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Superintendent and cabinet report progress on safety, SEL, staffing and program initiatives
Summary
Superintendent’s cabinet reviewed five focus areas — safety, business and finance, student/staff relations, instructional leadership and community engagement — and described steps taken this year including expanded surveillance, LPR at the high school, PBIS grants, restorative practices and strategic‑plan rollout planning
HUNTINGTON — District leaders summarized progress on the Huntington Union Free School District’s five annual goals during the Board of Education meeting on Feb. 10, 2025, highlighting safety upgrades, social‑emotional supports, instructional leadership and family engagement work.
The superintendent’s cabinet reported that safety work this year included an in‑depth safety and security briefing for the board and community, expanded surveillance and a license‑plate‑reader (LPR) installation at the high school, new carbon monoxide and gas detection bids for several primary schools, expanded Rave app training for classroom staff (previously limited to administrators) and strengthened local law‑enforcement partnerships for crisis response.
On student and staff supports, the district said PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) teams are active in every school, restorative circles are in use in grades 4–12, and Huntington High School added an advisory period; the evening high‑school program has, for the first time, an on‑site counselor. The district also described neighborhood aides who conduct home visits and expanded family engagement events with translation and food‑service representatives on hand to assist families with free‑and‑reduced lunch applications.
Instructional leadership work cited ongoing focus walks in classrooms, additional professional‑development surveys for teachers, QTEL apprenticeship training, and continued professional development on the science of reading. District staff said they have been aligning draft strategic‑plan priorities with budget planning and aim to bring a finalized strategic plan to a March board meeting and a full rollout in September 2025.
The superintendent and board members also noted extracurricular accomplishments — the mock trial team’s initial win, robotics and music festival participants — and congratulated academic and athletic honors and qualifiers. The presentation included a request to recognize retiring staff later in the school year and an acknowledgement of district booster‑club support for teams traveling to national competitions.
Board members asked clarifying questions about equipment timelines (for auditorium seating and other facility work) and the district said design meetings and bid timelines will be shared as project planning advances.
The board did not change policy at the Feb. 10 meeting; the update was presented as an informational progress report.
