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Proposed North Shore school spending varies
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Port schools have among lowest spending per pupil of local districts BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Nine North Shore school districts with a combined population of 37,384 students plan to spend $1.1 billion in the coming school year, amounting to about $29,493 per pupil – with some districts spending nearly 50 percent more per student than others. While the districts are only a few miles apart, disparities nearing $12,000 per student exist. Three districts – East Williston, Great Neck and Roslyn – each spend more than $34,000 per student, while the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park and Sewanhaka school districts spend $22,951 and $23,631 per student respectively. These numbers were calculated by dividing the total budget by the number of students. According to the state Department of Education, the average cost per pupil in New York for the 2016-
17 school year was $23,361, which is based on dividing total expenditures by the number of students. “Total expenditures include district expenditures for classroom instruction, as well as expenditures for transportation, debt service, community service and districtwide administration that are not included in the Instructional Expenditure values for General Education and Special Education,” according to the department’s website. Officials at the Great Neck Public Schools previously debated the value of analyzing the budget by dividing expenditures by the number of pupils, saying it is an “inaccurate figure” due to a number of other figures in the budget having “nothing to do with our K-12 program” like adult education programs, pre-kindergarten, maintaining buildings and providing money to private schools. “You can’t just take the budget Continued on Page 49
COURTESY OF JOEY WEINGARD
The seniors who will play their final game on May 8 for the Port lacrosse team are: (top, left to right) Natalie Panico, Rebecca Rosen, Caroline McCarthy, Julia McCormack, (bottom, left to right): Stevie Weingard, Ali Hoffman, Brianna Alvarez, and Carley Cybriwsky. See story on page 71.
Push sought in N.Y. to ban water-soluble fertilizer BY LU K E TORRANCE
ington residents want to have nice lawns. But Wood said he also Doug Wood said he wants wants to have clean drinking to make it clear that he is not water. “A lot of people want to see against fertilizers. He understands, he said, that Port Wash- that instant result with their
lawns, but they’re going to have to be patient,” Wood said. “We need clean water.” Wood, associate director of Port Washington-based Grassroots Environmental EducaContinued on Page 58
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