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Port voters to elect 2 school board members
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Kerpen, Gilliar and Smith vie for seats; residents to also vote on $151M budget BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to elect two new Port Washington school board members and to decide whether to approve the district’s $151 million budget for 2017-18. Dave Kerpen, Rachel Gilliar and Peter Smith are vying for two seats on the Board of Education, with the top two vote-getters winning election. Alan Baer and Christina Nadolne did not ďŹ le to run for re-election. Kerpen, who taught math in New York City from 2004 to 2007 and is the CEO and co-founder of Likeable Media, a company that does social media marketing, said he wants the board to interact more through social media. Kerpen said Port Washington will use social media better than any other school in the country “in terms of getting the word out and
making sure we drive action.â€? “I have a unique background that’s perfectly suited for the board,â€? Kerpen said. A Port Washington resident for seven years, Kerpen, who has published four books on social media and communications, briey ran for Queens borough president in 2009. At the League of Women Voters’ Meet the Candidates night last Tuesday, Kerpen pledged to help the board interact better with parents, and said he supports parents whose children opt out of state exams, even though he and his wife had their children take them. Smith, who has lived in Port Washington for more than 50 years and owns a construction management business, said he will use his knowledge to help the district with its planned infrastructure improvements. “In the next 10 years, there will be a lot of construction, and Continued on Page 29
PHOTO COURTESY OF PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students reading a picture book together at school.
Proposal for village parking permit meets opposition BY N O A H MANSKAR A proposal to require paid permits for street parking in Manorhaven met opposition from residents at a meeting last
Wednesday night. The program, proposed by village Trustee Ken Kraft, would require residents to buy a $15 sticker every two years to avoid being ticketed when parking on certain streets and
during certain hours of the day. The idea would discourage cars from outside the village from parking on already crowded streets and improve public safety, Kraft and propoContinued on Page 78
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