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Friday, july 17, 2015
vol. 3, no. 29
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Ben-Levy, saffron keep board positions School board discusses transition in administration By J USt i N e SCHOeNBARt The Roslyn Board of Education re-elected Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy as president and Clifford Saffron as vice president at its board meeting last Thursday. Ben-Levy, who has served the board for 10 years, said her goal for the upcoming year is to lead the board and work with the administration as the school district enters a transition period and oversee projects financed by the $41 million bond approved by voters
last year. “There are going to be enormous improvements and changes to the physical plans, which the community wholeheartedly supports,” Ben-Levy said. Improvements will include the construction of a bus garage behind the facilities building at the Harbor Hills School. Ben-Levy said that once this project is completed, the existing bus depot at Roslyn High School will be dismantled and the front of the high school will be renovated. “It’s been something I’ve
talked about for as long as I’ve served on the board,” she said. The board also swore in Allison Brown as its deputy superintendent, and Gerard Dempsey as the interim superintendent. The board appointed Dempsey in February the interim superintendent for the 2015-16 school year following Superintendent Dan Brenner’s announcement that he would be leaving his job at the end of the year to take the same position in Darien, Conn. Brown, who was he district’s assistant Continued on Page 42
Old Westbury election vote sent to state court PHOTO BY JUSTINE SCHOENBART
Gerard Dempsey is sworn in as Roslyn Board of Education Interim Superintendent last Thursday. Dempsey was appointed by the board in February following Dan Brenner’s announcement of his intended departure at the end of the school year.
Weinberg claims victory, sez court lacks jurisdiction By J USt i N e SCHOeNBARt The Nassau County Board of Elections on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to determine the winner of the Old Westbury election between incumbent Andrew Weinberg and challenger Leslie Fastenberg.
The move was immediately challenged by Steve Schlesinger, one of Weinberg’s two attorneys, who said the court has no jurisdiction to review the election since Weinberg filed an oath of office on July 7 and has now begun serving as trustee. Schlesinger said Weinberg was entitled to file the oath of
office after being declared the winner by Village Clerk Ken Callahan on election eve on June 16. “Having been proclaimed the winner, Andrew duly gave his oath. Once a person gives their oath, their term has commenced. He is a public officer,” Schlesinger said. Continued on Page 41
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