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Friday, January 26, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 4
C O M E D I C B E AT S
Cuomo’s plan calls for increase in overall aid, drop in operating funds 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 Offi-
cials, 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 Continued on Page 60
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
The Maccabeats performed an array of song parodies Sunday afternoon at Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights. See more photos on page 20.
Roslyn woman continues family firefighter legacy BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
off to help the Roslyn Highlands Volunteer Fire Company at all hours. “Growing up, I was always Hailey Dorn of Roslyn grew up surrounded by firefighters, at a firehouse event, whether it watching her father, her uncle was the picnic or open house, and her great-grandfather race I was always around it,” Dorn
said. “We would be at dinner, and my dad would have to go to a call. It was just always incorporated in my life.” A National Fire Protection Association study in 2016 said Continued on Page 69
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