The Port Washington Board of Education swore in Karen Sloan and Christine Nadolne as trustees on Monday and picked Sloan to again serve as president of the board for the 2013-14 school year.
Sloan and Nadolne were both elected to the board in May, running unopposed.
Sloan thanked her fellow board members and welcomed Nadolne to her first term of the board.
“This past year has been so exciting and shown this district all we can do and I’m really looking forward to another year,” Sloan said.
Members of the Port Washington/Manhasset chapter of CancerCare also spoke at the meeting. Barbara Faticone and Ann Daum, both past presidents of the organization, explained their concerns with the cost of using the facilities in the district.
The two women are on the committee for the Red Stocking Revue, the annual musical production that Faticone called their biggest fundraising event. Faticone said they have been using the facilities at Schreiber High School since 1971 for the Red Stocking Revue and the past year their rental cost increased $1,580.
“We’re really concerned about this because it’s really hurting our organization,” said Faticone. She said that this cost increase could lead to the group to look for space outside of Port Washington.
Sloan said the policy was put in place last year, “because we had to start covering our costs. We couldn’t be paying expenses over and above our school curriculum and school day for outside organizations in the community.”
She said that the policy has helped with the upkeep of school fields and gym space but there are also “some kinks” they are still trying to work out.
“We don’t want to cause these burdens to organizations that have been with us and served such wonderful needs to our community for such a long time,” Sloan said.
Elaine Fenick, the human resources administrator for the district, announced that there were 392 registered kindergarten students as of June 29.
She said that the district projected an enrollment of 376 students. Additionally, there were 5,289 students in the district as of June.
“I know that some of our surrounding districts truly are experiencing a declining enrollment. We do not seem to be seeing that,” Port Washington Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Mooney said.
“We need to watch our kindergarten enrollments in particular closely throughout the summer,” Mooney added.
