The-Leader_1982-04-29

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g ^^'IIEEPORT. NEW YOftK. APRIL 29.1982
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P»CE25*PEK COQT
f reeport To Vote Oil ^-
Prayer Meeting For One Board Seat To
Petemana; Reward - i . , j « *a -^^^•.•^ .
No* $10,625 ™iedByMay5 Eleciion
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wu • tutipriM vWeor at (n« raetoi Arty ftrty givm by in* Art! Oouncf I '
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MuKi tn th« IMO't Bto B«tMl ar*, «M vWttna hti •Wtwr.Edn^ Woodt
(c), of FrMport, totMwtng • tinolno •cHM««n«n) In Nm .)«n«y; For
many yaw* a Caltfemta raiMant aeUvaly Uivotvad In tha tnualQ
butlnaat, Laonard wns Ms way back into Uta (wtrtt of Fraaportara wh9
InsUtad ha ting aoma of thair oW-Uma (tvorltaa, Indudlna "Marlr,"
tha idfla li« roada fanidua. Waloomina Laonard to tha vtllaoa and to tha
Rec Canfar. whWi tha tfngar «tfiacr"fat>uiou«," waa Viliaoa Mayor
WillUtmWhlta. - . .
BaUwln Budget finalized
Lyrith T^fiiporofyJPr/ff cipol
~~—-. fiyJoM Of'anay-..
BALPWm • A fliuUzed 1982^ acbool btidoet flgna of m,919,244
coold mean a SI.IS (5%) bcmse o m thU jtMx't tctrnt twc for
Baldwin Sd»ol Disttict retidrDls. tlw bttdget b (aciosive, bowever,
and contaiisa BOiJca (or acgotUtfou.
PterideatoCtheBaldwla SdMoi Board Arnold Uufe pointed out that
any addidooal itate. aid, wUdt
presentty has iwt been finalised
in Albany, would farther redooe
the bodget. School Soperintea-dent
Bt^aod Jones said tkat,
altboogh there did oot appear to
be mocb fnblic dlsniMioc of the
bodget, this final bodget was the
resort of many Dtcetbigs wUdi
began in th^ Fall. He said that
there have .been department
I^aekNaaiM
In tl>e personnel actions report,
the Board' approved the assign—
roent of Or. Peter Lynch as inter- -
in acting piiadpi} of tbe senior
high suoo); eflediye May 1^
Earlier in the aooth, Lyndi had
been tppdntei as^dstant priad-pal.
tbtt year he served ss a Dean
of Students. The Board also
FSEEPOWf ' Sptrtaa Masonic
Lodge No. 986.«ri&lald a Piayer
' Service- for.the recovery of itev.
Tiosotby Peftemaoa oa Saoday,
May 2, at 8^ a n . at tbe^B^we.
Pr«sbyter{snC3ntrcb.~. /
Peteraaoa.wliiowas attacked ^
his chntcb by an .anknoifn
assailant oa Ttiesdsy afteroooa.
April J i / has^ not yet tegsiii|ed
cootcioosness and ^ been ia,a
comatose coodiHoia at Sor"^
Jfassao CuBunu allies HospltsIJ
': WUIe.'.Nassaa Coosty
F^c^pOK^v^olfee^^ofBoeta',^^^
iJetectivea'contiaAe. their: sMn^
for the attacker ,wlka osed a tamp
to beat Peternsaa, ^candisg . a .
Cractnred skull, the reward for,the.
^assailant's ^ptebeniAaa 'and
coovicOon rose to S10.6i2S widi
the addition of S5.000 {ran tbe
• Spartan Masodie Lodge.. The
40-year-o)dTetemasa, pastor of
^Fteapbct Piesbytetian Chnrcfa
~ sod a Preeport Vuage Trustee,
iContlonPaoalfi)
_ Provenzano
Inttotlod At
FIreCh!ef
FB£EFOKT • John proventano
of Engine Co. 11 was Installed as
Chief-of the. Freejioct Fire
Department . Friday evening,
^ April 2 ) ^ at the department's
. annual okoer/dance -held- at
Crest HcAow Coantiy Chxb.
FBEEFOBT • When (his sdxxil district's residents go to the poOs
Wednesday. May S^Oey. will be vodng oa a school bodget that carries
a taziacrease of S2J4perSlOOassessed ritoatioo. do a library bodget
whh a six cent tax increase and for one seat oa tbelFreeport Board of
Mikation^,^ _ . _ . . : - _ _ _ ^ I 3 _ i_. ••"
• with iocninbeatEIIeaCeByanoodncittgdke would ootjeek is second:
term on the Board, tiie ekctfcm -^—f "^
phf Doixxhy Fox, bk-J^et first hid e/of Qbe«
tor public officcagaiast Sharlene
AseodJo-KusseH, who is making a
second try for a sdiool board seat.
*" Ms. .BnsseH, who ran against
George Boofaikos in the i98i
A graduate/Queens'College,
Mrs. Fcnr rMeived- Iier BA. in
EBglisb/ifi41967 and then tao^t
fngiisb as'a Second Lansiuse in
New York XSy poblic scSoois for ^
inore tbah'fqtir years.; After-''
Sdiool Board.eleciiaa, is a gu]d> "^ lesviag teadiiog, she worked, as
meetiiigs. Bo^ftt'gaideljbes, sod- approved John Diddon and Sheila
updates from Asustant Superin- nrfidiaei as interim acting assod-tendent
Richard Dopsovic «Te«y
few weeks. Hejndicated that the
Board had met with the Jtudget
Advisory CotnoMee tf the
Baldwin Edocational Assembly so
that ti>e final budget is realty a
"ctilsdnatioo of activmes over a'
. long period of time."
Lniie qnestio«ed the figure tiiat
woolii have resulted if tiie bond
had been passed. Dopsovic said
that cooddertog interest revf-ones,
state aid, and efiminating
SSO.OOO in emergency repair
monies, ttie budget coold have
been redoced l>y an additional
18<. Tiie previoDS week larie had
also referred to fDrther savings if
tbe sale c( the Coofidge Sdioo)
properly had been Bna&ed
earlier.
ate deans. Diddon win be given
sn unpaid leave of absence 6om
his part-time respoiuiblllties as
an English teacher.. Jones
reinforced the fact that these'
appointments are temporary until
sscb time as permanent appcint-meets
are made and said that the
system win run "without a skip in
beat:*'
The Sdxx)! Board also
approved two changes in titles
based'on the Job Restructuring
Recommendation approved
earfier in the month. FhytSs
Almenoff, presently Assistant to
tike Snpetinteodetrt for Personsel,
win tiecotoe an Assistant Soperin-tendent.
This passed by a 4-1 vote
with "Victor Rohe dissenting,
saying that "we have too mafiy
(Cent, on Pace 8)
Chief John Provenzano
Provenzano, who had t>een First
Assistant Qnef this past year,
took lus oath of office with his
hand resting on a bi#le held by
his son, John.
.An l&-ytar<vet«rBO- of- the
•«••>'•' (Cort. on Pagee*- •
isoM cooudor at the Hemp^ead
WASIia:^dtioaifiMitf^jUi^
ptevioasly taught Itodal stwOes;':^
St^e and t>er two>chiidreo.-who.
attend' Fneeport poblic ndwc^;
Uve on HSlslde Avenue, arhere.
Ms. RnsseO;Jus made her Korne
{«tbe past ten yfat7t
A H^tra llnivet«ty gratfoate,
she has a B.A. and a Master's in
Counseling in Edocstton. S>e lias
been a member of tiie freeport
School District's Sex Edncatioa
Task Force and of PTA. Present-
^ , ' she' serves as recording
' secretary of The Coalitkw For A.
Better Freeport and vrsa recently
appttxved for a seat on tbe Board
01 Directors, of the Freepoit
' Famny Cosunnidty Center.
There, she has l>een wotidig vtith
a'group'. Patents For a Better .
. Edncatkia, in institoting a
'''homevroik hot-tine" ptt>gram.
. -Ms; KusseU was pro tem chair­person
at tbiafirst public meeting -
of the Northeast Freeport Citizens'
AHiaoce. She has beeo a Gttf
Scoot leader and manager of a
< LHtie League team.
Dorothy Fox, a farmer s^ool
teadier and legal secretary, is
presently co-president of Arcfiet
Street Sdiool FTA SQd has siso
served as. an cfficsr of tbe
• Columbus Avenui: Sctiool FTA.
She and her husband, Msrtitf,
live on Soutitlong Beach Avenue
with their three cfaildreo. Tbeir
twins are fourth gradcrsjat Archer
Street Schod,. § ^ their yoongest
child wJB be entering- kinder-gartenintbefall.
* .
A ten-year viDage resident,
Mrs^ FOx's other activities
indude membership oo tbe Board
of Trustees of Congregation B'nai
Israel in - Freeport and on its
SctKxst Board.' and tbe vice-president
of tbe Giant Step
Cooperative Nursery Sdiool. She
presently also serves as secretary
to tl>e Village of^ Freeport's
Environmental Commission and
"was formerly secretsry" to the
Village's Park Cotnroisslon. She
also has been involved in Sfeferai
. of the-vilUgcwide House Tours,.
secreta^--,for. a^Leng
. .!P4^^fi^'viB>tlt'~'liet
.diildren'were borir.' T"' ':v
The $29,27^,10719S2-S3 school
budget cani^a totd^dtool tax ctf'
$22,949 per $100 assessed -
valuation. The>S(bsol Board, in
its aaessage to. the'district voters ' '
this year, notes that the increase
would oot have been as high if the
1961-82 school tax had not been—r
o&et t)y several one time special
state grsnti and a hitter thair
expected fond balance. Without
those factors, last year's sdiool
tsx would have been Tit higher
and this yesr's tax increase vroold
have been 77t less. ,
"If there was any way. of
cutting it (the budget) without
taking apart the sdMot lUstrict,
we would have done it," Fre<port
Soperiotendest of Schools Dr.
John £.'Bierwirlh said in an
article fai THE .LEADER (April
22). Tbe major, increases in
budget lines were in ttiiAtt {the
district b in the second ybat at a
three year contract with its
teadiers) and '^payments - to
others" as retired by state and
federal (aw. These indude the
district's payments to tbe Teacfa-eis
Retirement Fond, to Social
Security and in Heahh Insurance
payments.
Added to these increases, the
problem of stste aid short
changes district's like Freeport
(where sdiool pqpnlition has oot
taken a sudden oose-diye). State
aid. the School Board'pcnnts out,
has oot risen propottionatety to
inflation and "despite the efforts
of oar local legislators. Freeport
oontinnes to receive less than its
fair share of. state aid" and
FrcCTort school district taxpayers
are faced with paying a greater
percentage of the school budget
each year.
When a school bodget goes-down,
and the Board of Education
unlike last year has made no
public commitment as to whether
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