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Hampton Bays celebrates students, recommends tenure and honors retiring staff
Summary
The Hampton Bays Union Free School District honored students of the month, recommended multiple staff members for tenure and recognized retiring educators during its June board meeting; the superintendent also reported enrollment and upcoming events.
Hampton Bays Union Free School District officials recognized students of the month across grade levels, recommended several staff members for tenure and honored retirees during the board meeting in June.
District leaders opened the meeting by presenting student-of-the-month awards to multiple students, including Phoebe (kindergarten), Sofia Urbano (kindergarten), Adam Ojazek (fifth grade), Nicholas Stavato (eighth grade), Emily Lynn Dodd (Hampton Bays High School May student of the month) and Ashley Belize Hernay (life-skills classroom). Presenters described each student’s classroom contributions, interests and extracurricular involvement.
The recognitions were followed by a series of personnel items. The board was asked to consider tenure recommendations for teachers and staff across the district. Superintendent Lars Robinson introduced a slate of recommended tenure candidates from multiple buildings, including (but not limited to) Dean Aiello, Franky Castoro, Alexa Toyas, Frank Fredone, Michael Burrell, Lisa Golia, Heather Feigenbaum, Jennifer Joniak, Tiffany Wu, Vinny Battaglia, Jake Metapolis, Erin McDermott, Krista Savino, and Rebecca Gakubaszkiewicz. Robinson described the candidates’ classroom roles and contributions but the meeting transcript does not record a formal vote on those recommendations.
Board members and district leaders also paused to recognize retiring employees from the district, naming long-serving staff who were praised for their special-education work, library services, student support and other contributions. Individuals publicly honored included, among others, Carolyn Calderaro, Teresa Dela Costa, Mary Ann Hennelberry and others described by presenters as long-time employees who provided direct student support and community outreach.
Superintendent Robinson reported current enrollment at 1,996 students and reminded the board and public about upcoming end-of-year events and the district calendar, including summer start dates. He thanked staff and families and noted the meeting’s celebratory tone as the district concludes the school year.
The district also acknowledged classroom innovations and student achievements: a middle-school teacher, Tiffany Lou, and several seventh-graders were recognized for success with the First in Math program and for advancing to a state-level competition in Albany.
What happened next: personnel recommendations (tenure) and retirements were presented to the board; the meeting transcript provided the presentations and superintendent remarks but did not include formal roll-call votes or documented outcomes for the tenure recommendations or retiree separations.
Looking ahead: district leaders said they will bring required personnel items back for formal board action where appropriate and will communicate next steps to staff and families.
