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THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 90, No. 16
This week’s top 7 North teachers to don Rev’s service entertainment picks sneakers, raise money hits 40 years PAGE 28
G.N. schools to get $900K more in aid
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District’s increase part of $1.6B increase in ed money statewide B y A d a m L i d g ett The Great Neck School District will receive $8,472,067 in state aid for the next school year, a 11.94 percent increase from the $7,568,390 it received for 201415. Great Neck School District Assistant Superintendent for Business John Powell said the district plans to use about $700,000 of the $903,677 increase in state assistance for spending in the current year and put the remaining $200,000 in a residual balance fund for future use. Of that $700,000 to be spent, about $200,000 will go toward increases to the budget Great Neck Board of Education trustees requested at a March 21 budget hearing, increasing the budget to $216,641,071. Included was an additional $50,000 more to be allocated into the legal section, $1,000 more to be spent on bi-lingual transla-
tions of school district messages, $107,000 for iPad leases, $25,000 for non-instructional personnel and $17,000 for student events, which could include funding students to go to national competitions. “We are trying to be conservative with that increase of 703,000,” Powell said. “You’re never sure you’re going get everything [the state says] they’re going give you.” The district’s increase was part of a $1.6 billion increase in education aid statewide that was negotiated as part of the $150 billion state budget approved earlier this month. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had initially proposed a $1.1 billion increase in education aid in exchange for the Legislature agreeing to pass a series of reforms, including tying teacher evaluations more closely to students’ state test scores, making it more difficult for teachers to receive tenure and alContinued on Page 48
photo courtesy of holocaust memorial and tolerance center
Members of the Brunell family light candles at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center Sunday in commemoration of Yom HaShoah. See story on page 4.
G.N. doc charged in arson and murder-for-hire plot BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A Great Neck cardiologist and two hired associates have been arrested on multiple felony weapons, drug and arsonrelated charges in connection
with a plot to murder a former business associate-turned rival, Nassau County prosecutors announced Wednesday. Dr. Anthony Moschetto, 54, of Sands Point, has been accused of hiring co-defendants James Chmela, 43, and James
Kalamaras, 41, to burn down the business of an unidentified former business partner who prosecutors said was later the target of a murder plot. Moschetto faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on Continued on Page 61
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