Students urge board to keep music teachers and ask for reinstatement of vice principal; board declines to discuss personnel details publicly

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, after‑school mentors and the adults behind competitive festival trophies. One student who identified herself as class of 2026 president spoke for the senior class and asked the board to “keep our extraordinary educators here at the high school.” Another student described the music classroom as a “second home” and said moving the teachers would create a loss that would be hard to replace.

Separately, a student speaker asked the board to reinstate the district’s former vice principal, saying the administrator provided daily check‑ins and support; at the clerk’s request the student declined to discuss details of a personnel incident in public session and the board asked for time to address that matter through the appropriate processes.

Board members and the superintendent listened to student comments and emphasized the boundaries of public session: the administration asked for time to follow procedures on personnel matters and asked commenters to provide details privately so that any formal process would not be compromised. The students said they had gathered signatures on petitions and that families, alumni and the PTA supported their request.