Schools

NHP-GCP Board of Education Meeting Notebook: Jan. 3

Here are some of the highlights of the meeting.

If you missed the Board of Education meeting, these are some of the highlights.

  • "We will have new reading incentive program to encourage reading at home," said Garden City Park School principal James Svendsen. The theme of the program this year is  "There is magic in reading." The program involves students reading books and then receiving magic tricks when they complete a project, he explained.
  • Trustee Patricia Rudd asked Michael Frank, the assistant superintendent for business, if he thought about creating a reserve for the certioraries. "I would very much like to be able to do it," Frank said, adding, "but we don't have authorization as of now because technically the liability is not ours. Until the liability becomes ours in a given year, we're not allowed to save or put money aside to pay for that liability."
  • Trustee David Del Santo noted that Sewanhaka Central High School District will be retiring as of June 30. "We at the board of education under Sewanhaka will miss him dearly," he said.
  • The following substitute teacher resignations were noted during the meeting; all as of Dec. 8: Mary Devine, Katie Baker and Jane Fitzpatrick.
  • Three new substitute teachers will be appointed. They are: Lauren Fretto, Julie Samantha Schatt and Kristen Cannati-Farley. 
  • There were three non-instructional resignations which took effect on Dec. 8 including Ismael Diaz (a substitute cleaner), Carmela Veltri (substitute cafeteria monitor) and Phyllis Vella (substitute cafeteria monitor). 
  • Two nurse positions were filled including the two and a half hour lunchtime nurse, which is Theresa Barry, and the substitute school nurse, which is Deborah Rosen.
  • Superintendent highlighted that the district negotiated $64,000 worth of music textbooks and other materials for half of that price in its Spotlight of Music Series.
  • Equipment is being replaced at the as a result of a sewage break that damaged items beyond repair, Katulak explained. He added that insurance didn't cover these damages.


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