Monthly Archives: April 2022

North Shore Schools Well Behind National Rankings Despite Record Spending

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In 2022, North Shore Schools ranked well behind these other notable Long Island school districts. This is despite the fact that North Shore spends, above and beyond, the highest per pupil compared to any other school district on Long Island.

The North Shore “Tax and Spend” crowd touts higher and higher outlays of your cash for their vanity projects and ego spending. But they don’t care about what’s really important to our kids, academic performance.

2022 US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT US SCHOOL RANKINGS:

  • Jericho Senior High School, Jericho: 109
  • Great Neck South High School, Great Neck: 195
  • Garden City High School, Garden City: 214
  • Manhasset Secondary School, Manhasset: 215
  • Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor: 298
  • Herricks High School, New Hyde Park: 327
  • Syosset Senior High School, Syosset: 328
  • Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills: 392
  • North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head: 406

https://patch.com/new-york/glencove/s/i85lk/these-long-island-high-schools-are-among-2022s-best-us-news

Dr. Perry Frankel, board member Viking Foundation, indicted on Federal fraud charges. Frankel had sweetheart no-bid contract to provide COVID testing to NSSD.

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Frankel, from Long Island was indicted on federal charges Monday, accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of more than $1.3 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal prosecutors say Perry Frankel — who is the owner and operator of Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics PLLC in Great Neck — submitted claims to the programs for office visits that were never performed for patients who got COVID-19 tests.

https://patch.com/new-york/greatneck/li-doctor-indicted-covid-19-health-care-fraud-scheme-doj

Frankel was a board member of the Viking Foundation, the charitable organizational arm of the North Shore School District.

https://www.northwordnews.com/viking-foundation-to-honor-ed-melnick.html

Frankel’s company had a sweetheart no-bid contract to provide on-site COVID testing at the NorthShore School District. It’s been said that the company charged exorbitant rates to the school district for testing, charging as much as $500 to $1000 per test.

We have to wonder if Frankel used his contacts through the Viking Foundation to land the non-bid contract with the school district.

Sea Cliff Mayor Villafane set to break the 2% N.Y.S. Property Tax Cap.

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The Mayor claimed during the April 11th 2022 Board of Trustees meeting that the 6.2% increase was needed due to rising costs in the Village.

However, she neglects to mention the Town of Oyster Bay, through prudent fiscal management, has reduced or frozen property taxes FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS through 2022.

In comparison the Village of Sea Cliff has raised taxes every year, and now the Mayor is forcing through a whopping 6.2% increase for 2022-2023.

Mayor Villafane, during her board comments, said if she couldn’t get the tax increase passed, she would have to “stop picking up the garbage.”

The Mayor once stated when running as a candidate for trustee, in the Northword News “[I want an] environment where taxes are reasonable and not raised too often.” https://www.northwordnews.com/sea-cliff-meet-the-candidates1.html

In reality, Villafane voted to increase taxes every year she has held office.