Friday, June 19, 2020
Vol. 80, No. 25
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SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVITTOWN
Town officials celebrate reopening with haircuts
Hicksville Schools study fall reopening
In light of recent executive orders implemented by the governor due to the pandemic that will impact schools, and anticipating others to come, Hicksville Public Schools has organized a Task Force of District leaders and school community stakeholders to aid in guiding the reopening of the schools. “We have done a great deal of internal work already reimagining what school will look like under the CDC guidelines and whatever NYS may mandate to keep our students and staff safe,” stated Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman. “We are look-
ing at all aspects of school operations. The Board and Administration will continue to communicate with our community in the weeks and months to come as the Task Force develops a strategic reopening plan.” Because so many of the details have yet to be decided about how schools will function for the reopening, and much of this may be mandated at the Federal and State level, community members are encouraged to regularly visit the District website for updates as they become available: www. hicksvillepublicschools.org.
School budgets pass Members of the Town of Oyster Bay Board celebrate the reopening of businesses at Pat’s Barber Shop in Levittown. BY GARY SIMEONE People have been waiting months to get a haircut, and that day finally came last Wednesday as Long Island entered into Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan. Town of Oyster Bay officials, including Superintendent Joe Saladino, Councilman Lou Imbroto and Town Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato, gathered at Pat’s
Barber Shop in Levittown to celebrate the much anticipated milestone. “We’ve proven a lot of things in the past three months. We’ve proven we know how to social distance, we’ve achieved the goal of flattening the curve and we’ve made tremendous progressing in battling the COVID pandemic,” said Saladino as he
sat for a haircut at the longtime community barbershop. “Thanks to all of our efforts, we can celebrate getting back to business in our Town and across Long Island. People like Pat demonstrate what small businesses are all about. These small businesses and mom and pop shops are the heartbeat of our commuSee page 23
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Bethpage Bethpage School District’s 2020-21 budget has passed with the below results: Yes – 2,172 votes No – 589 votes The $89,079,639 budget was an increase of 1.99% over last year. For the school board (both ran unopposed, both re-elected to the board) Michael Kelly – 2,029 votes Anna Israelton – 2,216 votes
Levittown
The Levittown School District's budget of $227,424,141 passed 5337 to 2203. The budget is a 2.21% increase over last year.
Five candidates ran for three open seats. Dillon Cain, Jennifer Messina and Michael Pappas, all incumbents, were reelected.
Plainview - Old Bethpage The Plainview School District budget of $164,248,598 passed 3,929 to 1,598. It was a 1.16% increase over last year. Debbie Bernstein, Gary Bettan and Ginger Lieberman ran unopposed and were elected to the Board of Education.
Hicksville
As of press time the Hicksville School District had not yet announced the results of its budget vote.
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