Letters to the Editor: East Rockaway, Lynbrook

Fostering good will

To the Editor:

The Foster and Adoptive Parents Association of Nassau County partnered with the social enterprise Funds2Orgs this winter to raise scholarship money for graduating high school seniors in foster care. We collected about 2,100 pairs of used and gently-worn shoes that were sent to developing countries where they will be sold or repurposed in communities there.  

The FAPA aims to provide advocacy and social activities for children in foster care, as well as serve as a support system for their foster families. Our drive would not have been a success without the help of many local businesses and organizations, including Mayor Bill Hendrick and the staff at Lynbrook Village Hall, the Greis Park Recreation Center, the Lynbrook Parents Facebook group, Rhame Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway, and both R.L. Burtis Enterprises and MHT Luxury Alloys of Lynbrook.

We appreciate the interest of these partners, as well as the outpouring of good intentions and donations from members of the community.

Melanie Denzer
FAPA member

Brinton’s logic is flawed

To the Editor:

Logic requires that you need two valid statements to reach a successful conclusion. Let’s examine Scott Brinton’s flawed thinking in his column “Comptroller: L.I. districts pushed to the fiscal brink” (Jan. 23-29).  

First, Brinton wrote, “tax-cap proponents say, just cut salaries and districts will have little problem meeting expenses. Perhaps. But they will have a hard time attracting qualified educators, who will seek out cheaper places to live if they can’t earn enough to survive here.” A couple of years ago, the Port Washington School System had one opening for a public school teacher position, and their school board received more than 1,000 applications.