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Friday, March 15, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 11
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Roslyn student earns state title in gymnastics Shani Sirota places 1st for floor routine BY T E R I W EST Freshman Shani Sirota made history for Roslyn High School this month by becoming the school’s first state champion in gymnastics, coach!Stephanie Orsini said. Her floor routine at the state meet in Cold Spring Harbor March 2 earned her first place and an overall score of 37.625 placed her fourth allaround. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE ORFINI It came at the end of what Orfini said was the most successful season From left, Roslyn High School gymnastics assistant coach Lauren Rupert, junior of the nine years she has coached at Alexandra Mastrototaro, freshman Shani Sirota and coach Stephanie Orfini at the the school. Roslyn had two gymnasts qualify state competition.
for the state meet, representing Nassau County. The county placed third in the state.! Sirota competed in all four routines – bars, beam, floor and vault – and junior Alexandra Mastrototaro competed in bars and vault. “I feel proud of myself and accomplished of everything because I knew it was really hard to get there and I’m only a freshman so it’s even harder,” Shani said. Shani said she felt pretty good on the bars, though it was her lowest score of the meet, and felt a bit shaky on the beam. Continued on Page 58
Small bumps for non-academic areas BY T E R I W EST
than 3 percent in the next school year, district officials said at The cost of transportation, Thursday’s Board of Education facilities, technology and athlet- meeting. Overall, the preliminary ics for the Roslyn School District is projected to increase by less budget currently sits at $113.3
million, a slight reduction from the $113.5 million that Joseph Dragone, the district’s assistant superintendent for business and administration, first presented last month. Much of the decrease is due to confirmation of upcoming retirements, which often lead to lower salaried replacements, Dragone said. Transportation Super-
visor David Shoob proposed a transportation budget of $1.59 million, an increase of 2.27 percent from the current year’s. The majority of that money is dedicated to salaries and transportation for students in special education programs, Shoob said. The proposed budget also calls for three new vans and two new large busses to replace five current vehicles, the oldest of
which are from 2002. The technology budget is currently set to increase by 2.18 percent to total $3.12 million, said Jason Lopez, assistant to the superintendent for technology and security infrastructure. The budget difference accounts for savings on costs such as postage and replacing Dell computers, a project that is now Continued on Page 58
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