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Friday, January 26, 2018
Vol. 3, No. 4
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Port schools could see big state aid boost 5% increase would be largest in area BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1.74 million boost in state operating aid for North Shore schools, according to budget numbers released!by the governor’s budget office, a roughly 1.99 percent increase from $87,440,757 to $89,181,026. If the proposed aid were to pass unchanged, the $1.74 million would be a small portion of the $26.35 million boost in state aid to Nassau County schools, which get more than $1 billion each year. It is also below the rate of increase for Nassau County and Long Island overall, which would see 2.61 and 2.3 percent boosts, respectively. Overall, Cuomo proposed a $769 million increase in school aid statewide, or 3 percent. But for some North Shore schools, it might not be enough. Michael Borges, the executive director of the New York State Association of School Business Officials, said that school districts feel the pressure of the state tax cap and
a rising number of high needs students, and will likely feel the brunt of the federal tax ovehaul bill next year as people might vote down school budgets. Consequently, he said, an increase in state aid can help offset these pressures for both “high need school districts” – meaning state aid is required to fund more of their operations – and “low need school districts” like ones on the North Shore. “The governor has proposed a 3 percent increase in state aid, which, given the circumstances, is understandable,” Borges said, “but not adequate based on needs.” The Manhasset school district is getting a small increase in operating aid – from $4.5 million to $4.52 million, or 0.61 percent. But Rosemary Johnson, the district’s deputy superintendent for business, said the schools are ultimately getting $2,000 less than the previous year in state aid overall because of delayed building aid. Additionally, Johnson said, Continued on Page 19
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
Owner Valentina Hartman cuts the ribbon at the reopening of Tori’s Place in Port Washington.
Tori’s Place reopens with new focus in Port BY LU K E TORRANCE
stroyed from cutting hair,” Hartman said. “I have hair in my lungs, I had surgery on one Valentina Hartman had hand and I now need it on the been cutting hair since she was other. I had to stand in a really 18 and was ready to move on. bad position.” She thought about selling “My body was getting de-
Tori’s Place, her hair salon in Port Washington, but changed her mind and decided to renovate the shop to provide ear piercing instead, she said. The newly refurbished Continued on Page 60
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