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District « 23
Frank M. Reilly, Director of
Recreation, presented the Mas-sapequa
Boa rd of Education with a
detailed report on the summer
recreation program and urged the
Board to consider for the next
year's budget raises for his staff.
Richard Walsh, Principal of
the Summer High School, reported
to the board that the2,088
enrollment of the program made
it one of the largest in New York
State. About one third of the
program is for accelerated
courses. He described one course
in detail, '' Cultural Patterns of
Japan" for which there were
many guest lecturers.
Considerable discussion ensued
regarding 9th grade students
who missed an eighth
grade graduation due to the
change this year in the Mas-sapequa
Public School organizational
pattern. The Board
instructed the administrative
staff to review the matter and
see if there could be some kind
of recognition.
There were a number of complaints
about the bus situation.
A George Baldwin of 100 North
Richmond Avenue, questioned
whether legislation couldn't be
enacted on the bid situation. Other
parents asked to see that buses
were not overloaded. A Mr. Horn
filed a petitionasking for Kindergarten
youngsters to be picked
up if the bus were not filled.
The Board erf Education will
work with the County School Bus
Service Inc. on straightening out
the bus transportation. At the
beginning of the school year, 37
bus drivers did not report to
work, causing many students to be
late or absent from school.
District # 22
Three staff members of the
South Oyster Bay Supplementary
Education Center explained the
workings of the one- year old program
at Monday night's District
22 Board of Education meeting
held at Weldon E. Howitt Jr.
High School.
The program, which takes in
five area school districts,
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including Farmingdale, was
funded last year with Federal
funds totaling $ 230,000.
Igor Hudadoff was appointed
Music Supervisor for the district
at an annual salary of
$ 14,166. The new supervisor,
a band director of the Parkside
Junior High School in Massa-pequa
since 1954, was elected
over 81 other applicants. Hudadoff
is a graduate of the East-men
School of Music. He succeeds
Herbert Alper who now teaches
on the college level in the Boston
area.
Other appointments made by
the Board included those of two
assistant principals. Beatrice
Hamburger was appointed Assistant
Principal at Woodward
Parkway school at an annual salary
of $ 15,103 and Elizabeth
Passman was appointed to a similar
post at the Parkway Oaks
school at a salary of $ 13,828.
Theodore Grudzinski was appointed
music teacher in the
Woodward Parkway school at a
salary of $ 10,395.
School Superintendent Dr. William
A. Kinzler announced that
119 staff members completed additional
credits to qualify for a
change in salary. The Board approved
the recommendation.
Trustee Bernard Land commended
the Superintendent foran
excellent year- end report and
offered a motion which was
passed to have 300 more copies
printed for distribution to PTA's
good cure groups.
A representative of the architectural
firm reported that the
contract documents for the high
school additions will be completed
and ready for signing on
or about November 5th or 6th.
Trustee Bernard Lang was appointed
as Chairman for the
school board in the Classroom
Teacher Association negotiations.
District # 18
Parents of children who are
now walking to school as the result
of the recent transportation
change in Plainedge last month,
filed complaints about the dangerous
walking conditions at last
Thursday's Plainedge Board of
Education meeting. One parent
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books on a given night
weighed 12 pounds and resulted
in a hardship. Another parent
said his daughter walked 1.9 miles
to school and the winter months
would create an attendance prob-lerni(
The present policy is 3/ 4
mile busing for elementary, 11/ 2
miles for junior high school and
two miles for high school students.)
Considerable discussion ensued
over the present insurance
policies. Trustee William Lally
stated that the Board went ahead
with what he called an illegal action
and knew that the teachers
should not get involved with the
handling of student insurance.
The charge came as a result of
the use of teaching personnel to
distribute insurance applications.
Trustee Robert Mackreth made a
motion to rescind the motion made
at the August 24th meeting regarding
the student insurance
program. The motion was defeated.
Trustee Michael Lanzarone offered
a motion to place in the
public minutes the names of board
members who we re present or absent
at executive meetings. The
motion also included public disclosure
at some of the action
taken at the meeting. The motion
passed with four voting in favor
and three abstentions.
Beginning with the October
meetings, the Board will meet in
the Packard Junior High School
cafeteria. Reasons given were
that the acoustics were not good
in the present Plainedge high
school meeting room and once
the present adult education begins,
the board felt that it was
almost impossible to find parking
space at the high school.
A lengthy discussion took place
regarding teacher salary negotiations.
Board President Lawrence
Hammer said that during the
teacher orientation meeting a
member of the Plainedge Classroom
Teachers Association took
the opportunity to conduct a campaign
to gain preference for that
group in preference to the union.
The representative also blasted
the school board about teacher
negotiations. Hammer wrote a
letter to the CTA that the occasion
was no place for this kind
of maneuver. Mackreth commented
that he was astonished that
Hammer commented on the ' unfortunate
approach,' since it
served no useful purpose and
could nullify all the work done
by both parties. Trustee James
Ackley said that teachers violated
something that was under negotiation
and that the Board had not
done much since April on the
Councilman Edmund A. Ocker, a former football star with Hofstra
University, looks over the Massapequa Midget Football Foundation
practice session as Larry Forst, 9, of6Kenmore Drive, throws his
shoulder into a blocking dummy held by Thomas Coulson, 10,
of 67 East Shore Drive, Massapequa.
Rev. Paul Phelps To Be Army Chaplain
The Rev. Paul E. Phelps, Assistant
Pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran
Church in Farmingdale tendered
his resignation in order
to accept duty as a military
chaplain.
Phelps will report to active
duty to the United States Army
on October 2 at the Chaplaincy
Training School at Fort Hamil-
Free Economics Course At Library
A free economics course will
be offered by the Henry George
School staff at the Massapequa
Public Library's Bar Harbour
building at 40 Harbor Lane, Massapequa
Park beginning Septem-ton,
Brooklyn. His first duty assignment
will be at Fort Devons,
Ayers, Massachusetts. He will
have the rank of Captain.
Phelps was graduated from the
Philadelphia Lutheran Theological
Seminary in June, 1963 and
came to Farmingdale. He has also
served here as Chaplain of the
Farmingdale Fire Department.
ber 27. The two hour sessions will
be held for ten weeks at 8: 30 p. m.
According to Stan Rubenstein,
Director, the course will help
one understand why taxes are
rising and other current problems.
matter and that there had been a
lack of communication between
both parties. He asked that the
negotiations item should be placed
on every agenda.
Mrs. Eileen Hoataling charged
Trustee Lally, during the public
participation period, with a " conflict
of interest." She said that
Lally, who is a teacher in the
Jericho system, with being involved
in teacher negotiations
in Jericho and in Board- teacher
negotiations in Plainedge. She
also asked Lally about his last
August contemplated resignation.
Lally answered, " The condition
is fluid." Mrs. Hoataling referred
to a May 1 resignation letter received
from Lally which the Board
subsequently withdrew at Lally's
request.
Several taxpayers asked how
one half mile transportation policy
could be restored. One taxpayer
stated that the Board did noi
paint a true picture during the
last vote. That instead of the $ 40,-
000 that the transportation cost
quoted, the figure of $ 10,000 was
more accurate, since State funds^
would make UD the difference
Assistant Superintendent G. Bret-ton
said that the State portion
would not be paid until the follow -
ing year. The Board was polleu
on whether they would consider
the restoration of the half mile
transportation policy at this time.
Not one board member was in
favor. After considerable board
questioning on the matter, the
board agreed that they would accept
a 1,500 name petition on the
transportation issue as meaningful
A motion was passed to establish
a Citizens Advisory Committee
on Transportation.
The guys at Weldwood
just went crazy.
They're offering paneling with the finish of $ 23 paneling
for only $ 11.98. And we've got some.
If you get down here right away, we can offer you genuine Weldwood* paneling, in warm
Autumn pecan, for only $ 11.98 per 4x8' panel. It has the same rich finish the U. S. Plywood
people put on their Weldwood Craftsman panels which sell for up to $ 23. But the offer is
only good until Dec. I, or until they run out of Autumn Pecan or come to their senses. So hurry.
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