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PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 7 NO. 49
Thursday, October 25, 1973
10 cents per copy
An Open latter p,ained9"
Goblins and witches, warlocks and monsters
decorate store walls in anticipation of every child's
night of bewitchment, Wednesday, October 31, 1973.
As long as those costumes remain on the shelves,
children are safe.
Before those costumes are bought and worn, parents
of Nassau children should follow a few steps of
precaution.
According to the Nassau County Health Depart­ment's
Director of Injury Prevention Henry Young,
costumes should;
-be of bright, light colors;
-be as fire-retardant as possible; do not use paper,
frilly, hairy, or pleated costumes that will easily
ignite; •. - ~ ...-* .
-allow free movement; don't trip-up a child with a
too-long sheet or costume.
Young explained that children should follow a route
which avoids street crossing, especially main
thoroughfares.
Of course, Young added, an adult or other youth
should accompany young children.
To further enhance Hallowe'en safety,- children
should also:
-go "trick or treating" in two's, three's, or groups,
never alone;
-not go inside a strange house;
-not accept food or candy which is opened or punc-
-not consume any treats until an inspection can be
made; and . ., ,
-carry a flashlight to make themselves more visible
as well as light their way.
These steps, if followed, should provide a safe and
happy Hallowe'en, with no "tricks" for the "treat-
Champions Of Bethpage
THEY HOGGED THE FIELD: Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Salvature K. Mosca (right) presents a trophy to co-managers of the
Hogs Softball Team, winners of the Town of Oyster Bay Men's
Championship. The Hogs are part of the Bethpage Sunday Morning
League. Dale Martin (left) and Bernie Fink (center) are the
managers who led the Hogs to glory.
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Resolutions Unlimited
By Richard Wood
Two resolutions, one on a local
independent audit report and
another calling for format
changes to the board's public
agenda, were tabled by the
Plainedge Board by a 6-1 vote at
its last public meeting.
School Board President
Franklyn McGrath stated the
independent auditor's report was
received "only two days" prior to
the meeting, explaining that the
report was "pretty large" and
that the board wished to
"discuss" it with the ad­ministration
before it com­menced
voting.
Trustee Michael Cimino, the
. lone dissenter to the tabling
motion, focused his attention on
the public agenda resolution.
"The community has
demanded a change in this area."
-said Cknino, 'land U doesn't wtata
to see the matter pushed back.
Trustee Dominick Gagliardo
countered Cimino with the
statement that the board had
received "only one or two public
comments" despite the board's
call for recommendations more
than two months ago, He added
that the Public Relations Com­mittee
had now been charged
with review of the new agenda
format.
"Some form of expanded
agenda could take place now,"
retorted Cimino, suggesting the
matter might "get lost in the
shuffle" if the board continued to
take its time.
School Board Vice-President
Donald Kanter indicated that the
board had already met with the
Plainedge Federation of
Teachers in. executive session to
discuss the matter.
SYRACUSE CONVENTION
The remainder of the brief
meeting centered around the
board's reactions to thirty-two
resolutions which will be raided
at the New York State School
Board Convention in Syracuse
later this year.
A synopsis of. each of the
resolutions was read aloud by
Me.. Kmotor. vFoUowiiMr «»cl». Afr.
IC^nter indicated _t£<* recom­mendations
of the Resolutions
Committee of the New York State
School Boards Association and
the respective position which the
Plainedge convention delegate
will take at voting time.
The board agreed with the
Resolutions Committee's
recommendations in all but five
cases, proposing its own agenda
to at least three of the
resolutions.
The purpose of each of the
resolutions, explained Kanter, is
to introduce and sponsor a
particular piece of legislation in
the State legislature.
It will be either Franklyn
McGrath, Donald Kanter, or
Dominick Gagliardo who will
make the trip to Syracuse to
represent the Plainedge com­munity.
BOND VOTE
The district's Renovation Bond
Issue will be placed before
Plainedge voters once again on
October 31st.
The $310,000 package for
general refurbishment of school
buildings includes funds for the
repairing of roofs, heating
systems, fire and vandal alarm
systems, sidewalks, student
tockers. related, a^em/rmtua. . *£?«*
/ocwcloa.—rtMo-iAetadMf- i s tire
installation of fire-resisteht
ceilings, an emergency sprinkler
system and the redesign of
certain interiors.
The cost of the program, in­volving
all eight district schools
buildings, will be passed on to the
district in the form of additional
taxes.
Voting hours are from 12 noon
to 10 P.M.
Plainview- Old Bethpage Board of
Education Professional Objectives
The Plainview-Old Bethpage -
Board of Education recently
approved Professional Ob­jectives
for the coming school
year. This approval followed
one month of community and
staff involvement in determing
those areas that would receive
highest priority during the
coming year.
In making recommendations to
the Board regarding the
Professional Objectives, Dr.
Savitt stated that for many years,
the Plainview- Old Bethpage-
District has followed a
Management by Objectives
approach which has paid rich
dividends, allowing staff, ad­ministration,
Board of Education
and community to close in on
critical areas of need and new
educational innovations. Among
the major Objectives that were
recommended by Dr. Savitt, and
approved by the Board of
Education, were Objectives
dealing with the Future
Organization of the School
District. Dr. Savitt said that this
Objective was started last year
and that the Community Survey
now underway would provide
input so that recommendations to
the Board of Education could be
developed by January, with
extensive community in­volvement
prior to the final
decision by the Board, in March,
1974.
Another major Objective
established forthe Plainview-Old
Bethpage District is in the area of
Community Relations. The Board
of Education and staff is com­mitted
to an extensive program
providing information to the
community and getting
suggestions back from various
community groups regarding
school programs and services.
Dr. Savitt informed the Board
of Education that this year's
Objectives would provide for
intensive evaluation programs in
Plainview- Old Bethpage. These
include: Kennedy High School
modular scheduling; Junior High
School interdisciplinary
programs; CAM" (Com­prehensive
Achievement
Monitoring) project; Elementary
open education approach and,
ennedy High School nongraded
English program.
As part of the Plainview-Old
Bethpage program of School
Management by Objectives,
periodic reports on progress
being made have been scheduled
for Board meetings throughout
the year, and in Junev'tw*"
evenings will be set up at which
the final reports will be made
regarding the extent thai
Professional Objectives have
been attained.
PLAINVIEW- OLD BETHPAGE
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Plainview, N.Y.
1973-74 PROFESSIONAL OB­JECTIVES
FOR A QUALITY
EDUCATION SCHOOL SYSTEM
IN PLAINVIEW-OLD BETH­PAGE
HIGH PRIORITY OBJECTIVES
I. FUTURE ORGANIZATION
OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
Development of long range plan
for district organization following
community survey and task force
study relative to enrollment
projections, future use of
buildings and future educational
patterns.
II. EXPANDED COMMUNITY
AND STAFF RELATIONS
PROGRAMS
A. Increased efforts to better
inform district residents of school
programs and problems and to
establish more effective two-way
communication between citizens
and the schools.
B. Increased efforts tor better
communication between Board of
Education and staff.
III. EVALUATION OF
PROGRAMS
Evaluation of the following in­novative
programs* ^ using
predetermined evaluative
criteria and predetermined
identification of personnel
available for carrying out
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