Huntington School Board Notes
Huntington School Board members have approved an overnight field trip for six students and one teacher to the 2012 New York State School Music Assn. All-State conference in Rochester from November 29 to December 2. Trustees took the action last Monday night during their meeting in the Jack Abrams School auditorium.
Six exceptional Huntington student-musicians, including Ashley Melgar, Collin Richardson, Brianne Bennett, Joshua Stickell, Matthew Beeby and Brianna Kirkland and district music teacher Christopher Scarnato will go on the trip. Nina Flores, Christian Jamison and Olivia Palmer are All-State alternates. Each of the students participated in auditions last spring.
Director of Guidance Kitty R. Klein made a PowerPoint presentation on the guidance department, including its functions, programs and services. The detailed overview was followed by a short question and answer period between trustees and Mrs. Klein.
Trustees also discussed and later approved a series of resolutions regarding the allocation of surplus monies to four district reserve funds. A resolution to approve the district's tax levy in the amount of $96,086,390 was approved by a 7-0 vote.
Trustees also took the following actions:
• Accepted the resignation of Huntington High School senior clerk typist Linda Caccamo, effective at the close of business on September 28.
• Established a substitute teacher assistant per diem pay rate of $90. "Since teacher assistants deliver instruction, this rate will allow us to draw from our current teacher substitute list, thereby allowing instruction to continue when a teacher assistant is absent," Assistant Superintendent Joseph Giani said.
• Approved long-term substitute teacher appointments for Marilyn Broomer (Washington School/classroom/approximately October 5-November 5), Susan Nastro (Finley Middle School/English/approximately September 10-October 19) and Melissa Goldsborough (Washington School/special education/approximately September 4-October1).
• Authorized the disposal of obsolete equipment, including two Sharp and two Daewoo TVs, JVC VCR, RCA VCR, Panasonic laser disc player, Sharp VCR, two TV carts and an overhead projector.
• Approved a consultant services contract with Francis J. Gardella in the amount of $4,000. He will provide two full-day mathematics workshops focusing on the teaching of fractions from the initial instruction through calculations as called for in the Common Core standards.
• Approved a consultant services contract with Joann Kavanagh. She will be compensated at the rate of $100 per hour (not to exceed $8,000). Mrs. Kavanagh will provide in-district professional development workshops for teachers and administrators on the use of and integration of technology in the classroom environment.
• Approved a consultant services contract with Jacquelyn Nealon, Ed.D. in the amount of $600 to provide a financial aid workshop.
• Approved salary schedule changes/adjustments for Southdown School teacher Tirsa Oliva and Finley teacher Doreen Ellis.
• Appointed Laura Washburn as a 12-month senior clerk typist in the Woodhull Intermediate School special education office, effective October 16.
• Appointed the following students to serve as Huntington High School stage crew members: Justin Fleiss, Gabriel Goldman, Alexa Kaplan, Christine Powers, Sheila Cruz, Victoria Tito, Sebastian Rojas, Erin Plante, Christen King, Alex Ulloa, James Walsh, Ashley Veliz, Lauren Bialkowski and Melena Mills. Members of the group will be compensated at the rate of $7.25 per hour. They will work part-time on an as-needed basis.
• Appointed the following students to serve as Huntington High School lab assistants: Rachel Bosco, Megan Boyce, Fiona Geier, Matthew Rosenbauer, Nicholas Sherman, Jonathan Wood, Suzie Petryk, Tyler Cook and Summer Rudish. Members of the group will be compensated at the rate of $7.25 per hour. They will work part-time on an as-needed basis.
• Approved Patricia Colon, Taylor Dambrosio, Michael Fabio, Amanda Finley, Jason Mainville, Kevin Osborne, Kaitlyn Reyes, Carolyn Sager, Debra Ravo, Fabiana Pereira, Peggy Gallagher, Pamela Cook and Marilyn Broomer to work as substitute teachers during the 2012/13 school year. Members of the group will be compensated at the rate of $90 per diem when their services are required.
• Authorized Frank Conforti (energy education coordinator), Catherine Moffitt (clerical) and Ayallah Jeddah (teacher) to be reimbursed for district related travel between buildings.
• Authorized the addition of Friends of Huntington Crew, Inc. to the list of approved users of district facilities.
• Awarded a bid for all district stationary products to American Business Forms.
• Awarded a bid for the Huntington High School and J. Taylor Finley Middle School curriculum guides to Tobay Printing Co. The price for 1,500 copies of the high school guide is fixed at $2,367 while 1,800 copies will cost $2,626. The price for 800 copies of the Finley guide is set at $440.
• Accepted a donation from the Huntington Special Education PTA to Washington Primary School in the amount of $2,000 for use toward the purchase of a SMART Board at the school.
• Approved a contract with Our Lady of Peace Academy at Montfort Therapeutic Residence in Port Jefferson for educational services for a school age district resident.
• Authorized the addition of Daniel Bailey, Rosemary Himmelmann and Carolyn Sager to the district's teacher aide substitute list. They will be paid $9 per hour when their services are required.
• Approved Augusto Godoy as a substitute clerical worker at the rate of $10.20 per hour.
• Approved Helen Guarino (English), Erik Bruckbauer (Global Studies), Craig McKee (Earth Science), Fred Bisogno (US History) and Jordan Gould (Participation in Government and Economics) were approved to work in Huntington's alternative high school program.
• Appointed Angela Berner as director of the Huntington Teacher Center. She will be paid $7,500, which will be covered by a grant.
• Appointed Lucy Ann DeChiaro as secretary of the Huntington Teacher Center. She will $13.95 per hour for up to 10 hours per week, which will be covered by a grant.