Composting pilot program

Residents of Oyster Bay who are looking to protect the environment and interested in composting are invited to take part in a pilot program which will take place throughout the summer. Participants will test the use of a compost bin in their backyards, and will be asked to complete weekly surveys. Participants will receive a discounted price for a compost bin.

The organic waste of Oyster Bay residents ends up in landfills — however, decomposing organic waste releases methane. Methane, both highly flammable and a potent greenhouse gas, damages the environment and contributes to anthropogenic climate change.

In an effort to create a composting system in Oyster Bay, a group of high-school students aim to collect data on composting through this

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The investigation of the incident was conducted by an independent lawyer, Superintendent Hank Grishman had said at an earlier Board meeting.

The incident was believed to have concerned use of the Jericho school for a meeting to discuss teaching a program of sex education to students as young as second or third graders. The meeting was said to be organized by a Jericho faculty member.

Newly re-elected board president Citron said she had received the investigation's findings but had not read them in time to see before the meeting on Thursday.

Questioned by board member Sam Perlman as to why she had not shared the report of the findings with the other board members, Citron said she had not received it.

One local resident said he believes the release of the investigation report was stalled so as not to influence the recent board election.

“If this issue concerned education of our children,” said another parent, “we should at least have been given some idea, even in general terms, what this was all about and what the appropriate action might be.”

Responding to this, Superintendent Grishman said, "The Board of Education is legally constrained by laws protecting individual employees and therefore is unable to comment further."