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Sad News …

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Frances Ahern, former Northport High School social studies teacher, died on February 8 in New York City at the age of 91.

With an undergraduate degree in journalism and a masters focusing on the Chines government, Frances received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1993 and her dissertation on the stylistic variations and uses of pottery among the coastal Mixtec and Amuzgo in Mexico. She spent much time in Oaxaca, Mexico, a place she loved as a second home and where she did research at the archeological site of Monte Alban, driving from New York to Mexico well into her 80’s. After retiring she also taught English as a second language and spent several years teaching at universities in Chengdu, Wuhan and Fujian, China

She was preceded in death by two sisters, and is survived by a third sister and eight nieces and nephews. Remembrances in Francie’s name might be given to the Instituto de Organos Historicos de Oaxaca (http://iohio.org.mx/eng/donations.htm) or to the ACLU (https://www.aclu.org/).

Do you want to learn to create a Bonsai tree?

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Free bonsai lecture and demonstration

Japanese Maple, Lecture/Demonstration
Friday, April 14, 2017, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Location: William C. Odol Community Center, H. Garrick Williams Park, Ritter Avenue, Massapequa
For directions to the meeting, please call: 516-263-2717.

Long Islanders will have the opportunity to learn from Mauro Stemberger, bonsai artist, architect and founder of the Italian Bonsai Dream, a workshop place in Italy, just north of Venice.  The Bonsai Society of Greater New York, Inc., the East Coast’s oldest bonsai club, is sponsoring Mr. Stemberger’s presentation at the William C. Odol Community Center, H. Garrick Williams Park in Massapequa. Continue reading →

Hear our Voice. This Friday, March 24th

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The Rally at Senator Flanagan’s Office has been cancelled.

RALLY
After faxing and calling since the Senate Republicans one house budget was released last week, NYSUT is now asking us to ramp up the pressure on several Senate Republicans around the state given their position on handing out millions in additional aid to charters and removing the cap on charters.

Its time to let them Hear our Voice. This Friday, March 24th at 4:00 – 5:00 PM

• Suffolk-rally in front of State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan- 260 E Main St #203, Smithtown, NY 11787
• Nassau- Rally in front of State Senator Elaine Phillips – 252 Mineola Boulevard, Mineola, NY 11501-2421

The New York State Senates one house budget bill promotes the corporate charter school industry at the expense of our public schools. Some of the most egregious parts of this budget bill include:

Increase the dollars the local school district has to pay for each charter enrollee.

Eliminates the cap on charter schools; fueling expansion.

Increase the amount of money to faculty at charters which is in addition to the extra per student increase they will
receive this year.

Building aid increases is expanded beyond NYC.

This all comes at a cost to our schools and more importantly the students – our children – that attend.  Presently the public schools are owed millions of dollars from Albany and the charter schools are sitting on unlimited reserves (something public schools cannot do).

Please come with signs and your voices!!!

Jeff Friedman
Long Island Political Organizer
NYSUT
516-670-7834
[email protected]