Board approves routine business, personnel moves, contracts and denies private-school transportation request

The Hempstead Union Free School District Board of Education approved a slate of routine business items, personnel actions and vendor agreements and moved to deny a private-school transportation request after an executive-session review during its October meeting.

The board unanimously approved the minutes of the Sept. 8 meeting and the district’s financial reports. It also accepted the annual financial statements prepared by RS Abrams for the year ended June 30, 2025, as recommended by the audit committee on Oct. 6, 2025.

The board approved multiple personnel items, including retirements, resignations, and new appointments. Among actions recorded on the agenda, the board accepted the retirement notification for Eileen King, with an intent-to-retire date at the close of business Feb. 27, 2026. The board approved the full-time probationary appointment of Mary Ella Canales as a teacher assistant at Terryville Road Elementary School effective Sept. 25, 2025 (probationary period Sept. 25, 2025–Sept. 24, 2029). Other approved appointments included Fabiola Morales Navaros (senior office assistant, CSEA) and Emmanuel Anwalter (night foreman), and the board accepted listed resignations and appointments for part-time and substitute staff effective Oct. 6, 2025.

The board approved teachers and advisors for extracurricular clubs and coaches for the 2025–26 school year; it removed one extracurricular club and its advisor for lack of interest. The board also approved drivers for special education programs, the district’s driver’s-education instructor, and updated substitute teacher and nurse lists.

Procurement and contract actions included…