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Friday, June 10, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 23
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO SUMMER, SWEET TO LICK VEGAN BAKERY TO CLOSE STREET FAIRS PAGES 23-54
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COL. WILKERSON TALKS SECURITY PAGE 57
Racial disparity in state aid for schools Districts with high minority enrollment see smaller % increase BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z This is the third in a series on North Shore school districts The figures were selected from the state Legislature and compared with demographic and enrollment figures from the state’s Education Department. The average 2022-23 state aid for the 11 school districts was $14.3 million, with the Sewanhaka School District receiving the most at nearly $57.9 million and the East Williston School District having the least at $5.5 million. The boost in state aid for the 11 public school districts on the North
Shore is part of a record $457 million in extra financial aid for all Long Island public school districts included in the state’s budget, which was approved in April. The cumulative rise in the 11 school districts is larger in percentage terms than the cumulative 16.52% increase for all Nassau County school districts. The average amount of 2022-23 state aid increases for the 11 public school districts throughout the North Shore of Nassau County is more than 21%, a figure higher than the increases for the four districts whose minority enrollment is higher than their white enrollment, according to an analysis conducted by Blank Slate
Media. The four school districts whose 2020-21 minority enrollment was greater than their white enrollment are Great Neck, Herricks, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park and Sewanhaka. Minority enrollment is comprised of black, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and other non-white students, according to the state’s Education Department. Great Neck’s white enrollment made up 42.8% of the district, according to the figures, while its cumulative minority enrollment made up 54.4%. Herricks’ white enrollment was 22.5% while its minority enrollment made up 75.9%, according to the figures. Continued on Page 60
Three dream projects dedicated in village Donald Barbieri dog park, bocce ball court, memorial unveiled PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Floral Park-Bellerose School students gathered outside for the annual Junior Olympic Day on June 25. Each classroom wore matching shirts while they participated in different events.
BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Residents and elected officials gathered at New Hyde Park’s Memorial Park to dedicate three labors of love Sunday. The Donald Barbieri Dog Park, bocce ball court and memorial were
each dedicated after months of renovations to the Lincoln Avenue park. The dog park, named after Barbieri, who died in 2018 after a decades-long fight with multiple sclerosis, features two areas for large and small breeds to play and drink water. Barbieri was a lifelong resi-
dent of the village and a trustee for 18 years. He was 58 years old at the time of his death. Village Mayor Christopher Devane said Barbieri was the “greatest ambassador the village of New Hyde Park has ever known” and shared Continued on Page 61
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