Editor’s Note: The following letter was written to Merrick Superintendent Dr. Dominick Palma by South Merrick Community Civic Association President Joe Baker.
The South Merrick Community Civic Association (SMCCA) has formed a committee to evaluate and make suggestions for enhanced security at our schools.
A meeting attended by parents, grandparents and school board members focused on idea's that may be helpful for the school administration to determine how to improve security procedures.
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The SMCCA Board decided to appoint Merrick resident Ron Luparello to head the civics newly formed "School Security Committee". Mr. Luparello's experience as a New York City Police Officer and ex-Merrick Fire Chief will be extremely helpful in determining how best to protect our schools. Mr. Luparello is also parent of a student attending Birch School.
Other attendee's at the civic meeting included retired New York City Police Captain Tom Nizza and New York State Court Officer Stephen Capobianco who is also a Certified Police Firearms Instructor and Merrick firefighter. Both are parents or grandparents of students attending Merrick schools and have also volunteered to serve as advisors on this committee.
Hopefully, this committee will serve as a liaison between parents and school officials resulting in increased confidence that our children are safe while attending school.
Please contact SMCCA at southmerrickcca@yahoo.com or call 516-978-8310 for information.
What do you think of the newly formed committee? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.