The-Leader_1983-09-29

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Wewspipei
Village of
•Fieepon
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Freeporl
School Disifict
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Baldwin,
School Oistricl
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FREEPORT, NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 29,1983
'48th YEAR, No. 23
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Freeport SchoolsMay Get Windfall
Progjrie ss On Silver
Uike Discussed
V Named A Top PreliminQry Plans Viewed
Af Communlfy Meefing
levy's Equalizafhn Bill
Awaits Guy's Signature
FSEEFOST • legjslatiaa.'spoasoted by local State Senator NoRoas
J. Levy and leixntly passed by both fapose* of the legjslatste. cooM
mean Aae to oce autBoa doUan more in state ajd &r the Village of
Freeport in t % 4 ^ . if the bin Is signed into law.
The leipslatian, irtncli cstabEshes a separate eqaaiizatkm rate fiac.
pioperty in the Freepoct Sduc)
In National Program
FREEPORT - A stsdent at
Freeport High School has l>eea
named a se<u.{isslist in the 20th
annua] Natlonat Acfaietvmeot
Schotanfaip • Ptogram for Oat-itanding
Nesro students.
Pamela C. Groomes, who b
intcTested in contiiining hex
studies b the field of bosiness
managetaent has been selected to
be one of some 1400. semi-finalists
in tlw program.
' Over 70,000 stsdents, who took
(he PSAT/NMSQT in t982 as
high sdioo] juniors, requested
considendoa in tlie campeti-tion
for Adiievement Scbolar-thips
to be offered bi 1984. The
promising yoong men and women
who luve qualmed as Achieve­ment
• Pngram Sen^fisaSsts
represent ' tlie fa!glies)-sco(ing
bladi stadents in eadr of six
regional gnops of states. Ihey
currently are enrolled In almost
1,000 secondary adnols across
41 suies and thay are maUng
their-plans to begjn coOege
underpadoate stody next fall.
SemifinaHsts most advance to
Fmalist standing in the Addeve-ment
Program before receiving
considerstton foe swards. To be-'
come Finalists, they most have
attained records of Mgh academic
performance, be recommended
and endorsed by their secoodaty
schocd piincipaJs, coofinn tbeb
earlier t^t performance with
scores aom a second examina­tion,
and submit Infbraadon
about penooal accotnpQshments
and activities within their sdiools
and eoiamaaities. About IMS
semifinalists are ejected to
qualify a« finalistx who wiO
compete for 650 or mote awards
financed by grants of S3 miOioa
from, sorae 1 BO program sponson
and by oontribntioos faom a large
gioapof program dooots.
All iiaalists will be considered
for Natunil Achievement SIOOO
Scholarships, of which- *t least
350 win be awarded and aUocated
on a geograpMcal rtpresenutioa
basis. Winners of these cue-time
'National" awards of $1,000 win
be Die finalists }odged to have the
' Ivft combinatioa of abilities and
• ^ (Conl.onP»o»1B)
' _ . - ly Joan Dttmtey.
BAIOWIN • In what was desciiixd as a "good tnnxst,"^-Ba]dirin
area resideata attended an inibrmative prnentatiaa concening the
Baldwin Creek improvement Preject wludi was tidd at the Baldwin
Fire Hoose'on Baldwin Avenue on Wednesday, September 21. At the
presentation ^consultants bora the £na of.Locnood..Kes^ and
Baittett Inc. answered questions
ftom .residents vrfao were abfe to
view the preUminary plans of the
projeer. • .
Tlie prefect b the contisnation
of the Silver t a l e improvements,
wMdi vrete finslly completed
after several delays caused by
the bai^lcnptcy of the oiigjnal
contractors. Tbe pceiiminaiy
plans also show stages two
to four of tbe plan widdi vnnld
carry the drainage and flood coo-troi
ptoiect farther nortfawaid to
its coodusioit oa the east aide of
Grand Avtsne near Woodside
Avenue. ' - ' •
Stage ooe ct the pniect has
been conqiteted Jnst north of
Silver take. Stage two would
carry notlfaward to Brooldyn. Ave­nue
following basically ae saute
directian as the ptesesdy'existing
imdergioiEad cnlverts. This sec­ond
phase Ix e:9eeted ta last
18-34 months,' ooce tbe actsa]
designs are completed and have.
been presented to and appcoved
by the Board of- Supervisoa.
,At that ptesenta&o, teddeau
win again have the oppottaidty to
ask qpestiops and stsfe their
opinion of the pnject. Stages'
three and four which cany
{uther Dottfaward would be
undertaken at a later date "when
fasdx become available."
The b a ^ goal ct the project
is to enlarge the aadergtoond cul­verts,
to create a retentiOQ b a ^
in the arcs near tbe Baldwin
Hsstocical Museum and to place
-underground aome eiiitiflg open
'soeam areas north cf - Snuce
Stnet. The present cuhretts
apparently are not irtde emogh to
accommodate any vaasaH Bow
cf water without Qoo^sg. The re-tendoo
b a ^ would aDow for the
. storage ot water so that any ex­cess
would then <fialn mote slow­ly
into the cnhetts. This would
prevent the need for an excessive
widening of the culverts which
would cause adrtitVical coostrac-tion
and incomrenience. The re-tentkn
basin vrocld be two to
three foot deep, mth six to eight
foot fences and landscaping.
aioandil.
The consultant, Eaton John,
noted that virtually all tbe con-ttnctioo
would be nndergtoond.
When asked to assess the Dumber
of easements. far the pniect,-
John (GfEoeatiated betweeu
temponry and permanent ease-nents,
bot'said that he was not
certain ti the exact number. -To
actomnEsfa the consinactioo,
two pnvate garages vroald have
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Baldmn Students
Acdiimed In
Natkmai Program
BALDWIN • Twenty mcce
Baldwin VBtfi School students
have itceiied aed^m and recog­nition
in natJonal testing ptn-grams.
Michael K. Barsetla has bcen-dedgnated
a semi-finalist in the
National Achievement Scboiar-sUp
Rognutt for Outstanding
Negro Students. Semi-finafists
. must advance to EnaSst standing
in the Acfaievemeat t^ogram
before icctlTisg csnddera&B for:
awards. Abont 1,200 send-
Sn^ists ate expected to qnaBfy.
. FiiuBstx' compete for (60 or
more awards financed by grants
of S2 nnQioo bom some 180
program sponsors sad by oontti-butiOQs
froin a large group of ptT>-
gramduuots.
NbtaetnNantd
CanmadtdStaiatt
As part of tbe 1984 Natiooal
Merit Scholatship Program, 19
Baldwin tCgh School students
have been dfsignited commend-
(Cent, on Paget)
District, is at tUs time aw^ting
Governor Mario Cnomo's action.
Tbe legisla&n, whidt was
overwhelmingly approved by the
Senate and Assembly, requires
(he State Board ofEqniltritioo
and Assessment to establish a
new eqoalizxtioo rate for the
Freeport Union Free School
District.' The State Board, of
' Education, which presently uses
'^ae Town of Hempstead's equaB-
'zation rate, would be reqmred to
use the ivew rate to caknhte State
aid to the.scbool district. ~
The' a«ffsvd valuation of
ptopcetj in the ViSage rf Free-port
has been deoeasng .is
recent years, levy exgl^ned,
while property values in tbe Town
of Hempstead have been in­creasing.
In computing tbe esti­mated
wealth of the Freeport
School Oistikt, wtiich tnchides
properties in both the Town and
the ViBage, the State Fdacatinn
depatbneat uses tiieTowa equafi-zation
rate to detenmoe the
aomont of State ud it disttibntes
to the school district. The result
has been thst schools in the
ViDage^of Freeport receive signi­ficantly
fewer State doOais; due
to uuEUr cofflpotatibD formulas.
Senator levy stressed that the
Freepoct Union Free School Dis­trict,
"desperately needs the
sdiod aid." He said he has. -
•rtitten' the', Govetnbr strongly
urging hitn to sigh the bm. . '
He sdde^, "Additional State
aid for the Freeport sdiools
remains a top priority for me and
I am hopefiuand expectant that
the Governor «{Q act ^vorably
onthiseqmtablele^slation." .
'Acoocding (b Levy's oCGcr,
computations done by the sdiool
district estimate that — based on -
tins year's figures — some
$900,000 more in state aid could
be in Preeport's future in 1984-
85.
Judge Fnnco Attends Meeting
FREEPOKt • Satpii P. Praaoo,
Freeport Village Court Justice,
recently attended (he 74th Annual
Confemce ef the New y$xk State
Associatino of Magistratea. held
in upstate EDeoviSe.
The . four-day conference
featured an advanced truning-conrie
offored by the Stale Ofiice
of. Ctaort Administration. The
court provided the 250 loc^
jodgea. who attended ibe con-feiaice,
as opportunity to keep
(Oont.onPaoalB)
A NEW MUNICIPAL FACaUTY. Tha VWaga of Fraapart'B ntw
Oapartmant of PubOe Wottta buUdtng waa nrardaa a plaqua by tha
Fraaport Chambar of ComnMrta. Maidng tha pnaantaHen far ttia
aianOMf*! the raosnt "grand oparibtg," ribbon-cutting cafamonir and
party »a* Paul Conta (5th front I.), a Ctiambar diractor. AoapUng tba
plaqua to tttaU tA iha. villaga waa Mayor Wnuam H. WhSIa, irhe~
latar compHinantad Publk Worto Suparlntandant OavU Urvaioy and
PW ttatf matnbar Irvkig Gray for tbair work ta getting tha facOily cen^
atructad and In u*a- Prsaant at tha taratnuny wara 9. to r.) Aatfatant
SuparMtandant of PubOe Worta Rkhwd Mitthauar. vmaga Suparbi-landant
of Water attribution John BcrK Gray, L(«Moy, Conta,
Mayor WMta, vmaga Trustaa Jim dark. Chambar :v)c»Praa)dant
Dora pwnipa, Vioaoa Trustaa Vincant OiCottanzn and Sy Sptagat,
aidMtact lor tha buIUtng.
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