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Students urge board to keep music teachers and ask for reinstatement of vice principal; board declines to discuss personnel details publicly
Summary
Multiple students and alumni addressed the June board meeting to protest the transfer of Westbury High School music teachers and to urge the board to reinstate a popular vice principal; speakers emphasized the teachers' role in student life and pleaded for continuity for the class of 2026.
Several Westbury High School students — including class officers and music-program members — used the public‑comment portion of the June action meeting to press the board to reconsider recent personnel moves affecting the chorus and orchestra programs.
Students described long‑running relationships with the music teachers and said the educators serve as class advisors,…
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