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...typical family, the Caponis, putting five children into private schools was impossible. Sabato Caponi, a high school junior, was missing school work that he needed to prepare for his regents exams, which in New York state qualify students for college scholarship aid. His solution was to board with his grandparents in Valley Stream (30 minutes away) and attend the high school there. But to do that the Caponis had to make their son the ward of his grandparents. 'I didn't like the idea of signing over the guardianship papers," says Rae Caponi, Sabato's mother...
...Levittown schools. The strike's bitterness reverberates harshly. "The teachers' union was for the teachers," says Dawn Fishbein, a slim and intense MacArthur senior. "But the board of education was supposed to be for us. Instead, it was a board of taxation." Says Rae Anne Caponi, Sabato's sister: 'Tm so glad to be back. But I'm worried about college credit courses and advanced placement tests." In Rae Anne's first psychology class, the teacher asked if anyone wanted to talk about the strike. One boy blurted, "I feel screwed." The problem...
...Levittown tries to recover from the strike, FOR SALE signs stand next to pumpkins in front of many houses. The Caponi house in the Wantagh neighborhood is one of them. Although the Caponis had decided to sell before the teacher trouble, they are even more eager to move...
Unfortunately for sellers, Levittown houses have declined in value. "One Sunday the real estate fellow was bringing a couple out," says Rae Caponi. "When they found out what school district the house was in, they said 'No way.' " A mile down the road at MacArthur High School, the playing fields that in previous falls were ablaze with red and white jerseys are now deserted. Levittown likes its football, and people used to find the game a unifying force. Not this year. The schedule was canceled. For three or four seniors, the lost season means lost scholarships. "I would...
...section of the second annual Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle tournament in Palm Springs, Calif., were Ray Bolger, Glen Campbell, Phil Harris, Rita Hayworth, Robert Stack, Lawrence Welk, George Plimpton and, naturally Dinah. Attention seemed to be focused on the couple that tied for 15th place with Pro Donna Caponi Young and Mrs. Morton Downey. They were Frank Sinatra and Barbara Marx, the estranged wife of Zeppo Marx, a tall, fortyish blonde who has often been seen playing tennis with Spiro T. Agnew. Although Frank and Barbara have been together a lot lately, Sinatra's press agent insisted that...