Memorial Day, 2018

Shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, May 28, 2018, members of the Seaford American Legion Post 1132 led the Memorial Day parade north on Washington Avenue. My camera balked as they passed, so I offer photos of some following marchers.

Clicking on any photo will enlarge it.

Any photo may be enlarged by clicking on it. I have not yet learned when this monument was erected, nor have I learned how many people from the hamlet (not village) of Seaford participated in the Great War in France. A hundred years ago was the first American battle of the war, a victory at Cantigny. which cost 199 American lives.

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The beautification of this monument is a project of the Seaford Wellness Council.

Seaford school budget passed

On May 15, 2018, the Seaford school board budget for the new fiscal year passed, 1,117 votes to 375.  Also permission to establish a Capital Reserve passed, 1,082 to 383.
Andrew Parisi gained 905 votes to defeat Edward Rail, who got 482 votes.
It seems that about 1,492 people voted.

Projected enrollment in various school districts

A chart in Newsday of 5.3.2018 presented various statistics about Nassau County public schools. Below are some sample enrollments. In the case of central school districts with separate elementary school districts (Sewanhaka, Valley Steam, Bellmore-Merrick), the number totals all K-12.

15,261 Sewanhaka
11,045 Bellmore-Merrick
9,327 Valley Stream
7,052 Levittown
6,741 Massapequa

2,856 Wantagh
2,262 Island Trees

2,243 Seaford
2,040 Locust Valley
1,353 Carle Place
1,169 East Rockaway

These are merely projected enrollments for the new school year.  New families sometimes arrive in late August, and some transfer to other schools or move away.