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 to Foundation Aid and called Foundation Aid "the biggest driver" of state aid for the district, adding the board will watch the governor's upcoming proposal in January.

On procedural business, the board approved by voice vote several routine items: meeting minutes; the financial reports; personnel items (including the granting of tenure to Lindsay Glasser); contractual and authorization items, including a donation from the New York Life Foundation intended for Forest Lake Elementary School; committee on special education and preschool recommendations; and an evaluation approval. The meeting's motions were moved, seconded and approved with the transcript recording "All in favor? Aye." The transcript does not record individual voter names, counts, or specific mover/second identities.

The donation item is listed in the transcript as from the New York Life Foundation for Forest Lake Elementary School, but the donation amount in the meeting record appears garbled and is not clearly specified in the transcript. Superintendent McNamara and the board congratulated Lindsay Glasser on being granted tenure; McNamara said she will be formally recognized again at a spring tenure reception.

The board opened the podium for public comment near the end of the session; the transcript records no extended public comments before the meeting concluded with holiday well-wishes and an announcement that the board will reconvene in January.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes — approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Financial reports — approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Personnel items (including tenure for Lindsay Glasser) — approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Donation from New York Life Foundation for Forest Lake Elementary School — approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"); amount not specified in transcript.
- Committee on Special Education and preschool recommendations — approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").

The board adjourned and organization reports (student government, PTAs, booster clubs) were presented; student leaders described upcoming events including a band concert and a proposed tree‑mulching project in January.