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Seaford Manor PTA'S Seaford News
| Seaford Board of Education News |
| Seaford Manor PTA News |
| DANNON Rally for Recess News: A very special thank you goes out to Kristijan Barnjak! You rallied our school to participate in the chance to win a playground and an ultimate recess day! You are truly an inspiration to us all! Thank you, again, to all the families that donated time, money, stamps and supplies to help participate in this contest. Unfortunately, Seaford Manor did NOT win the new playground, but we are not giving up on brainstorming ideas to obtain a much needed new playground for our kids! |
| Seaford News |
| Click on the link for a copy of the agenda for the April 17th BOE meeting: Agenda for 4/17/12 BOE Meeting |
| The next meetings for YOUR Seaford Board of Education are: Thursday, March 1st,7:30PM, Harbor APR Facilities, Technology & Transportation Thursday, March 8th, 7:30PM, Manor APR Employee Contracts and Benefits Thursday, March 15th, 7:30 PM, Manor APR Elementary Education & Special Education Thursday, March 22nd, 7:30 PM, Manor APR Secondary Instruction Thursday, March 29th, 7:30 PM, Manor APR Athletics & any topic that needs to be revisited Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 PM, Manor APR Adoption of Budget by BOE to be presented to public for voting on May 15th and Misc items Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 PM, BOE Conference Room BOCES VOTE |
| Click on the links for the latest BOE Meeting Minutes: |
On February 2nd, the members of the Seaford Board of Education voted unanimously to enter into a $3,000 contract with Breslin Appraisal Co., Inc. in order to determine how much the 5.6-acre property, known as the Seaford Avenue School (located at 2165 Seaford Avenue in Seaford), is worth. The new appraisal will be helpful as the Seaford Board of Education tries to determine the future of the district-owned land. The former elementary school was most recently the home of a Nassau BOCES program. The program's lease expired and was not renewed two years ago. The property is now being marketed for sale by Woodbury-based Greiner-Maltz, which was selected this past June by the Seaford Board of Education to help determine the property's future. Last year, a community input survey was distributed throughout Seaford in order to get residents opinions on what should be done with the former school and/or it's property. 643 district residents responded showing strong opposition to many options for the property, but did indicate support for maintaining the three fields on the land used by both PAL and Seaford Little League. |
| Discussions about the possible 2012-2013 Budget are ongoing at each BOE meeting. Be part of the process. Let your voice be heard! |
| Thirty 4th graders from Seaford Harbor and Manor elementary schools are now known as “peacemakers of their schools”. The children completed an all-day peer mediation training conducted by Eastern Suffolk BOCES. They were selected to participate by their teachers, based on essays they wrote about conflict resolution. “This was an updated version of peer mediation trainings we conducted in the past,” said Sara Krenitsky, a social worker in the Seaford School District. “It’s a way to safeguard against bullying. The hope is that it teaches leadership skills and provides a safe place to work out conflicts. It also shows that it’s okay to talk about your differences and resolve them.” The training was embraced and funded by both the Manor and Harbor PTAs. In addition to students, several teachers and administrators also participated. Peer mediation meetings will be conducted on an as-needed basis throughout the school year. 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms will have sign-up forms so that teachers and students can schedule a peer mediation meeting if they need to resolve a conflict. |
| Seaford Superintendent Brian Conboy explained during the 2/16/12 Board of Education meeting that the district was alerted on 2/15/12 about how the extra building aid (from a 2007 bond) will negatively affect how they are impacted by the new 2 percent tax cap rule passed by Albany lawmakers last summer. Conboy said a complex formula built within the tax cap law means that as a result of the $2.2 million in building aid Seaford is receiving for completed projects from a 2007 $21.5 million capital improvements bond, the district is only allowed to increase its tax levy by .68 percent. “Seaford may be one of the only districts in New York State that does not have the ability to at least propose a 2 percent tax cap for a minimum vote,” said Conboy during the meeting. Conboy called and sent letters to Assemblyman David G. McDonough and State Sen. Charles Fuschillo, to see if emergency legislation can be adopted to assist districts like Seaford facing unusual circumstances that limit allowable increases far below the 2 percent tax cap. Districts are supposed to post their tax cap-related figures for the 2012/13 school year by March 1. Conboy pointed out that in addition to operating on a contingency budget, Seaford has the second lowest per pupil spending of all 56 districts in Nassau County. |
| Follow-Up to below article on possible tax levy for 2012-2013 Seaford Superintendent of Schools Brian Conboy said during his administrative report at the March 1st BOE meeting that the state is now allowing districts to use actual spending figures instead of a budgeted amount when determining a tax levy. As a result of this decision, Seaford will be permitted to increase its tax levy 1.44 percent for the 2012/13 school year. Seaford had learned, 2 weeks ago, that a complex formula built within the tax cap law, when it comes to building aid, would limit its tax levy hike to just .68 percent. “It’s still not great… but it’s better than .68 (percent),” said Conboy. |
| Introducing..... Your 2012-2013 Seaford Manor PTA Board! Co-President: Maria Patsatsis and Tracy Padavan First Vice-President: Justine Routledge Second Vice-President: April Sander Treasurer: Patti Jaskowski Parliamentarian: Donna Jebaily School Board Rep: Nancy Saloman and Lisa Lent Corresponding Secretary: Dawn Crawford District Coordinators: Christine D'Amico and Shari Salce Historian: Linda Weiburg I f you are interested in joining our new PTA Board and filling the ONE remaining spot, RECORDING SECRETARY, please contact April Sander or Denise for details! |
| 24 students from the Seaford School District were selected to display their art work at the Art Supervisors Eighth Annual All-County Art Exhibition. The event will take place from 12PM–4PM on Sunday, March 18 at Adelphi University’s Ruth S. Harley Center. The exhibition honors more than 1,100 students in kindergarten through 12th grade from 40 Nassau County schools who have demonstrated excellence in a wide variety of two-dimensional visual art forms, including drawing, painting, printmaking, computer graphics and photography. The Seaford Manor Elementary School students who were selected for All-County honors are James Jebaily, Jordan Ragon and Julianne Hilcken. Congratulations to these talented students and to all 24 students from the Seaford School District! |
| A tremendous amount of information is available at the above link. Specific meeting minutes are available, thanks to the BOE and administration, for the 5 meetings listed. Also noted, when the BOE entered into Executive sessions and why. 3/1- BOE entered into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations at 10:11 and ended the session at 11:06 3/8 - BOE entered into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations and the sale of the Seaford Ave School at 9:05 and ended the session at 10:45 3/15 - BOE entered into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Aide contract negotiations and the sale of the Seaford Ave School at 9:28 and ended the session at 11:37 3/22 - BOE entered into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations and the sale of the Seaford Ave School at 9:33 and ended the session at 11:07 3/27 - A Special Meeting of the BOE was called with the purpose of immediately entering into Executive Session to discuss a proposed contract for the sale of the Seaford Avenue School with the Burman Group. Executive Session started at 7:32 and ended at 9:14 4/3- BOE entered into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the sale of the Seaford Avenue School and another "potential purchaser" (times TBA) Also available at this link: 2011-2012 Contingency Budget Treasurer's Report |
| The Seaford Board of Education adopted its budget at the April 3rd meeting. The $57.8 million spending plan represents a 5.4 percent increase over the district’s current contingency budget. If approved, the tax levy would increase by 2.5 percent. The district is permitted to increase the tax levy by 2.93 percent under a new tax cap law passed by NY State. However, it was decided to go with a lower number to make the budget more palatable to residents. $335,669 in cuts from the "rolled up budget" needed to be made to reach the 2.5 percent tax levy. Cuts included:
The BOE approached the United Teachers of Seaford to see if they would be willing to offer concessions that would avoid some district cuts but the union leadership declined. In addition, the five other bargaining units in the district are currently in negotiations with the BOE. Their contracts expire on June 30th, 2012. The units represent administration, aides, clerical staff, custodians, and security. When asked if any concessions were offered by any of theses unions, the BOE responded that they are still in contract negotiations. The proposed budget also allows for money to be placed back into the undesignated reserves fund. School districts are allowed to maintain 4% of their operating budget in reserves. Seaford is currenlty at less than 1%. It is important to increase this fund in order to maintain a favorable standing with ratings agencies and avoid future credit downgrades and to be in a better position for future budgeting. |
| Feb 2nd |
| Feb 16th |
| Mar 1st |
- $7,500 Curriculum expenses
- a $14,000 previously planned clerical position
- $10,000 from Athletics, to be chosen by AD
- 3 seasons of MS Sports (Spring will be funded)
- Savings also include one announced retirement
| April 3rd |
| PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR UP-TO-DATE BOE NEWS RELATED TO THE 2012-2013 BUDGET!! |