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Friday, October 4, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 40
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
ALBERTSON FIRE DEPT. NASSAU’S FUTURE SEEN GETS GRANT IMPACTED IN DEMOS, CENSUS
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Herricks board works on pact with teachers
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Chin, Gounaris, urge parents to keep an ‘eye on the prize’ in talks BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Herricks Board of Education said it is drawing up a detailed labor agreement with the teachers’ union after reaching a tentative settlement. At a meeting last Thursday, board members urged parents to keep an “eye on the prize.” “At our last board meeting, I was pleased to report that the district and the Herricks Teachers’ Association had achieved tentative settlement on Sept. 11 of the transfer of a successor labor agreement to the expired 2018 labor contract,” school board President Juleigh Chin said. “We are actively engaged in the important process of preparation of a detailed memorandum of agreement that we expect to complete in short order.” Chin said that the details of the agreement will be released upon the ratification of a new
contract. Superintendent Fino Celano said “nothing has changed” since the announcement at a Sept. 12 board meeting that both parties have reached a tentative settlement, but the process takes time to complete. Celano said both parties are working on a 12-page document that they must agree on. He said that the memorandum should be done “very soon.” Trustees James Gounaris and Chin asked concerned parents at the meeting to keep an “eye on the prize.” The Herricks Teachers’ Association did not respond to requests for comment. After the memorandum is completed, the union must vote on the new contract, Celano said. Gounaris said the contract negotiations should be resolved by late October or early November. Continued on Page 58
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VISCARDI CENTER.
Adryana Navarro, a student at the Henry Viscardi School at the Viscardi Center, said that the school’s first staff dog Sunny has had a positive influence on her performance during physical therapy sessions. See story on page 3.
Wayne Reed, Mineola biz owner, dies at 78 BY TOM MCCARTHY Wayne Reed, the former CEO and owner of Northeast Plumbing in Mineola, died Sept. 21 in Stuart, Florida. He was 78.
Reed, formerly of Bayville and Manhasset, was in hospice care at Treasure Cove Hospice due to complications from congestive heart failure, according to his daughter Jean Lynch. “He kept fighting until the end,” said Lynch. “He was a
big, big giver.” Lynch said that it’s easy for business owners to just give money to charities, but her father loved participating in various local causes like Toys for Tots, donating and participating Continued on Page 58
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