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School District 18
Trustee James Ackley was
acting Chairman of the Plain-edge
Board of Education meeting
held Thursday night.
During the public participation
period, considerable sentiment
was expressed against the new
bus policy voted on by the voters
which eliminated : he former half
mile policy.
A Bert Snyder said that 37
votes which defeated the bus
proposition shou! dn l. c « * i?!. itute
a sufficient majority for all those
who have to walk.
A number of people pointed
out the hazards of walking on
Hicksville Road.
One taxpayer ascertained that
the transportation policy was for
students living more than two
miles, not just two miles as was
his case. Mrs. Daniel Feder of
303 North Michigan Avenue,
North Massapequa, said that she
believed that the district was
playing Russian roulette with
children's lives near Southern
State Parkway. She said that she
had contacted Rayburn Bus company
and that they were willingto
offer a bus at the cost of 25 cents
round trip. A special activities
bus would be included in the plan.
She said that she has already
contracted for the bus, so those
interested in having their students
ride on the bus should contact
her at CH 9- 7240.
According to the administration,
the Mid Island Transit Co.
which has a franchised route
along Hicksville Road will have
a schedule which will assist high
school students. A bus leaving
Hicksville at 7: 10 will arrive at
Boundary Avenue at 7: 25 and at
Wyngate Avenue at 7: 35 in time
for high school students to walk
to the school at 8 p. m. On return,
the bus leaves the Massapequa
railroad station at 2: 30 and arrives
at Wyngate at 2: 45. Classes
are dismissed at 2: 24. The cost is
30 cents and student rate is 15
cents. Should there be sufficient
use, more buses would be added.
Herb Goldstein asked the board
about crossing guards and sidewalks
on Hicksville Road.
The Board indicated that they
would not be willing to offer a
referendum on transportation
again in the near future. They
stressed that at least uniform
starting times could be established
in the schools.
School Board attorney Leroy
Van Nostrand, in answer to a
question, said that according to
Section 2008, Subdivision n of
the Education Law, for a legal
purpose, qualified voters may
call a special district meeting
by obtaining the number of signers
names of one third of district
residents. He estimated
that 4,000 signatures would be
needed.
Jules Teck urged the Board
to seek an overpass on Southern
State Parkway. Trustee Gag-liardo
is now working with officials
on sidewalks and other
safety precautions.
* The Plainedge tax rate for
school and library districts was
set at $ 9.10 for each $ 100 of
assessed valuation. The levy includes
$ 8.71 for schools and 39
cents for the library.
A notion was made, by Trustee
William Lally to raise the tax
" rate from 8/ 71 to 8.89 since
the monies from the state lottery
will not be guaranteed and
the surplus is too low. The motion
was not seconded.
Former Trustee Irving Klein-man
asked whether the surplus
could be used to reduce the tax
rate. It was explained that due
to the lottery being less than
anticipated some of the cash
balance will have to be utilized.
Plainedge was far below the state
recommended ten per cent.
Earlier in the evening the
Board passed on bond anticipa-
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Library Friends Hit Back
At Gorton's Charges
The Friends of the Farm-inpdalo
Library this week issued
a statement to The Observer
concerning the upcoming Tuesday,
August 29th vote of the
Farmingdale Public Library
budget. The group took excep-tivn
to recently elected Trustee
Carl E. Gorton's statements to
the press. The Friends' statement
read....
During the past years mere
have been many instances of
extremist groups attacking libraries
and schools. Their methods
vary but their aims are
unmistakable- to exchange their
judgament for those of the people
of the community in the selection
of library material. Their approach
may center on pornography,
Communism or such
basic economic issues as the
budget. Their methods are the
exploitation of half- truths, insinuation
and and ik necessary, character
assasination The Friends
of the Farmingdale Library would
like to bring certain facts to the
attention of the community.
The statement charged that
tion notes for Southedge, the administration
building and the library.
The bonds are being held
until the market is more favorable.
Warren Aaronson, in his insurance
report, spoke about the
difficulty of obtaining accident
coverage with rates that would
not be exorbinant. The only way
to work it out is on a parent
basis, he said. The board took
the report under advisement.
Former Trustee Irving Klein-man
suggested an intra mural
program be established in
sports, without expense to the
district by having physical education
teachers come in later
in the day, by removingprepara-tion
periods, or by increasing
class size.
The appointment of the new
principal was made ( See separate
story) t
library trustee Carl E. Gorton
dramatized his candidacy when
he confiscated a book from the
public library which he considered
certain portions obscene.
The group charged that
Gorton distributed 5,000 copies
of the questionable material
and ' through his actions' made
it available to every teenager in
Farmingdale.
" Mr. Gorton declared that
there is $ 50,000 of waste in
library expenditures. He made
this statement to newspapers one
week after a public libraryboard
meeting when he would not have
to defend this statement, rather
than at the meeting when he
could be questioned by the community.
Mr. Gorton claims he
was denied access to the library
files, yet at the last public meeting
it was e stabli shed by the board
that Mr. Gorton may have access
to any file he wishes to see.
" Prior to the budget defeat,
the library board has hired a
professional reading consultant
to aid children with problems
in reading. This pilot program
has been considered a total success
by all those ausociated with
it. The future impact of this
program on the community with
regard to the success of the individual
student should not be
overlooked. Many school drop
outs are children who have had
primary grade reading difficulties."
Accident At Park Blvd.
An auto accident occurred last
Saturday at 8: 55 p. m. at Sunrise
Highway and Park Boulevard,
Massapequa Park.
The driver of the first car
was Delfino Mascolo, 55, of Wan-tagh
and Sophie Kunit/ ky of 150
William Road, North Massapequa.
Mascolo received neck
and leg injuries and was taken
to Mid- Island Hospital Edith
Mascolo, a passenger, received
a back injury.
Library Board President
Refutes Expense Charges
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ad one concludes that it represents
an apparent but unreal
analysis of library expenses and
ought to satisfy the average citizen
that the forces of opposi
tion to the library budget after
extended digging and investigation
have failed to turn up a
single item of legitimate criticism.
" We urge you to vote YES
on Tuesday, August 29, 1967
between 12 noon and 10: 00 P. M.
at the Weldon E. Howitt, Jr. High
School."
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