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Wantagh board opposes SED regionalization plan, notes Foundation Aid report and approves routine business
Summary
Superintendent John McNamara said the board joined other districts opposing a New York State Education Department regionalization plan and joined an Article 78 proceeding; the board also approved routine items (minutes, financials, personnel, donations) by voice vote and granted tenure to a teacher.
The Wantagh Union Free School District board used its December meeting to update the community on state education actions and to approve routine district business.
Superintendent John McNamara said the board has "come up pretty strongly in, against the the the plan" and has joined other districts in filing letters to the State Education Department (SED) and participating in an Article 78 proceeding to challenge aspects of a proposed regionalization plan the board says could risk a loss of resources to the district. McNamara said the state made some adjustments after feedback but "not as many as we would like to have seen."
McNamara also noted receipt of a Rockefeller Institute report recommending adjustments…
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