The-Leader_1985-06-06

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Newspaper
Village of
Freeport
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Freeport
School District
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Baldwin.
School District
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JUNE 6,1985
51st YEAR, No. 7
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Revote OnJunelZ''
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Philanthropist, Based On Input
Dr. Mervin Schloss Over Past Two Years
Board To Resubmit Same
Budget As In May
FREEPORT - The 1985-86 Freeport School District budget will be
resubmitted to the voters Wednesday, June 12, with the same dollar
amount as its previous submission.
The $36,984,497 budget was narrowly defeated May 8 by only 25
votes (7{&"no," 691 "yes"), a defeat that might have been caused by
a last minute, unsigned flyer.
Dies At 89
by Rhoda Keller
and
: John Ostvald-
PREEPORT ,- -Philanthropist,
dentist, civic activist, Freeport'
. botn Dr. Mervin L. Schlossi an
89-year resident of this village,.
died on May 29. His &ail health
and hospitalization had been
publicly announced several days
before &om the reviewing stand
at the Memnial Day Parade, an
event the World War I veteran
always attended proudly.
Bom in Freeport on December
12,1895, Dr. Schloss was the son
•Dr. Mervin Schloss
In 1982
of Hyman and Lillian Schloss,
whom he cheiished during their
lifetimes and honored all during
his own, frequently donating
money or other gifts to local
causes in his parents' memories.
A 1919 graduate of the New
York College of Dentistry (he was
third in his class), his skill and
dedication served five genera­tions
of Freeporters. He pio­neered
up-to-date medical/
dental methods, sach as bringing
general anesthesia to the village,
and made possible in 1920 the
first X;Ray machine In Freeport,
whfch wax used not only for his'
-patients, but fui uUieis. H(
insUlled the first Castle St«am
i.M ,«CcAi,5npaoe16) . ..
by John Oswald
. . . and Joan Belong
BALDWIN - At a special meeting on Wednesday," June Sth, theBald-win
Board of Education adopted a philosophy of education and a set of
-broad educational pjals-whiclrwere"developSd'aRef"two years oi sjatf
and community input. At the meeting. Assistant Superintetident Gene
- Lanzaro directed the presentation wMcb explained the tinieline of the
project, input, gathering a:nd the
development dt a philosophy of
education as the basis fbr these
goals. Still to follow is a continu­ing
process which will "consider
implementation at building and
- department levels.
The'major input activities in­cluded
a Superintendent's' Con­ference
Day on September 7,
1983, a Superintendent's Long
Range Plan Conference on"
December 13, 1983, a Super­intendent's
Long Range Plan
Community Input Meeting on
May 7, 1984. These meetings
allowed the district to hear the
concerns of diverse groups and
individuals and to detemune the
timeline of. the long range plan
development.
Staff participants in the pro­ject
included Arleen Asti, Tish
Davidson, Lou Fernandez, Marty
Lipshitz, Debbie Martin, Amy
McComb, • Nancy McElroy,
Sheila Michael, Janet Neiman,
John O'Connor, Theron Royer,
' Barbara Singer, Joe Tela,
Kathtyn Vale a'nd Gene Lanzaro.
It was noted that the goals re-'
fleet agreement o\ teachers who
participated as representatives
of the Baldwin Teachers Associa-range
planning conference was
held for administrators. Qghteen
people met to talk about the
nature of the educational program
in the next S-10.years. On May 8,
1984, a community works'hop of
65 people representing .45 com­munity
groups discussed and ex­pressed
ideas relative to educa­tional
plans and goals for the next
fiveyears.
In September and October of
1984, the Long Range Committee
members reviewed the input.
All teachers were asked, for their
help in developing the philosophy
of education for the district. In
December, this input was. re­viewed
and a draft of the dis­trict's,
philosophical statement
was prepared..In April, 1985,
this statement was approved by
the committee and a draft of goals
was made and amended. In
May, 1985, Dr. Jones approved
the phOosophy and goals in
preparation for the presentation
- to the Board of Education.
The next phase of the process-will
include the identification of
goals and objectives by instruc­tional
levels — 1-6; 7-8 and 9-12.
This wnll' eventually bring the
distributed by hand the night be­fore
the vote.
Polls vrill be open 1-10 pm at
the regular polling places: Atkin­son
School; Columbus Avenue
School, Bayview Avenue School,
Archer Street School, Giblyn
School, and the Freeport Family
Cdmmumty Center, 17 BuBalo.
Avenue.
:_:^Dr. -John-E--Bierwirth, -Fre<
"port's Superintendent of Schools
• noted^that the budget provides'a
' goodVdncational'a CKKI substan­tially
lower than in other districts.
Although the distria's tax rate is
slightly higher than'average, the
district spends almost the least
amount per student, said Bier-wirth,
a fact he blames on the
inequitable system of assess-jnents
and assessed valuation.
Things would be even worse
for the district, Bierwirth points
.out, if it were not for the woA
done in Albany by our state legis­lators
and these he praised
mightily.
Bierwirth also noted that if the
budget is defeated again, it would
not be resubmitted a third time.
Instead, the district would legally
go on austerity and this could
'mean it could not purchase or
-maintain^ instructional equipment—
nor purchase new books. Under
austerity all inter-scholastic ath­letics
would also be stopped and
some transportation might be
affected.
Freeport School District
residential property owners will
probably see a school tax set at
$25.21 if the budget passes;
business property owners, some­where
around S26-92 per $100
assessed valuation-
The expected tat hike will be
$1.67per$I0O.
Flag Day Services At Sks Lodge
FREEPORT-BALDWm - The
Freeport-Baldwin Lodge of Elks is
calling on local residents to make
a special 'effort to commemorate
the Stars and Stripes this Flag
Day, Friday, June 14, "as a
demonstration of public support
for this country."
Vilb Tarulli, Exalted Ruler of
. the Lodge says, "The state of
world affairs, the conditions in
the Middle East and Central
America, now more than e%er
before, require"; a public display
of solidarity."
Annual Flag Day services of the
Freeport-Baldwin Lodge will be
held at the Lodge Hall, 1162
Atlantic Avenue in Baldwin on
Thursday, June 13,'at 8u30 pm.
Veteran organizations from
Freeport and Baldwin have been
invited to participate.
The program will gi\e a brief
hisioiy of the flag,
tion "as well as administrative I process to each and every class
and district staff. \ room.
Explaining the input gatberinjr^ _- In discussion. Assistant Super
process of Phase I, Superinten­dent
of Schods RoUand Jones in­dicated
that on September 7,
1983, he'expressed the need for
long range plans and asked for
the identification of -problem
areas in the Baldwin Public
Schools. On December 13th, a
long range planning conference
with -- professional leaders was
held. Forty-one members of the
administntion and BTA attended
a day long program with three
workshops and they discussed
"the five yeif development d
long range plans.
. On January 20, 1984, a long
intendent Gene Lanzaro ex­plained
that two years ago when
"status quo" was decided upon
when it was agreed that ther
would.be no more school-clos­ings
in the immediate future,
and when the administrative
structure was reorganized, the
planning process began. He
noted that "the process has pre­pared
us for the introspection.
The next phase involves intro­spection."
Board discussion centered in
tiie method of implementation
with Lanzaro explaining that a
. •.. . .(Cont.pnPaaefl)
FHEEPORT'S NEWEST FINEST. Freeport Polieo Captain David
Meehan 0-) 'oo*'* ° " »* Mayor Dorothy Storm (2nd 1.) administers the
oath of office to new Police Cadets Sliaron Levy and Ml^ael Smith.
Levy, who will t>e Freeport's second female officer, has worked for the
vmags since 1978, ilrst as a recreation attendant and tea rink guard
at the Recreation Cftnlpr nnri. ilnrn IftBO, »t a P""--ft Matfftf-Bfift-
Special Police Off icer. Levy end Smith and Freeport's nine, previously
appointed cadets began their training at the Nassau Police Academy
Tuesday, June 4. After training, Freeport's total force will t>e 84
membersi an addition of four over its previously budgeted 80.