Huntington School Briefs
Fabiana Pereira has been appointed to work as a long-term substitute dual language teacher at Nathaniel Woodhull Intermediate School, effective April 17 through June 22.
Ms. Pereira obtained an undergraduate degree in childhood education at St. Joseph's College in January 2006 and a graduate degree in TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) at Long Island University in May 2009.
Prior to coming to Huntington, Ms. Pereira worked a first grade and K-5 teacher assistant in the Sachem school district, where she was also employed as a first grade leave replacement special education teacher and as a permanent substitute teacher. She has worked at Bilinguals, Inc. since September 2009 as an early intervention second grade special education bilingual teacher.
District officials reviewed 35 applications, pre-screened 15 candidates and conducted five personal interviews before recommending Ms. Pereira for the position.
Huntington Alum a Director at Time Warner Cable
Huntington High School Class of 1998 member Britton V. Wenzel is employed as director-business intelligence at Time Warner Cable Business Class. He previously worked as director-market development at TWCBC and as manager-business development and regional operations managers, both at Time Warner Cable.
Mr. Wenzel earned an undergraduate degree in environmental science and political science at Hofstra University and an MBA in international business at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business Administration.
The Huntington alum is a senior level professional with diverse managerial experience, including business operations, strategic planning, business development and business intelligence.
Mr. Wenzel was an outstanding tennis player at J. Taylor Finley Middle School and Huntington High School.
BOE Budget Hearing
The Huntington School Board will conduct at budget hearing on the 2012/13 budget on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jack Abrams School auditorium. The public is invited to attend.
District residents will vote on the budget, a separate capital reserve fund proposition and elect three trustees on Tuesday, May 15 from 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. in the Huntington High School lobby.
State Tax Cap Primer
New York's new property tax cap law establishes a tax levy limit for each school district. The tax levy limit allows school districts to increase their property tax levy from one year to the next by two percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less, based on a multi-step formula. School districts are then allowed to take certain exemptions that may boost their tax levy limits to more than two percent or the inflation rate.
If a school district's proposed tax levy increase is within its limit, a simple majority of voters is needed for budget approval. If a district's proposed tax levy increase exceeds the levy limit, a supermajority of voters – 60 percent or more – are required for budget passage.
The Huntington School District's proposed 2012/13 budget does not exceed the legal limit.
MSG Varsity Community Club Videos
Five of the videos submitted by Huntington High School's MSG Varsity Community Club have been made available for viewing on the MSG Varsity website. "All of the videos were produced under the direction of Heather Swan and her students," said Amy Smith, Huntington's MSG Varsity club advisor. "If anyone is interested in seeing them the names of the pieces available to view are: Art Movement, Online Posting PSA, Distracted Driving, The Catch and a Newscast."
BOCES BOE Meeting
The Western Suffolk BOCES Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the seminar room at the BOCES Conference Center located at 31 Lee Avenue, Wheatley Heights 11798. The meeting is open to the public.
About Jefferson
Jefferson Elementary School was built in 1961/62 on eight acres of land for $1.171 million. The building is 45,400 square feet. As originally constructed it featured 19 regular classrooms, two kindergarten rooms, one cafeteria, one combination gymnasium/auditorium, one small music room and a main office with rooms for the principal and nurse. The school opened for classes in September 1962.
Washington School Variety Show
The Washington School PTA is holding a student variety show on Friday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in the J. Taylor Finley Middle School auditorium. Admission is free. The event is being produced by parents Kristin Kanzer and Dawn Martin. Refreshments and snacks will be on sale.
About 20 student acts are expected, along with a few special guests. The acts range from dancing to comedy. Washington teachers are also expected to be on the stage at some point in the evening. "Everyone that wants to can come on stage to dance in the finale," Mrs. Kanzer said.