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Hampton Bays highlights mental-health supports, college partnerships and new classroom tech
Summary
The board got updates on district mental-health supports (an MOU to provide a social worker one day per week), a Food for Thought pantry coping with a SNAP benefits pause, college partnerships (Stony Brook Future Scholars and an early-college pilot with Suffolk), and pilot uses of AI and VR instructional tools.
At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Hampton Bays Union Free School District board received several updates on student supports and partnership programs.
District staff reported that Food for Thought, a school-based pantry run with Stop & Shop, is serving about 48 families per week and that the recent suspension of enhanced SNAP benefits increased demand. Staff described holiday baskets supplemented with gift cards for perishables and reported coordination with local groups and a $6,000 grant from town-level sponsors to help sustain support.
An MOU with the Association for Mental Health and…
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