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Boards Closed for Good Some Say Bay Ridge Parents Will Get the Shaft Your Brooklyn Papers are now published every Saturday INSIDE Including The Bensonhurst Paper Where to find flamenco Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 12 pages including GO BROOKLYN •Vol.27, No.1 BRZ • January 10, 2004 • FREE Boards closed for good Some say Bay Ridge parents will get the shaft By Jotham Sederstrom while the community members will Carmine Santa Maria, president The Brooklyn Papers be chosen by the borough presi- of Community School Board 21, dents. Each school district, like Dis- said that will force many of the cur- Parents and teachers in trict 20, which has 31 schools, will rent members out. Indeed, he’s hop- southern and western Brooklyn have one parent council. ing to be considered for a commu- could get the short end of the The reorganization is the last step nity member slot to the new stick when the city begins dis- in the complete overhaul of the council. In District 20, meanwhile, mantling its community school city’s school system, begun last only two school board members boards later this year, say mem- year when the school districts were would qualify for parent slots in the bers within districts 20 and 21, effectively replaced by 10 instruc- new council. two governing boards long tional divisions, or regions. Region “If [parents] aren’t interested praised for their effectiveness. 7 replaced districts 20 and 21, while enough to be in the PTA, what The U.S. Department of Justice Region 8 replaced district 15 and makes you think they’re going to granted approval last week to the parts of 13. District superintendents bother with parent councils?” he city’s plan to replace its 32 school were replaced by regional supervi- asked. “The way the regime is boards, long criticized as ineffective sors. working right now, it’s not working Under the new Education Coun- right now.” / Greg Mango / Greg and corrupt. Mayor Michael Bloom- berg called them “patronage mills.” cil selection process, however, Santa Maria said that members of They’ll be replaced with 12- dozens of current school board School Board 21 would be meeting member Education Councils, also members could be pushed out. Be- to discuss the issues at 7 pm on called parent councils, comprised of fore, the entire community cast bal- Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the old school nine parents, two community mem- lots in a convoluted voting process board office at 521 West Ave. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn bers and a high school senior with- for nine slots on the board. Now, Other high-ranking school board out voting privileges. In an attempt candidates for those slots are re- members in Bensonhurst and Bay to streamline the process by which quired to be parents of school-aged Ridge complain that the Depart- Hats off! parents communicate with the children and their candidacies will ment of Education has kept them in This baby boy, yet to be named, was born to Rochel Bensecry at schools chancellor’s office, the par- be reviewed by the PTAs in each the dark as to how the new process Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park at 12:33 am on Jan. 1, ents will be selected by the PTA district, entities that at some schools will work. The city has 90 days to 2004. For more New Year’s babies, turn to page 7. president, treasurer and secretary, are non-existent. See BOARDS on page 8 New chief for 68th Precinct Mango / Greg Pontillo to coordinate Republican convention Papers The Brooklyn By Jotham Sederstrom way to patrol the streets, which Brownsville, he was promoted to ser- Arch of light The Brooklyn Papers Beckmann claims have been rowdi- geant. From there he moved to the er than usual since December. At Chief of Patrols office and then the de- New Year’s fireworks light up the sky behind the arch at Grand The commanding officer of least four added police and several tectives bureau before another promo- Army Plaza to ring in 2004. The fireworks, sponsored by the the 68th Precinct was reassigned unmarked cars patrolled the area tion to lieutenant in 1997. Prospect Park Alliance, have become a Brooklyn tradition. this week to the police commis- near Matrix LAN Party, an Internet Pontillo worked from 1986 sioner’s office in Manhattan. cafe on 70th Street. through 1991 at the 70th Precinct, in But while most community After Gentile mentioned a commer- Midwood. He quickly rose through leaders were surprised by the cial fish truck that had dropped anchor the ranks, earning his sergeant change, Bay Ridge’s popular in Bay Ridge, Aubry also called the stripes and, while at the 67th former top-cop downplayed it, Manhattan-based Slavin Company to Precinct, lieutenant. In 1999, he was describing the move as typical warn that the truck would be towed. reassigned to operations at Police police procedure. The driver of the truck, who lives on Headquarters where he organized Jim Bouton “We go where we’re needed,” Third Avenue between 95th and 97th police presence for events like pa- said Deputy Inspector Matthew streets, had been parking overnight rades and post-9/11 events. Pontillo, who took the helm at the since October, said Gentile, despite “It was a real joy working with 68th Precinct in June 2002. “Come complaints from neighbors. him. It was a privilege,” said Officer September, depending on what’s “He’s done some really good com- Robert Pinnisi, community affairs happening, that’s where I’ll serve.” munity work at the other precincts he’s officer at the 68th Precinct. “He’s a cries ‘Foul’ Now, however, the Marine Park worked with,” said Gentile. “He young, very bright and articulate native will organize police protec- knows the area, he knows the streets. commander and one of the more tion for the Republican National If we had to have a change in com- gentle people I’ve met in the police Convention, which comes this sum- Mango / Greg mand this is about the best change in department. He’ll be missed.” mer to Madison Square Garden. command you could get.” “This may be a city of nine million, Meanwhile, Pontillo, 37, spent After training at the 68th Precinct, but it doesn’t feel like that when over arena last weekend breaking in his re- Aubry patrolled Manhattan’s Ninth you’re in Bay Ridge,” said Pontillo. placement, Capt. William Aubry, a precinct where he patrolled the Tomp- “Whenever I talk about the six-eight, I By Deborah Kolben 14-year veteran who got his start at Papers The Brooklyn kins Square area of the East Village don’t talk about events as much as in- The Brooklyn Papers the 68th precinct while training. Capt. William Aubry is Bay Ridge’s new top cop. until 1994. At the 77th Precinct, in dividuals. I miss it already.” Jim Bouton is no rookie They went over everything from ad- when it comes to telling it ministrative issues to traffic con- like it is. cerns and problems with cyber cafes, an issue that he’d be hearing And now the former Yankee more about from other community pitcher and all-star, who rocked leaders throughout the week. the baseball world in 1970 with The public’s first opportunity to MTA to end weekend X-buses his tell-all book, “Ball Four,” meet Aubry will be at a Jan. 20 an expose of the frat-party side precinct community council meeting By Jotham Sederstrom tan Transportation Authority officials affect physically disabled people and her from attending her group’s Sun- of the nation’s favorite past- to be held at the precinct, 333 65th The Brooklyn Papers told The Bay Ridge Paper this week. some 30,000 senior citizens in the area. day meetings in Manhattan, but past time, has taken up a new cause “There is no specific date that the ex- Unable to board elevated trains at sta- that, she called the weekend service — fighting the plan to build a St. Pontillo may be there, too. The good news for transit riders in “The one thing that’s impressed press service will end, but it will go past tions without elevators, both groups her right. professional basketball arena in Bay Ridge is that construction on the February and at least through the rely on fixed-route buses and Access-a- JimBouton.com me most about Bay Ridge is this “So we have a few months of Downtown Brooklyn. Manhattan Bridge is scheduled to be spring,” said Deirdre Parker, a spokes- Ride, an MTA bus servicing both sen- chances to go to Manhattan on week- He’s coming to Brooklyn Jim Bouton bond between the police and the completed next month, returning di- woman for the MTA. “These services ior citizens and the physically handi- community” said Aubry, 35, who ar- ends,” said Ryan, who has Charcot- this week to talk about it. rect train service past lower Manhat- were extended because we realized that capped. That service, however, has Marie-Tooth disease, a neurological dis- Just last year, Bouton pub- rives from Police Headquarters, tan for the first time in 18 years. until we could get the Manhattan been criticized for being unreliable. ough President Marty Marko- where he was executive officer of ease that confines her to a wheelchair. lished his second book “Foul The bad news is that weekend ex- Bridge operation back up it might be Jean Ryan, a member of the group “I need to go to Manhattan any witz, announced plans to build the first deputy commissioner’s of- Ball,” a 354-page diary of his press bus service to Manhattan will difficult for people to reach Manhattan.” Disabled in Action, said the weekday- weekend I want to go and I’m sure the $2.5 billion arena complex fice.
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