The-Leader_1979-05-03

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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LEADER FREEPORT'S
OrflCIRL
NEWSPAPER
44 th YEAR. No. 1 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 3.1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Few Attend School Budget Heoring
TQPS AT MATH. Four fourth-grade students at the Archer Street
School.have completed^he Freeport school dIstrlctVi prescribe^^math
Instruction through seventh jgrade, end three have also satisfactorily
completed eighth grade math. All lour participated In the school
district's Computer-Assisted Instruction Program. The students are (I.
to r.) Betty Ku, David VIeser, Eric White (seated) and Ian Handel, with
Archer Street School teacher Richard Schecter In the tiackground.
Village Board Agenda Varied
FREEPORT - The ..Board of
Trustees' legislative session this
past Monday night (April 30)
considered ah agenda of some Z3
Jtems relative to the smooth
operation of the village business.
One of the first items under
disctission. and the one that took
up more time' than any of the
other matters before the board,
was. the request from Nassau
Jz^rjroanty^o^pass^a^resplutipn.tg
petition the State Legislature to
way. cast of Guy Lombardo
Avenue.
Also approved was the motion
to holdTpublichearingi
local law to prohibit the"playing
Grievance Period
MINEOLA - County taxpayers
who Want to protest their 1980
property assessments will have
their chance during Grievance
Period. May MS, at the Board of
Assessors Office, 240 Old Coun­try
Road, Mineola.
Representatives of the Board of
Assessors will be available 9 am •
4t30 pm daily; 7-10 pm on Wed­nesdays;
and 7-9 pm Tuesday,
May 15.
TTie property assessment is the
basis on which all property taxes
are computed. Copies of the
tenative 1980 assessment rolls
will be open for inspection and
property owners may also ex­amine
their property record cards
at the Board of Assessors'
Mineola office.
Arts Council
Gets State Grant
ALBANY - State Senator
Norman J. Levy has announced
that the StatcXouncil of the Arts
has awarded the Freeport Com­munity
Arts Council and the Frcc-pwrt
Community Concert Asso­ciation
mntract grants.
Levy said that the Art Council
will receive 520,650 and the Com­munity
Concert Association will
get 58,500. He noted that the
money will help both organi-ations
to provide workshops and—is?"e_of_PJinenslo08, which will
shows with performing artists, in be mailed May 18, in time for
various art and . entertainment review before the vote. Any
fields. changes will also be released in
_ , , , g% t , m Brtlcles to the local papers.
IntneOia SCnedUleS ^"^ president James Parola
gaxE a catcgorv-bv-categnry
description of the 1979-80budget.
comparing it to the current year's
budget end noting and explaining
increases and decreases in each
area, as the figures under dis­cussion
were showti by slide pro­jector.
(These figures were
summarized in last week's
LEADER.)
The small audience listened
quietly and only three people had
questions or comments. Most of
those who attended had also
attended several of the five
budget preparation sessions at
which the budget was developed
and where questions from the
public had been invited.
Alan Jay asked whether the
board had considered-providing
services under private contracts,
suggesting psychological and
custodial services as possibilities.
JlSchool. Superintendent Donald
Library Budget Sef
Af 7^ Increase
byMoredilhManiUas
The Freeport School Board held it's annjial public budget hearing, at -
which they outlined the 522,3527108 proposed budget for the 1979-80
school year, last Thursday night, April 26. in the high sch«»l audi­torium.
The hearing provides the occasion for discussion and comment by
the public before the final ^ludgct is presented for voting on May 23.
Any changes made in the budget
after the public hearing v*ill be . „ . , ,
incorporated into the budget amounts allowed for conferences
for teachers and guidance coun­selors,
as compared to the
amounts allowed for board
members and central admini­strators.
Costlow explained that a
number of the federally funded
programs provide money for
travel and there have, been
sufficient- funds • to handle
teachers' requests to go to con­ferences.
Nowadavs, too. there Is
little need for.guidance counsel­ors
to visit colleges; as a result of
the competition for students, the
colleges now send their repre­sentatives
to the high schools.
" The proposed school budget
will appear on the ballot as Prop­osition
tl. It represents an in­crease
of approximately 5% over
last year's budget, producing a
tax rate of SI8.85 per SlOO of
assessed valuation, a 96t in­crease-
On the ballot as Proposition HI
will be the proposed 1979-80
Freeport Memorial Library
budget of $775,245. This re­presents
an increase of 7.7% over
last year's library budget_and
of portable radios, tape recorders"
or any other sound amplifying
device" and "ball playing.
frisbee, jump rope or other type
games" on Freeport Mall. This
poblic' hearing %ns »et tor
M#i8:-rr:.;.7_. _•_.._ .^_^._
Permission was afio^grantod'
approve the-€ountyVreqaest-fot—fnrthr MTAjo.repjagejhe bench
authority to institute a one cent on the sodQiwest --'^-^—*-•—"-
-property_owncf_whp„ dis-^
agtees with the assessment may Costlow replied that the legalityiiproduces a tas-ratc-lncrcasc-^t
-file a^JTotest form with the Board—of-private-eontracts-for-psycho^—approximately-?*.——~
of Assessors. The protest is then logical services wdutdhave to be • . Copies of the proposed school
forwarded to the Board of Assess- researched, but he doubted that budget booklet may be obtained
ment Review, an independent comparable services could be
provided in this are* at a lower
price than school psychologists
. Mtivide. OKUOW also-stated-hli
. increase m the County's Sates
'~Taxr-—^-r-. . - - - . - ..\. ;-•_
' This matter had come up before
.Uie Board on a preyioosocca^a,
—and it^ras vtablcd" aUbat-l"
The bo]^ infijrmatiad ibe Board
had was that the village: wdold.
share IB the leremie geaetxted bjr
the penny increase to the extent,
tfaatitwooldreceive a percentage
of the reveane the • Town of
1 HanpsteaiTwoald receive sslts
- popoladan perceauge. Since
—>hereJiiras-BO.indkatinnjf j t o t '
percentage or how many doflats
the nDage coold expect to lecdre
if the SalesTax increase went into
eBiect.'the board decided that it
could not rakr any action on the'
mittyrit the present timai
Tbe board approved a recom-nendation
to prohibit paridng oo
a section of Conunercial Street
and tnest^hSsb «.lpadtrg.lpoe on
the. ^tb.side of.Sunrise. HJgh-
Bayview Avenue and . West
Merridr Road with a Bns Shelter,
s«ch shelter. not. .tb..have_ ahyil
manna of adyettiiAig thereon. .:
dhlcBott to cot ^own oo
vandalism anfMlier nnisand» ii -
\MiIbnm Paif. tbe Cotinty ex-,
pressed s de^re for increa^
nightiae lighting in' that -area. :
The village agreed to install tbe -
jecestaiy figging, as the Coonty.
' and UM^^^bonty.-inQ-jhejTlIage:
<or:_ibe_
installation, uti wiD assone the,
cost of' the cpkeep of that"
'fifinttDs* . -" '•" '•'^','-' ~^~—•'"— — f '
Pemusskn was also, granted
{or Owiiiiiunity Development to
seek bids liir the demoCdoo of
that agency's beadqnarters
buildiag—ea Libertj Au—••
whico ts on the Bennington Taik
property sold to Two Gays, and
lor the' reroating of -at 10 inch
Snntkiy. Sdivr pipe ohder tlfMt
.' •.'-<Cont.otiP»o«'«5)'"S-^ -
body, where it is analyzed. The
properly owner may request a
peivnud _.hc»rina. _bcfore_ Jhe _
Boanf of TUsessment Review to
3t the facts on which he
arotest. The Board ir~
empowered to ordCT the Board of
Assessors to reduce assessments.
at the District Cerk's Office, in
the Administration Building. 235
North Ocean Avenue. Copies of
library budget are available at
belSfthaf rdlstrict fuitodiai iftafF— th« {i&t«rjr.-—-
is a better protection of catrftal in- The third item to i>e voted on
.when warranted. j -_;' _. AtiL't. tiuli mjut
An prbtest forms nftist be fikd^ ^^Jr^^S^
vestment in building and
JB^hds, because of their ptide in'
«tMl.cpooeni for the schools in
-wili-be the electlon-to-filf-the-scbool
board seat cunentJy^-beldr
;pn or before May 15. Additional,
informatipn explaining-' the
grievance procedure may be ob>
tained by-calling the Board of.
Assessors Taxpayer Infbiniatkm
Borean. 535-2790. or the boud's
Fidd Dhfisioo. 535-2J11 r - :
County Bus Map
^ow^lible
JIany Harrison . called the,
bodget- ''meager^' - and /asked'
"how can yon get away with s :
program ~oi- cxoeUenoe wito
sp^(Cng so Sttle money OB the
lidsr" (54 Of Nassan County's 56
school districts spend npre per
esroO^'student than .Freeport
does.) FaroU dtind "obst-enec-
.by John Rellly, who is retiring
from the .' board. Only boe
ladMdual, Ellen Kelly, -fifed"
petitioiu to.nin.for the seat and >
winbeanojn^bsedontbeballoi. .
, Parola .restated--the board's
luuhiflwus dedsion to si^imit the
budget for voting only looce this
- year; He anooaaced that ijoalifled
ifldhidoals Ruy register May 9
'between 4 ~«ad .8 pm at .the -
EAST MEADOW ' Tbe new
editiDO of tbe Metropolitan Sob-orfoan
Bos Aotbority's system-w^**
rrm't^ gup tt^
tiveness'-and sald^l havie toiaJte . AdmiidstntiaorBBildhig aad-re*-
ray hat off to ibeiKhoolfoperin- stated the qtiafificatioas for a
- teodeat able^-(9mte^scbooL-vote£'U.U.S, ^ftize^Bj^i^t-oL
system OB so little moaey."„ -. age or over who has resided iq the
' Elahw Sapp qoestioaed the district at i e u t 3d days). ~
tores an enlarged detailed mini* The mai^.is free to the pnblic
Hx%*xn fntp of MSBA's major transfer and available through local libra-
Coonty Bos Cidde, » now avail, miiri ii I'lii III iiijiiii a<l Hiii \\y\, HMXAH, shopping centers
'able. . . . Tominal, major Long Island Rail and ~c5i£ihuiiU> ofgfliUiUmn^
. the gnide..« map display of '^ Road stations served by MSBA; and froin MSBA's Bos InfoRB-
.MSBA:S.-.48. .bos .routes, their apd oajor landmarks MBA points, atioo Ccnier. «t 222rl00P, .whi^
oiii^jIS^Dddestittatio(ti;ilsofea- orinterest. bopen.stxdaysaweek.'.