Board recommends Michael Rampone as next director of physical education, health education and athletics

The Eastchester Union Free School District Board of Education heard a recommendation to appoint Michael Rampone as the district's next director of physical education, health education and athletics.

Dr. Valente presented Rampone as the candidate the hiring committee favored after a representative committee process. "Michael importantly served as the head varsity coach for football, boys basketball, and girls basketball at Nyack High School," Dr. Valente said, adding that Rampone has served as director at the Yard(s)ley School District since 2016 and that the committee forwarded him by a 15'to'zip vote.

Rampone addressed the board, thanking members and saying he would "hit the ground running," identifying March 17 as a likely first work day and saying he is "already doing some planning behind the scenes." He said he was "excited to come here and honor [Eastchester's] very proud tradition and try and elevate it."

Dr. Valente also told the board the athletics schedule will include an added baseball coach position to oversee a new freshman baseball team and that a varsity girls flag football assistant coaching position will be reclassified and run as a JV girls flag football team this spring.

Board procedure and next steps Dr. Valente said a resolution recommending Rampone will be on the agenda for board action; the transcript records the recommendation and Rampone's remarks but does not record a final board vote on his appointment during this session.

Context The board speaker described a broadly representative search committee that included town members and school staff. A parent email of support was read aloud during the presentation. The hiring move comes as the district also reviews athletics goals and staffing as part of the spring programming schedule.