The-Leader_1986-12-18

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LEAIIER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK, December 18; 1986
52ndyEAR,No.35
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See 24^ Freepoit Budget Increase
Baldwin Ranks
Above Nassau Norm
Sfandartiized Test Results
"Embarrassingly Good"
Revenue From Sfadium Sale
Keeps Increase To New Low
FREEPORT -• The' tentative" 1987-88 Village of
Freeport municipal budget calls for an increase in the
tax rate of 24 cents per SlOO of assessed valuation. The
average taxpayer, whose hbme is assessed at 57,500, will
pay $1.50 per month more in the next tax year than in
this year.
byJoimDeUmey
. BALDWIN - Two accountability reports were pre­sented
at the December 10th Baldwin Board of Educa­tion
meeting. The first was a status report on the dis-
Mdre Arrests
In Village
Drug Sweep
FREEPORT village
trict's annual goals which are set each summer. •The...P?]»ce:,have arrMted.five
second was the State-Tff&ndaied .CbmpTehensive" Assess- tn6re people itt IMir con-ment
Report (CAR Re- .
port), which i"n cludes the school lunch programs at
results of standardized
testing as well as an as­sortment
of other data iii-cludtn'g
class size, gradua?
tion rates, ethnic balance
aiid. various other socio­logical
and economic fac­tors.
, .:,'
Dr. RoUand Jones,
Baldwin's Superintendent
of Schools, indicated that
significant progress has
been!made in several areas
including.. the continued
implementation of the re-.
- vised regulations of the
Regents Action J'latU- 'lie
extension of. the health
curriculum including
teacher trainmg at the
• elementary level, a review
of the current mathemat­ics
program, the comptit-erization
of "various ad­ministrative
functions and
student data bank, nego-
'tiations with various em­ployee
groups, an up­grading
of buildings and
grounds, the continued
development and adjust­ments
in a teaching in­ternship
program In con­junction
with Adelphi
University, a heightened
awareness of -and maipte-nance
of a positive image
of the school system, and
the .maximization of in­structional
time.
"• ': Other areas which will
be explored, some by
committees, include an
evaluation of the health
the elementary levels and.
at the high school; the"
continued active recruit­ment
of highly qualified
staff people; the comple'-
tion of niegotiations with
certain employeis groups;
strengthened articulation
between elementary / sec­ondary
and junior / senior
high schools; a compre­hensive
review of the class
size policy, including the
open erirbllment policy; an
examination of the pro­cesses
for certification and
decertification of handi­capped
students; and the
standardJzatioiV of •. the .
budget preparation process
and procedures.
The CAR report in­cluded
input from Assis­tant
Superintendent Gene
Lanzaro; Dr. John Ryan,
(Chairman); Nancy
McEIroy, Director of
Reading and Library Ser­vices;
Ralph Annina, Di­rector
of Computer Ser­vices;
Dr. James Spirakis,
Director of .Psychological
Services;Richard Marsh,
Director of Curriculum
Development and Stephen
Sparacio, Administrative
Assistant at the Baldwin
^nior High School.
The niost publicized'as-pect
of the CAR report is
its inclusion of the New
York State Pupil Evalua­tion
Program (PEP) scores.
These scores are printed
tmumg investigation into
crack dealing in Freeport.
The arrests made on De­cember
11 and December
13 were the result of the
second phase, of a joint-inyestigatioii
with . the.
Nassau County Police De­partment,
Captain David
Meehan, the .Freeport Pp-lice;
Department's Com­manding
. Officer, ex­plained.
- In late July, Village Po­lice,
with the cooperation
of Nassau Pol.ice and the
Nassau County District
Attorney's office, made an
, (Cciit. en Page 10) •
The total budget is
$22,362,133. With rev­enues
estimated af
$8,147,431 and ah esti­mated
. surplus of
$841,157, the sum of
$13,373,545 must be '
raised by taxes, an in­crease
of $379,073 over
the present fiscal year.
..' Iioweyei,..at 'thei. same
time", the VjllageTs ^sessed
valuation has increased
$1,115,762 10 $90,179,000,
due in part > to the new
cooperative/condominium .
construction and the
improvements, .at .the
former Grant's building.
In announcing the
tentative budget figures,
Viljage Mayor Dorothy
Storm pointed out that for
the first time in years, the
municipal budget does not.
include federal revenue
sharing which previously
represented some $400,000
in annual aid to the
Village. "Fortunately, thb
year that loss is absorbed
by the anticipated sale of
the municipal stadium."
The minimum price for
the ..stadium property is
$1.8 million, and the sale
of. the stadium, though
still in the bid stage, is
part of the new proposed
budget.
Mayor . Storm also
explained that "Sanitation
costs have risen from $2.5
million '.to S2.9 - million.
This represents the new
contract with the private
carter . which 'we ne­gotiated
down by $60,000.
It is here we could have
cut costs by $417,500,
more than the entire tax
increase, by eliminating
back door collection and
requiring garbage cans to
be put on the curb.
However,' . said Mrs.
Storm, "residents have
indicated that they are
willing to pay to keep the
back door service." The
sanitation figures also
reflect increased tipping
(Cont.oaPaoeSO)
evaluation, oi ine nea ir^ an„ua„ i^- ^ewsddv in a „,«id „ ,i"br.c^ »te ."dm^^
circulum in grades 7-12 i:,, y-uLu }Av;^es•comDafV.^^^}^.*?/•!!? V!L^'>''?;^
SELECTED FOR ALL-COUNTY. Som* 21 Freeport Hifh Schso) muiic etudenti h » c been ielected to
puticip»ie ta the iurawj 10, 19S7 AU-Ckjunky Conurt, which will b« held at.C.W>o>t Tile* Center.
Photatr^hed vith Vecil Music leiicher Stephen Paiuio (bick tow, ( u 1.) u c All-Cotfttty participant! (Itt
rq.w, I. to r.) Elaine Venter, Cynthia Taylor, Meliua Fcfarty, Jennifer Karr, Sandra Hill, Heather Dixon,
^ertaa Thompson, Debbie Barrinfton, Era Kirk, AinyWarman; (ind row, 2nd I. to r.) Kristin'e Jones, Ellen
Davison, Robert Smith, JetT Bollackc, Arthur Callahan, David Keller, Troy Holly, Michael Bollacke, Eric
White, and Jcaninne Wallace. Mot present when kht photo was taken was Chris Fenyo. The students were
before judies from the New York Stale School Music Association or
membtit of the Haxtaa. Music Educators Atsoaation.