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THE TIMES - PAGE 3 - AUGUST 28,1990 - - - - Pal-Mac Board Adopk Red~C8d~~~Contingency Budget, Voters Pass Sports and Transportation Propositions C On August 22, over 1900 voters in the Pal-Mac District delivered their verdict. They passed a Transportation Proposition of $98,274 by a vote of 1 100 to 828, and approved Interscholastic Sports for $97,687 by a narrow margin of 55 votes. With a budget process drawn out by two budget defeats, voters passed the two most costly propositions, while failing to allow a Library Package of $24,7OO (defeated 1030 to 890), Equip- - ment for $49,456 defeated 1130 to 794) and Field Trips for $9255 (defeated 1094 to 81 1). At a meeting of the ~oard of Education, held4he night of the vote, a budget review team, consisting of Gary LaBerge, Nancy Hood, Judy Jensen and Terry Leone gave their recom- mendations for further , reducing the contingency budget. Chairman Gary LaBerge listed the following ,areas to be reduced or eliminated: gene@ supplies, physicals, athletic trainer, central stores, mental health project grant, part-time grounds person, maintenance supplies, high school secretary, middle school teacher's aide. The team also reeom- . mended that the board look into the possibility of reductions for next year to include: field trips, elementary super- visor, equity between school buildings, gifted and talented program IS-5, high school department coordinators, teacher's aides, size and scope of the interscholastic sports at the elementary level. \We studied all this in two weeks. That is a very short time to properly address all the issues, but we are directing you (Dr. Tobin) to look at these areas in further reducing the contingency budget,\ said LaBerge. One item of contention on the originally proposed list of cuts was maintenance projects, which the majority of the board members felt should not be eliminated. Board vice president, Kenneth Bradstreet, sug- gested that maintenance was always the first to be'cut from budgets and the one item that schools could least afford to forsake. An amount of $10,000 . was left in the contingency budget for maintenance projects for 1990-9 1. A $66,500 reduction was therefore called for by the team. Superintendent Tobin summed up the amounts as follows. \The original budget was proposed at $16,600,000; less the $192,000 savings from the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) which left $16,497,000; less $279,372 cut to take the budget to state mandated contin- gency levels, leaving $l6,2 18,365; and now the review team asks for cuts totalling $66,500, which brings the final contingency budget to $16,lSl,865.\The board voted to adopt that figure. Adding to the new contingency , budget the amounts of the pr,opositions , passing that evening, the Pal-Mac 1990- , 91 school budget will be $16,347;826. In ,other business, openings still exist fot members of the community to join a: 'committee .to investigate class ' size. Utters should be sent torhe district office. , : 'During the public participation pgp tiontofthe board meeting, Geri Norton . of. Paimyramked what the school will be doing to reassure the students (espec- ially the incoming fwshman class),. after the incidents of the past few months, with. the murder of one of their class- mates, and 'the rumors that circulate about satankm. . ~ ~ichad Ormsby, pal-~ac High ' . School principal, assured p,bents that ' he has met with counselors in Rochester ' , about coming to visit the-~i~h School on September 4th to talk with the faculty and staff regarding how to deal with grieving and confused students. He suggested that a follow up with the 9th grade class or individuals within the class could be arranged, and that later in the year an on-going counseling program could be put into place. Dr. Tobinmentioned,that the Palmyra Clergy Counsel had offered their seryices and assistme, and the guidance coun- selors and school psychiatrists would be available for students and families. ' Ortnsby also suggested that due to other devastating news, such as the fatal car accident involving a senior class member. this summer, other classes might benefit from the counseling as well. \We must show reassurance and calm, and candidly give information. The anxiety of the parents in passed on to the kids. They cannot play as freely now. Within the first two weeks of school, workshops will be set up on anxiety and what parents can do to alleviate the anxiety of their children,\ said Dr. Tobin. According to Dr. Tobin, the TAPS group will be presenting a workshop with Investigator Jack Robinson of the Wayne County Sheriffs Department on September 27 at 7:00 to speak on satanism and dispel rumors. Following a break in the meeting, to hear the voting results, the board meeting resumed with a discussion on high school graduation ceremony. Board member Nancy Hood pointed out that some parents had asked why the new gym at the high school could not be used instead of paying to use the facilities at CCFL. Mr. Ormsby presented the figures for using the two facilites. In 1988 the total cost of chairs, custodial, and sound system at Pal-Mac was $2708.39 (not prorated to today's costs), and 1990 figures for CCFL for rental of the shell\, sound, technical equipment, salaries, custodial, mileage and meals was $2165.73. He also pointed out that the senior class is larger this year (approximately 150-1 60 students). The board voted to continue at CCFL for 1990-91 graduation and take it under consideration again in 199 1-92. Mr. Ormsby announced the AP (Advanced Placement) test results for graduating seniors. He pointed out that all eligible students took the AP tests except one. He stated that Pal-Mac students score equal to or better than the National averages, and that acompar- ison could be given for this year when data is available in October. Ormsby noted that he was extremely pleased that this year, five students inthe senior class had received perfect scores on their AP tests, .Achieving perfect 'Advanced ,Placement scores in American .History ' wer,e-: ~icbael Paliotti, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Paliotti of Burwell Drive, Macedon; Jason T. smith, son of Ms. Carolyn DeRight of Canandaigua, Street, Palmyrg and Tara L, Burcroff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. avid ~ur- croft of North Creek ~oad, Palmyra. Achieving perfect Cdcu@s scores were: Ryan J. Durante, son of Mrs. Joan Durante of Vande. Driie, Palmyra and Dana E. Lane daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lane of Canandaigua Street, Pdmyra. - The school board approved the opening of a fifth section of third grade at Macedon Elementary,4since four sec- ,tions of 26 children each now exists and more are still enrolling. There already exists an. amount in the contingency budget for this additional section. , A letter was -read from Captain Alan Emerson of Troop E - New York State Police, citing Bill Gannon and Randy Peters , of -the Pal-Mac Main- tenance and ~acilities Department for their cooperation and help coordinating police efforts at the crime scene August 2,1990. Responding at the end of the meet- ingj to the passing of the Transportation - and Sports Propositions, Athletic Director Henry Burdick said: The com- munity responded the way they should. . . for the safety of the children and for our youth. I just wish we could have helped pull library books and the rest with us. I wish we could have had it all. I'm happy for the student athletes. They workedard.\ Votersat last week's Pd-Mac Board member Gary LaBerge stated School Budget Propositions Vote that he was happy to see the Sports It's a time when all the teams are proposition pass. \What is High School undefeated.\ , ' without sports. It's great to see the kids \And now we go back to the busi- so excited. August is a time of renewal. ness of education,\ added LaBerge. On their own initiative, members of the Pal-Mac Soccer team spent most of their day last Wednesday, on street corners rallying support for the Sports Proposition. CALL THE 'TIMES\ AT 986-4300 Fully Insured Quality Craftsmanship Custom Builder fine homes . additions . creative decks \The builder who is on the job!\ tsir~986-mo9 TOPSOIL 2, EXCAVATING Clean and fertile Site Development Perfect for lawn and garde ultdozer @ . 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