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High school sweethearts get engaged prise, her friends invited Trigona to tag along. At the time, Trigona had recently moved from High school sweethearts South Carolina to Baldwin, and Samantha Perez and Salvatore he started as a freshman at BaldTrigona are engaged to be mar- win High School that September, ried. along with Perez. On April 17, the two 26-yearWhen he first saw Perez, Triold Baldwinites visited Del Vino gona recalled, he was instantly Vineyards in Northport, their attracted, and became quieter favorite vineyard. than usual. When Perez said she had Pe r e z ’s f r i e n d s no idea that when noticed how unusuthe pair sat down ally timid Trigona for lunch that afterwas behaving, they noon, Trigona j o ke d ab o u t i t . would suddenly Then, Trigona, kneel on one knee who was a member and ask her to of his South Carolimarry him. She na middle school’s said she followed SAlVAtore wrestling team, the proposal with a said he decided to “yes” through tear- trigoNA retaliate. ful eyes. “To everyone’s Gino’s Pizza manager “When he prosurprise, Salvatore posed, I melted,” dropped and threw Perez said. “I felt so loved.” one of my friends over his shoul“I was so nervous before I der, and then they landed on the popped the question,” said Trigo- ground with a thud, and there’s na, who has been the manager of still an indent in my front lawn Gino’s Pizza in Baldwin Harbor to this day,” Perez said with a for seven years. giggle. Perez, who attended Baldwin Trigona said he continued to Middle School and Baldwin High have strong feelings for Perez for School, said she met Trigona one nine months after their first summer day in August 2009. She introduction. Perez said, howevhad invited a few of her friends to visit her home, and to her surContinued on page 3
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loCAl kiDS took to the soccer pitch last Saturday as the Baldwin Eagles began their spring season after a year-long interruption because of the pandemic.
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Baldwin Eagles Soccer Club returns a year later By BriDget DowNeS bdownes@liherald.com
It’s time to play soccer again. More than 100 children and their parents, coaches and trainers made their way to the fields at Baldwin Harbor Town Park on the windy morning of May 1 for a Baldwin Eagles Soccer Club practice. The club restarted its spring and fall seasons after the Covid-19 pandemic put a
pause on its operations. After a year-long hiatus, the spring season began on April 17. Club members — local students between pre-kindergarten and fifth grade — play every Saturday morning. And while they used to play on the Lenox Elementary School field, a 30-year tradition, this year they’re playing in the park. Bob Gandley, the club’s treasurer and assistant president, who has volunteered with the club for about three
decades, said the switch happened because the park allows for more space to social distance and to avoid potential conflicts with Baldwin School District teams. The club’s travel team, which is much smaller, had not stopped play. The intramural team, on the other hand, is where students learn how to play the game and have fun. Professional trainers work with the children — who are divided into three age Continued on page 8
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Soccer club returns after year-long hiatus groups — every week. While the boys’ and girls’ teams typically play separately, they are combined this season because membership is lower than usual. Typically, Gandley explained, fliers would be put up all around the schools, and the district would help the club advertise. Since that did not happen this year, Gandley, who has handled registration for the past 15 years, said he registered students using the internet and social media. Registration began in February, and about 110 children have since since signed up. On a normal year, the club welcomes around 135 kids for the intramural division. “So it’s actually not too bad, considering,” Gandley said. “Plus, everybody wanted to get out of the house. And everybody’s been very cooperative about wearing a mask and doing the right thing. We’ve had no problems whatsoever so far.” Besides social distancing and wearing masks, the club has implemented safety protocols, including setting up a sanitization station with disinfectant products. Members follow guidelines from the state and the Long Island Junior Soccer League. Gandley said he and the other volunteers are working towards slowly getting back to a more normal lifestyle. “It just seems like the parents are really happy that we’re back, even though our numbers are a little down,” said Bob Walters, the club’s president, as children and coaches shouted in the background and whistles blew. Walters was inducted into the Long Island Junior Soccer League Hall of Fame two years ago, and last year, Gandley was named Volunteer of the Year. “It feels really exciting just to have the kids back out,” said Wale Adegbenle, a volunteer coach for about eight years, whose children play on the team. He said it’s been tough since the young people have lacked socialization while they were not playing for a year, but to be back is “a great moment.” Additionally, Laurie and Stephanie O’Brien, of O’Brien Inc. Photography, took portraits of the players on the sidelines.
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LocaL students between pre-kindergarten and fifth grade play for the Baldwin Eagles. the kids returned on May 1. o’brien inc. photography took portraits of players, below left. cLub president bob Walters, below right, with Bob Gandley, the club’s treasurer and assistant president.
Alleged car chase ends in collision, overturned van By BridgEt downEs bdownes@liherald.com
Police said they are investigating a car collision that occurred in Baldwin last Sunday night right before midnight. Pictures show an overturned white van and multiple damaged cars as well as debris spewed across the roadway. Officials and bystanders said it was allegedly a car pursuit that began in Suffolk County and ended in Baldwin, at the corner of Grand and Atlantic avenues. Nassau and Suffolk police and local
fire departments responded to the scene. A Suffolk County Police Department Public Information Officer said Monday that officers responded to a 911 call reporting a vehicle stopped in the middle of Little East Neck Road in West Babylon at 11:32 p.m. on May 2. When approached by a police vehicle, the driver fled and crossed into Nassau County jurisdiction. Officials did not confirm the extent of the damage or injuries at press time Monday. Police said no further details could be provided because of the ongoing investigation.
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Firefighters extinguish early morning blaze Shortly after 6 a.m. on April 27, members of the Baldwin Fire Department responded to a house fire on 2nd Place in Baldwin. Upon arrival, fire officials said, the house was heavily engulfed in fire and flames could be seen coming from the first and second floors. The fire had burned through electrical wires attached to the pole in front of the house, which fire officials said complicated the operations. Live electrical lines covered the entrance of the house. Firefighters discovered the building was unoccupied and under construction by the new owners. First Deputy Chief Brien Cummings, the chief in charge of operations, ordered an aggressive attack to save the remain-
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Frank’s FNT Auto Repair in Baldwin has a history of helping automotive students at Nassau Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, or BOCES, Barry Tech to prepare for success in the auto industry. An industry partner to Barry Tech, the auto repair shop regularly hosts students in the school’s work-based learning program. Frank’s FNT Auto Repair recently hired Jason Mendoza, of Westbury, who is studying automotive technology. A cooperative effort between the school and local businesses like Frank’s FNT Auto Repair, work-based learning gives Barry Tech students the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom to real-world work settings. The program follows all guidelines established by the New York State Departments of Education and Labor, and is supervised by certified work-experience teacher-coordinators. Students observe, interact with and assist their career education sponsors while gaining work experience in their chosen fields. Barry Tech is a career and technical education high school that offers more than 40 hands-on courses designed to help students develop the skills they need to get a step ahead in their chosen career fields. Classes are taught in a state-of-the-art facility simulating real-world work environments that meet current industry standards. Classes may be held in an airplane hangar, horse-training stable, carpentry shop or video production studio. The members of the faculty are professionals in their fields who are eager to share their experience and expertise. After completing their studies, students can attend a two- or fouryear college, enter the workforce or continue advanced career studies in a technical training school. To learn more, visit www.nassauboces.org, like the facility on Facebook and follow on Instagram.
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library’s website to assist them. No registration is required. Kits can be picked up anytime during library hours. Materials are available while supplies last. The program is for students aged 4 and in kindergarten.
Community service programs with the library Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www.baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid. Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.
Thursday, May 6 Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, May 6 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Holly from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Friday, May 7 Chair yoga with the library Join the Baldwin Public Library on Friday, May 7 at 9 a.m. for chair yoga. Instructor Augusta Berner will alternate classes and either guide this class utilizing a chair to perform yoga poses that are kind to the body or use weights and resistance bands (or substitutions on hand) to get your blood pumping! RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
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Make a beach-themed faux planter Shirley Ruby has put together this kit and video to enable you to create this seasonal masterpiece! This beachy faux planter is glass and seven inches tall. Participants will be taught how to paint a beach scene and it includes a faux succulent along with all other materials. The program is available while supplies last. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org. Pick up your kit once your RSVP has received a confirmation response.
Sunday, May 9 Mother’s Day — library closed The Baldwin Public Library will be closed on Sunday, May 9 in observance of Mother’s Day. The library will reopen on Monday, May 10 at 9 a.m.
Monday, May 10 Make a beach-themed faux planter Shirley Ruby has put together this kit and video to enable you to create this seasonal masterpiece! This beachy faux planter is glass and seven inches tall. Participants will be taught how to paint a beach scene and it includes a faux succulent along with all other materials. The program is available while supplies last. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl. org. Pick up your kit once your RSVP
has received a confirmation response. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Zoom Zumba Instructor Linda Salamone will get you moving and fit via Zoom Zumba! Join on Monday, May 10 at 10 a.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password.
Monday meditation The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Monday, May 10 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. David from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Learn how to access mental health resources May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Many people do not know how to find therapists, psychiatrists and other resources that could help them. Library Social Work Consultant Molly Miskiewicz will discuss different types of mental health supports that can assist you. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. The program will take place on Monday, May 10 at 7 p.m.
Take & make STEAM kits to go Teach your child the concepts of science, math, technology, engineering and art with a hands-on activity. Starting May 10, pick up a kit at the library that includes a simple project in a bag. There will be a new kit every week for four weeks. Participants will also have access to instructional videos from the
Yoga for beginners The Baldwin Public Library will host Yoga for Beginners on Wednesday, May 12 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Those new to yoga are encouraged to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
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The Baldwin Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting on April 14. There was a community clean-up at Silver Lake Park on Foxhurst Road on April 18. Follow the Baldwin Civic Association on Facebook at Facebook.com/BaldwinCivicAssoc. Support Baldwin Athletics and the high school Booster Club. Email baldwinboosterclub21@gmail.com. For updated information about the Covid-19 pandemic, visit covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov.
County undertakes campaign to plant 500 trees
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State Sen. Kevin Thomas, Ernest Catanese, and County Executive Laura Curran shoveled earth around a newly planted magnolia tree in Uniondale last Friday. an environmental issue, it’s also an economic issue.” Thomas spoke to the meaning of Arbor Day, saying it “calls attention to the increased importance of reforestation, not only in our national forests, but also
in commercial forests, rain forests and wetlands around the world.” Catanese took the microphone briefly to say, “When I grew up in Manhattan, I had to walk three blocks to see a tree, so this is really great. My wife deserves
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On April 30 — Arbor Day — a 93-yearold Uniondale resident named Ernest Catanese joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas to kick off the new Nassau County Tree-Planting Campaign. The location was the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. Curran started the day’s ceremony by thanking Catanese, saying, “Ernest Catanese and his wife are really the reason this park is here.” In 2009, Catanese and his wife, Marie, won a five-year fight to turn the trashy northwest corner of Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road into the flowering little park. The pretty, well-maintained space is only one of many civic projects that the couple had taken part in since moving to Uniondale in 1955. Marie died in 2019. On Arbor Day, after thanking Catanese, Curran outlined the campaign, which aims to plant 500 trees in Nassau County during 2021. “As we speak right now,” she said, “of those 500 trees, we already have 207 in the ground. We expect to have 233 in the ground by the end of today, and by the end of Tuesday, 270.” Evergreens will be planted in the fall. Each new tree, Curran said, will yield “three to five times their initial cost in benefit to the community, so it’s not just
every accolade . . . She was an endless worker on this.” Tree Advisory Board Chairman Lawrence Fernandez further explained the planting campaign: “We’re studying and putting together recommendations for trees that will grow in narrow sidewalk areas.” Trees die, he said, “because they’re living in a space that’s too small, or if they happen to do well, they break the sidewalk.” As part of the campaign, tree experts are inspecting locations around Nassau to deter mine which types of trees will best fit different surroundings. For sunny MLK Jr. Peace Park, the board chose a Southern magnolia, native to King’s home state of Georgia. “This is a hardy Southern tree,” Curran said, “and I think it will carry forward that spirit of perseverance that is embodied by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Paul Gibson, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust, was asked by Curran to add a few words. The UCLT rehabilitates blighted homes to create affordable housing, and said Gibson, “We preserve the trees that we can, and if we can’t, we plant new ones.” The day’s ceremony concluded with Curran, Thomas and Catanese shoveling dirt into the prepared pit where the magnolia sat, its buds full with the promise of blossoms to come.
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Photos courtesy Samantha Perez and Salvatore Trigona
Baldwin resident salvatore Trigona asked Samantha Perez to marry him at the Del Vino Vineyards in Northport on April 17.
perez said yes, and later recalled, “I felt so loved.”
High school sweethearts to be married Continued from front page er, that she did not share those feelings at first. “We ended up in the same math class in our freshman year of high school, and I was dating other guys and not thinking of Salvatore in that way at that time,” Perez said. “All of our friends secretly knew that Salvatore had a crush on me, but I just didn’t know. I was surprised when I first found out he liked me.” In early May 2010, when Perez was 15, she went to the Dominican Republic with her family because her mother needed a stem cell surgery to receive treatment for multiple sclerosis. During those two weeks in the Dominican Republic, Perez said Trigona did something that none of her other friends did. “He would call and text me practically every day while I was in D.R. to talk and ask me how I was doing because he knew that I needed support during that time,” she said. “My mom has been sick my whole life with multiple sclerosis. While I was in D.R., I realized that Salvatore had been right under my nose the whole time. He was always there for me.” The day after Perez returned from her trip, she invited Trigona to take her school bus home after school. After they got off of the bus, Perez said she chased after Trigona down the block and then jumped in his arms and asked him to be her boyfriend. Trigona said “yes.” The pair, who said they have known each other for 11 years and nine months, said they are glad that they were friends before entering into a romantic relationship with each other.
“I started dating at a very young age, and because I didn’t have a good male figure in my life,” Perez said. “I was looking for love in all the wrong facets, but then, when I met Salvatore, he was just unimaginably kind and caring and set apart.” “We were friends, first, and then we became lovers,” she continued, “and I believe that worked better for us, because dating a stranger is definitely different than dating your best friend.” “If you’re not best friends, then why are you in a relationship? It doesn’t make sense,” Trigona said. Perez and Trigona landed “Mr. and Mrs. BHS” for senior superlatives in their Baldwin High School yearbook. The now engaged high school sweethearts said they plan to remain engaged for at least three years before they wed. They plan to move to Colorado Springs this week, where they will live together. There, Perez said she will work a new job as a mental health counselor, and Trigona has already found work at a new pizzeria. “It’s bittersweet leaving Gino’s and leaving Baldwin,” Trigona said. “When I’m with Samantha, I’m at my happiest. We have each other’s back.” “It will be hard to leave Baldwin,” Perez agreed. “Me and Salvatore have such a long history of ups and downs and so much growth. We make each other’s lives better, and I’m really grateful to have my best friend and love of my life.”
after the proposal, Perez and Trigona walked through the vineyards.
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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.
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An arresting lesson in N.C. police work By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run? With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.” De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli. The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle. There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured. It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise. Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page
officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.
Recruits practice to make the perfect arrest detective work begins. Who is this person? Did he or she commit the felony in question? It might very well not be the bad guy, Zanelli noted. It could, for example, be a relative who had nothing to do with the crime in
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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise. The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.
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the tension of a felony car stop was palpable even during a mock exercise.
A recruit prActiced placing handcuffs on a suspect, who was played by an actual police officer for this exercise.
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LEGAL NOTICE AMENDED NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE OF BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON May 18, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the budget hearing of the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Board Room of the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York in said School District for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law including the following purposes: 1. Presentation and discussion of the budget for the operation of the district schools for the school year beginning July 1, 2021. 2. Presentation and discussion of the budget for operation of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. 3. Transactions of such other business as is authorized by law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the school year 2021-2022, the library appropriation, and on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, to fill one vacancy for Trustee on the Board of Education, and to fill one vacancy and the balance of an unexpired term on the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, shall be held in the gymnasium of the Baldwin School’s District Office, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York, in said School District on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 7:00AM and 10:00PM. The qualified voters will fill the following vacancies: a. The office of Mary Jo O’Hagan, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Education, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2024; b. The office of Annie Doresca, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Education, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2024; c. The office of Carl Williams, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2026;
PROPOSITION NO. 1 RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, for the fiscal year 2021-2022 be adopted, and that an amount to be determined be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources. PROPOSITION NO. 2 RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022 be adopted, and that an amount to be determined be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2021-2022 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any taxpayer in the district at each school building in the district in which school is maintained between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 18, 2021, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, and at such annual election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the nominations for the office of members of the Board of Education and office of member of the Library Board, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 28 qualified voters of the District for the School Board and 25 qualified voters for the Library
Board, and filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which the trustees shall be voted upon. Such petition shall state the name and residence of the candidates. Candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to their respective offices. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 71 qualified voters of the District and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00AM and 5:00PM, not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District. Registration shall also be permitted in the office of the District Clerk at Baldwin’s Administration building during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term and also from 8:00AM to 3:00PM on any school day at any of the District schools not later than five days preceding the school meeting and election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any Annual or Special District Meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) years (2017-2020) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Election of the County of Nassau. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Election on May 18, 2021, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held
subsequent to May 18, 2021. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2017-2020) prior to the preparation of said register. The Register shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district at the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00AM and 2:00PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that application for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the office of the Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021 No military ballot will be canvassed
unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, to meet at the Baldwin Senior High School for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website. Dated: April 14, 2021 BY ORDER OF Baldwin, NY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Pamela M. Pratt, District Clerk 125152 LEGAL NOTICE LA NOTIFICACIÓN ENMENDADASOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO, LA AUDIENCIA DEL PRESUPUESTO Y LA VOTACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, SE LLEVARÁN A CABO EL 18 de mayo de 2021 POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia del presupuesto de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el miércoles 5 de mayo de
2021, en la sala de juntas del edificio administrativo sito en Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, ubicada en dicho Distrito escolar, con el objeto de que se concreten los asuntos antes mencionados conforme lo autoriza la ley, a los fines ut infra: 1. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de las escuelas del Distrito para el año escolar que inicia el 1 de julio de 2021. 2. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal que inicia el 1 de julio de 2021. 3. La concreción de otros asuntos similares conforme lo permita la ley. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación para la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2021-2022, la asignación para la biblioteca y todas las proposiciones debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación para ocupar un puesto de miembro directivo de esta Junta, y un puesto y el saldo de un período no finalizado en la Junta Directiva de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin tendrá lugar en el gimnasio de la Oficina del Distrito escolar de Baldwin, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, NY, en el mencionado Distrito escolar el martes 18 de mayo de 2021 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 10:00 p. m. Los votantes calificados ocuparán los puestos aquí especificados: a. El cargo de Mary Jo O’Hagan, miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Junta de Educación, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2024. b. El cargo de Annie Doresca, miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Junta de Educación, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2024. c. El cargo de Carl Williams, miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2026. PROPUESTA N.º 1 SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free de la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, estado de Nueva York, para el ejercicio fiscal 2021-2022 y recaudar un monto a determinarse mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del
Distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. PROPUESTA N.º 2 SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal 2021-2022 y recaudar un monto a determinarse mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del Distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación se realizará en urnas digitales conforme lo dispone la Ley de Educación y que estará abierta desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 10:00 p. m. y el tiempo que sea necesario para que los últimos votantes presentes emitan el voto. Por medio del presente, se autoriza e instruye a la secretaria del Distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de votación necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la proposición del presupuesto como el texto de todas las proposiciones que aparecerán en la urna digital, como también una declaración detallada por escrito en que figure el monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2021-2022 en concepto de gastos escolares, y en que se describan los fines y el monto de cada establecimiento. Asimismo, cuando se solicite, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todo tipo de contribuyente del Distrito en cada edificio escolar del distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m. durante un período de catorce días con anterioridad inmediata a la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados, ni la elección anual. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que las nominaciones para los cargos de miembro de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de la Biblioteca, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 28 votantes calificados del distrito para la Junta de Educación, y 25 votantes calificados para la Junta de la Biblioteca, presentada en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m.
hasta el 30.° día previo a la reunión o elección en que deba votarse a los miembros de las juntas. En la solicitud, debe indicarse el nombre y la residencia de los candidatos. Se considerará que los candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán los electos para sus respectivos cargos. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será el electo para el período más extenso. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad para tomarlo. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que toda proposición o consulta que deba hacerse sobre las urnas digitales debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 71 votantes calificados del Distrito y presentada en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y 5:00 p. m., hasta el 30.° día previo a la reunión o elección en que deba votarse dicha consulta o proposición, pero esta norma no aplicará excepcionalmente para las consultas o proposiciones que deban informarse mediante la notificación publicada de la reunión ni para aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad, conforme la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito. La inscripción también podrá realizarse en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito en el edificio administrativo de Baldwin durante los horarios de inscripción de los alumnos para el período escolar y de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cualquier día lectivo en cualquiera de las escuelas del Distrito hasta los cinco días previos a la reunión y elección escolares. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la inscripción deberá incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán presentarse para la inscripción; y (2) a todos los votantes del Distrito calificados previamente, quienes se deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del Distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro (4) años (de 2017 a 2020) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción; y (3) a los votantes inscritos de forma permanente en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la Junta de Inscripciones seguirá reuniéndose durante los
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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom
Herald ScHoolS
Baldwin High School hosts Senior Day Baldwin High School recently kicked off the Class of 2021 celebrations with the district’s inaugural Senior Day. Following all health and safety guidelines, 12th graders bonded while playing
popular lawn games and activities, including table tennis, cornhole and kanjam on the football field. The beautiful spring day culminated with a scavenger hunt.
baldwin HigH ScHool students played cornhole and other activities at Senior Day 2021.
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horarios de la votación en la elección anual del Distrito del 18 de mayo de 2021, con el objeto de elaborar una inscripción para las reuniones o elecciones del distrito que se lleven a cabo con posterioridad al 18 de mayo de 2021. La inscripción debe incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán presentarse para la inscripción, y (2) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del Distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro años calendario (de 2017 a 2020) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción. La inscripción deberá presentarse en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito escolar en el edificio administrativo, Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, donde se inspeccionará por intermedio de cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día establecido para la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que el formulario para los votos por ausencia para la elección del Distrito escolar puede llenarse en el despacho de la secretaria. Se pondrá a disposición una
lista de todas las personas a quien debería haberse emitido votos por ausencia en dicho lugar en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. La secretaria del Distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de voto por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la secretaria del Distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo una boleta electoral de voto por ausencia, la secretaria del Distrito enviará por correo dicha boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de
boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares y de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del 22 de abril de 2021. No se escrutará ningún voto militar a menos que (1) haya sido recibido en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y cuente con una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o tenga un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, o (2) haya sido recibido en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección y esté firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha que establezca que no es posterior al día previo a la elección. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que esta Junta organizará una reunión extraordinaria a partir de allí en el plazo de veinticuatro horas tras la presentación ante la secretaria de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, que tendrá
lugar en Baldwin Senior High School a los fines de examinar y tabular dichos informes de los resultados de la votación e informar los resultados. Por medio del presente documento, esta Junta se designa a sí misma como el grupo de secretarios de la votación con la función de emitir y escrutar votos conforme al artículo A, apartado 2B de la Ley de Educación 2019, en dicha reunión extraordinaria de la Junta. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA, por último, que un Informe de exención fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles de acuerdo con el artículo 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto preliminar o tentativo, como también al presupuesto definitivo adoptado del cual forme parte. Este se publicará en los tablones de anuncios del Distrito que se usen para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del Distrito. Fecha: 14 de abril de 2021 A SOLICITUD DE Baldwin, NY LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Pamela M. Pratt, secretaria del Distrito 125154
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Photos courtesy Baldwin School District
StudentS bonded during Senior Day.
StudentS played lawn games. Kanjam waS one of the many outdoor activities.
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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still. All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three. Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back. That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little
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more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged. The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday. They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride. Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-
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lessly a life can be taken in this country. Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager. Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting. I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum. I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the
he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.
kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh. It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined. Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America. As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again. The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again. I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat. How would they vote on gun-control legislation then? Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.
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ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls. After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell. I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of
mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed. I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly. They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book. Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove. Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives? Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety. And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there
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are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways. I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival. In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.
hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.
“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge. Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle. Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls. Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues. I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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e’re steadily getting there — herd immunity, when a minimum of 60 to 70 percent of Americans will be vaccinated against Covid-19. As of press time this week, about 34 percent of New Yorkers had been fully vaccinated, a number roughly equal to the national percentage. That’s good, but not necessarily great. Here’s why: Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the vaccination rate has slowed in recent weeks, and if the percentage of inoculated Americans continues to drop each week, we may be unable to reach herd immunity by summer’s end. That would be bad. So much of what we held dear during pre-pandemic times — the ability to work and earning a living, visit family members and friends, take in a ball game or concert — hangs in the balance. Mercifully, we have seen a major drop in the number of infections across New York state over the past month. That trend, officials said, is due in large part to widespread vaccination of New Yorkers. It also may partly be a function of the slowing spread of the virus as warmer weather sets in. Officials had predicted that winter would bring the highest levels of infection and death, and it certainly did, peaking on Jan. 8, when the U.S. saw 259,564 new Covid-19 cases. Following that peak, health officials said, we would see a decrease in cases, with summer predicted to bring the lowest levels of infection since the pandemic erupted here in March of last year. Already we have seen the overall infection rate across the state fall below 2 percent, with only the Finger Lakes and western New York seeing rates slightly above that figure. The infection rates in the Capital
letters Keep up the vaccinations To the Editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population had received at least one shot, including two-thirds of adult residents. I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can do it, Nassau! LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible. People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent. All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot? To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter. So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.
an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them. Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health
Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus. Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.
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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.” The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men. The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education. The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.” The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable? Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or
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that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre. The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role. If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;
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New York is making Seeking justice progress on infections for George Floyd To the Editor: Last week, the statewide Covid19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28. Every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate. More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made. Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more pop-up sites. Spring is here, and we’re making progress, but there is a way to go before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.
attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.” The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification.
To the Editor: For almost a year, we had been told that conscienceless former police officer Derek Chauvin mercilessly kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Now the trial has taught us that the actual time was 9 minutes and 29 seconds — an additional 43 seconds of torture. Just think about the most painful or frightening 43 seconds of your life, and how agonizingly and excruciatingly long 43 extra seconds of that would have felt and seemed. I suggest that to whatever prison time Chauvin is sentenced to, we add an extra 43 months, or, for greater justice, an extra 43 years. RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview
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