Baldwin
HERALD Celebrating Bsd’s retirees
sani 2 workers recognized
Cheering for the class of 2020
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Vol. 27 no. 19
may 7 - 13, 2020
Baldwin schools to stay closed through June By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com
New York schools, including the Baldwin School District, are to remain closed for the rest of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Friday. School officials are planning accordingly. “Schools are complex organizations, and we need to have enough time, direction and guidance in order to make good decisions,” Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi said. “Our faculty and staff have done an outstanding job moving lear ning to an e-learning platform. I’m confi-
dent in their successful implementation and grateful to our students and their parents for their unwavering support.” The district has for the past three weeks worked under the belief that schools would not open for the remainder of the school year, Camhi said during a virtual Board of Education meeting on April 22, and mapped out the future. Staff members and administrators have discussed how to approach the graduating classes, return items in lockers and desks to students, and collect textbooks, graphic calculators, instruments Continued on page 4
school elections set for June 9 By executive order last Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reset the statewide school budget and trustees election to Tuesday, June 9. All voters will receive absentee ballots and a postage-paid envelope in which to return them. The order eliminates the traditional requirement that Board of Education candidates collect a sufficient number of petition signatures, but candidates must file their petitions 30 days before the election — that is, by May 10. And it allows public libraries to hold their votes in conjunction with the schools. Also, any village election that was scheduled for March through June will be held Sept. 15, and any special district election other than fire, library, sewer or water will also take place on that date.
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a farewell to Pastor Fischer The Rev. Adam Fischer, pastor of the Baldwin First Presbyterian Church, who is moving to South Carolina with his family to work for a parish there, waved to congregants and community members who sent him off with a farewell parade last Saturday.
Businesses aid health care heroes Baldwin shops donate meals to front-line workers By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com
Business owners around town, including the Irish Pub and Sonny’s Canal House, have given back to the “health care heroes” working on the frontlines battling Covid-19 every day. While many local shops have donated meals to essential workers during the day, Shawn Sabel, the owner of the Irish Pub in Baldwin, thought it was time to
give back to the night-shift workers. “We feel that, like we’ve seen on social media and everything, people have been donating to the day shifts, so we feel like the nighttime shift was the forgotten shift,” Sabel said, “and we wanted to give back to them.” He and Kate Gallego prepared hundreds of meals, including penne alla vodka, roast beef sliders with melted mozzarella and Hawaiian barbecue with white
rice. They drove to Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital at 12:30 a.m. May 1 to deliver the meals. Staff members accepted the donations with welcome arms. “These food donations mean a tremendous amount to the frontline staff,” said Joe Calderone, spokesman for Mount Sinai South Nassau. “For us, it’s much more than just about the food. The food is terrific, because a lot Continued on page 3