Herricks Board of Education Notebook: July 19

Advanced Placement Exams

• A total of 75.5 percent of students last year took at least one Advanced Placement class, Superintendent Dr. John Bierwirth said.
• The superintendent also noted that the percentage of students who were doing this when he began working in the district was about 30 percent.

2012-13 Board Liaisons

Below is the list of the board liaisons for the 2012-2013 school year:

Group Board Liaison Acorn Ponds Christine Turner Albertson Soccer League Brian Hassan Albertson/Herricks Little League Brian Hassan Art Boosters Association Nancy Feinstein Browers Hill Civic Association Christine Turner Center Street Parent Teacher Association Christine Turner Denton Avenue PTA James Gounaris Herricks Community Fund Christine Turner/ Brian Hassan Herricks Senior Citizens Nancy Feinstein Herricks Council of PTAs James Gounaris/ Christine Turner Herricks Music Boosters Association Nancy Feinstein Herricks High School PTSA Dr. Sanjay Jain Herricks Athletic Boosters James Gounaris/ Brian Hassan Herricks Community Coalition Christine Turner Herricks Leisure Club Gounaris Herricks Middle School PTA Brian Hassan New Hyde Park Wildcats James Gounaris Searingtown School PTA Nancy Feinstein Herricks SEPTA James Gounaris Williston Park Little League Brian Hassan Herricks Indo-US Community Dr. Sanjay Jain Chinese American Association of North Hempstead Christine Turner Manhasset Hills/Herricks Civic Association Gounaris/Jain

Other Board News

• A memorandum of agreement with the Herricks Association of Administration and Supervisors has been reached . Dr. Bierwirth said that he and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Hayes complete a two-day course related to this and that he can now evaluate principals. “Finally,” board member Dr. Sanjay Jain quipped.
• Chris Connors has been appointed as the district's registrar.

The next meeting of the Herricks Board of Education will be on Thursday, August 2 at 7:15 p.m. at the .