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www.freeportbaldwinleader.com Freeport 82nd Year, No. 19 Freeport, N.Y. 11520 A Herald Community Newspaper Thursday, May, 11, 2017 $1.00 Freeport students march for peace By NADYA NATALY The sight looked like a field of mari- golds as hundreds of yellow-clad students from the Freeport School District, joined by friends, family members and promi- nent community leaders, lined up at Freeport High School to begin their walk east on to Pine Street. Marching for the eighth year, Freeport Cares, in coordina- tion with other Freeport community organizations and the village, held a peace march May 6. The inarch is just one of the many efforts that the Freeport Cares organiza- tion undertakes to promote peace in the village throughout the year. According to Freeport School District Superintendent Kishore Kuncham, the peace march is an opportunity for the entire school district to come together. \I'm here to support the peace march to show that I am involved in the commu- nity,\ said Freeporter Mariela Cruz. \I take pride in the community and want to see peace throughout the community as well. I want [my children] to learn that you have to be involved [and] help each other out because this is your home. This is where [they] are going to grow up, and they have to take care of it.\ Everyone participating wore yellow to represent peace, and many held picket signs with peace messages. With the younger elementary school children hold- ing a banner that read, \Peace on Earth,\ the group walked to Bayview Avenue, then to Merrick Road and Brookside, then back to Freeport High School. \Peace is dear to me... I believe all our actions have a profound, collective effect on the rest of the planet,\ Kuncham said. The march ended around 11 a.m., with participants making their grand entrance into the high school cafeteria, where health and wellness professionals welcomed them. Kuncham, who also par- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Freeporter sentenced in fatal crash Page 2 Freeport schools budget: A Herald endorsement Page 6 What's happening in Freeport this week? Page 5 Village board weighs bottle measure Page 7 Nadya Nataly/Freeport Leader AT THE END of the peace march, students and families made their way inside the Freeport High School cafeteria where they took part in a health and wellness fair. eaK