, at 8:30 P.M. at the High
School.
(Ed. Note: Richard Wood,
who covers Plainedge
activities for the
TRIBUNE, has been on
vacation. The following
article was composed for
the TRIBUNE by two
Mr. Gagliardo also suggested modest individuals active
the possible expansion of m Plainedge affairs who
executive session minutes and „,{ci, -I*. „~»-, •
the dissemination of board W I s n *° remain
agendas to the public. anonymous. We are very
In response, Mr. Cimino spoke appreciative of their in-at
length about public board terest and grateful for
meeting procedures in other H,_S_ « _ „ £ „.„„„. : _
d i s t r i c t s , specifically Jh?, r . t m i e m Preparing
Massapequa and Bethpage. He *hls piece)
juatmcnt for uheontrollabka ~ there* will tw no identification
financial hardships, are urged to
apply for free lunches for their
children. They may do so by
filling in the application forms
sent home in a letter to parents.
Additional copies are available at
the principal's office in each
school. Applications may be
submitted any time during the
school year. The form itself is
simple to complete and requests
information needed to determine
economic need based on the in­come
and number of persons in
the family and any un­controllable
financial hardships
which affect the family's ability
to .pay for school lunches.
Provision is included for foster
children. The information
provided on the application will
be confidential and will be used
only for the purpose of deter­mining
eligibility.
Under the provision of the
policy the Assistant Superin­tendent
will review applications
and determine eligibility. If a
parent is dissatisfied with the
ruling of the assistant superin­tendent
be may make a request
or discrimination against any
student unable to pay the full cost
of a lunch.
In the operation of child feeding
programs, no child shall be
discriminated against because of
his race, sex, color, or national
origin.
A complete copy of the policy is
on file in each school principal's
office and in the office of the
Assistant Superintendent where
it may be reviewed by any in­terested
persons.
NEW YORK STATE
FAMILY INCOME SCALE
1973-1974
GROSS ANNUAL
INCOME
NUMBER IN
FAMILY UNIT
I
2
3
4
5
JB .
7
9
(Continued Off
FREE
LUNCH
$2,740
3,600
4,460
5,310
6,100
6,890
7,600
8,310
Pagm^i)
MAN OF THE YEAR-Town Supervisor Alfonse M. D'Amato (left), co-chairman of the Bey's Town
of Italy, Inc. Nassau-Suffolk Committee, chats with Congressman Angelo D. RoacaUo who was Just
named "Man of the Year" by the committee for his distinguished service to childrea. RwncaUo was
honored at an International Summer Ball at the Roosevelt Raceway Cloud CasiaW. Joining them is
Rt. Rev. Msgr.Mta Patrick Carroll, founder ft fresidoot of Boys Toww sf Italy.