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No legal challenge by Board to the monster poles?
OUTDOOR STORYTIME
RIKKI N. MASSAND
Children counted along to “Five Little Monkeys” with Garden City Library Children’s Librarian Barbara Grace during an outdoor storytime which was held on Library grounds, as part Project Charlie, a series of in-person outdoor programs for Pre K-Grade 12.
Parents seek return of full time, in person classes at HS, MS BY RIKKI N. MASSAND The Garden City Board of Education’s October 20 meeting resulted in disappointment among members of the community who want students in grades six through 12 to return to a full-time, in-person, learning format. Parents attending the meeting challenged the decision for hybrid and remote learning formats
during the fall, and are persisting in efforts to have the school board allow full time in-person instruction. Since the opening of school in September, Garden City has offered full time instruction to children in the elementary grades. Grades six through twelve have in-person instruction on alternating days, with online instruction in between. In addition, all families were
given the option of having fully online instruction for their students. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha addressed many of parent’s concerns during a virtual Parents Town Hall on October 16th. One primary problem she noted Tuesday, however, was the lack of physical space to accommodate the return of See page 45
Residents hoping that the Village of Garden City would go to court to challenge the installation of 93-foot-high poles on the MTA/LIRR’s property lining the new Third Track project were displeased by the outcome of a vote at the October 15 Village Board meeting. A resolution to authorize engaging special legal counsel to explore legal action against MTA/LIRR failed in a rare split vote of the Trustees. During the October 15th Board meeting, the trustees rejected, five to three, a resolution to meet with Town Supervisor Donald Clavin to discuss hiring specialized attorneys to possibly bring legal action regarding the poles. Trustee Louis Minuto and Trustee Mark Hyer voted for the resolution along with Mayor Trouvé. Minuto championed the effort to get a resolution for litigation and his efforts were validated by the applause of Estates’ section residents in attendance. “We have been messed with enough and enough that is it. The wording of our resolution can be adjusted, as long as we keep this dialogue open and state that we’re going down a certain (legal) pathway and we are giving the mayor the commitment to go work with special counsel, whichever firm that supports us with future litigation in the hopes See page 47
Or maybe they will? Following its October 15th meeting, at which the Garden City Board of Trustees voted down a resolution to hire special legal counsel to fight the monster poles, the Board appeared to be about to change its mind. On Saturday, October 17th, the Garden City News was notified that the Board would hold an executive session with Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin to discuss the poles. That meeting took place on Monday, October 19th, and the Board subsequently scheduled a public meeting for October 22nd. (That meeting was to take place after the Garden City News’ weekly deadline.)
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