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V oters ’ 6 uide see pages 13-16 Instrucclones para votar pAg.20 Freeport • Baldwin e it t Y e a r No. 11 FrMport.N.Y.11520 THE COMMUNTTY NEWSPAPER 'Thured«y|ltareh 16,1606 Schools near pact on OHR lease New facility could be Freeport’s 1st theme school by Sae M o rgan The Fitepon S d io^ Distrkt is *^'ery close to reacbiog id agreement” on leasing the sooa-to-elose Our Holy Redeemer School next year, Soper* iotendeDt of Schools Dr. Richard C. Booea revealed last week. The district is in the midst of *Very serions oegotiitions” with the Rev. Richard Fi^iozzi, pastor of Oar Holy Redeemer parish, and the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Dr. Bones told the Board of Edacation at its recent plan* Bmg And, he said, using the new facility a t the district’s first theme school would present a “great opportunity” for a prototype in Sqiieniber. Dr. Boeen said attorneys for the db> triet and Ae diocese were to meet early this weeki whereupon the diocese would review the plans for several days. He said the agreement ndght go before the board in a few weeks. Ib e Soperintendent said foe option of 1 iKeme more Sltis* facttrily resolved the qnestioa o f “how to get stodests to foe new facility” foan did either redistrictiBg or a lotleiy. The M agnei/Theme School Task Force will be reconvened to study the subject, and when an agreement with OHR is reached, the Facilities Task Force will gather to review plans. “The more eyes, the better,” com* mented Dr. B o a ^ The board briefly discussed names that had been suggmted for the school, incorporating Pine Street and Ocean Avenue. Budget 'nightmare* Dr. Bonen announced that Freeport DOW has foe questionable disdnedon ^ being last oo the Nassau Coonty list o f expenditures per student, other than dis tricts w h idi are strictly Kindergarten through sixth grade. Meanwhile, he said, Freeport’s tax rate has risen to the U fo highest in foe county. *lt's a ni^dmare,” Dr. Booen told foe board. IionkaHy, he continued, “There b almost a perfect reverse Telatiooahip between the tax rale and expenditures (conUnutd on pegs 17) Experts look at school budget Five residents to advise Freeport school board A “slightly different venion” of a Citizens’ Budget Advisory Committee w ill offer its counsel to Freeport’s Board of Education daring its budget deliberatioQs fob year. Residents' calb for such a Cotnininee in the wake of budget increases and last year's S2 millioa d efldt were met with relttcunce by board members, who felt - I N S I D K , Minority Convention page! ♦ ♦ ♦ 100 years young page 9 ♦ ♦ ♦ Lost ‘landmarks’ page 12 time was too short While an Advisory CtMnmittee wtU be organized for the 1996-97 budget, fob year a ooe-dme, five-member panel of residents with pertinent expertise has been form ed, called the Budget Structure and Practice Review Committee. Members are Thn Tomer, Assistant Vice-President o f Nassau Community College for Fiscal Affairs; Ron Braz, Assistant Superintendent for Hnance o f foe Huntington Sebool District; Robert Tucker, Principal o f Lawrence Road Jonor High School in Uniondale; Judy B e jaraoo, an accountant w ith the Nassau Cooaty Comptroller's Office; and Dr. Albert Renkea, a retired school administrator. The group’s first meeting with the board w a s Tuesday. Not only will the panel look at budgeted amounts, but also at the structure o f foe docu ment itself, and bow it is presented to residentv Superintendent o f Schools Dr. Richard C. Bonen said he wished to expand the presentatioa format o f foe budget to three sessions before foe for mal public hearing is held the week before the budget vote. PRELIMINARY CONCEPT SKETCH of a pubHc pier and structura which will b e federally funded for th e foot of W o o d d eft Avenue. Vfoat s h a p e and u s e the buUdirg win take, a n d w h e ther fiahing wUt b e allowed a re not y e t d e cid e d . Take a walk on Wooddeft... b y Sae M o rgan off-street parking,” said Mayor Thompson. As a matter of fact, it was foe need for work on foe actual roadway because of flooding problems that g d village offlcUls thinking ibout ndding some major refurbishing to foe Nnstical Mile. With the roadbed between 18 and 24 inches below where it should be, it was going to be necessary to re-grade and re-coostruct foe entire road* Thai project will be hooded as part of foe entire project, said the Mayor. He and Superintendent of Public Works David Lovejoy worked on appUcadons for federal grants last summer, coocen- tntittg on the Nautical Mile. (eonttnued en page 3) During foe annual Summer FesdvaL walkers love W o o d d eft Avenue. At other times, Freeport’s famous Naatkal MQe b not so pedestrian-frkodly. Soon, all of that is due to change, with federally fiuded plans afoot for a widened brick pedestrian “e^lanade” down foe entire east side o f Wooddeft. The west side will sport foe-brick as w ell Where this red brick road will lead waterfront vbitors will not be to Oz, but, via foe Nantical MQe’s merdants, to “an activity destinatioa” at foe end of foe Avenue - and beyond. Mayor Art Thompson ei^lained that a pier and structure, perhaps a light house or a harbormaster's station, wiU occupy what b DOW foe dead end o f the street s e a r tbe Schooner Restaurant, extending out over foe water and pro- vidag panoramic views. Benches, planters and landscaping would dot b ^ the stroU and foe desti- nation. Antique lighting fixtures will tlhunate foe street and add to tbe ambi ence. The structure on tbe pier will defi nitely bouse an information center, per haps with restannnt coupons and maps, u i d the Mayor, bet other th in that, Freeporters have a while to let their imaginataoas run wild. Meanwhile, foe street itself will be resurfaced with a modern version of cobblestone. The widening of foe walkway will incorporate tbe parking lane, eliminat ing on-street puking oo Wooddeft nnd a “commitment for more ^ ■ y I POINTING OUT AREAS th a t will be im p r o v e d w ith fe d e r a l g r a n t s is Mayor Art T hompson. r. lb
