Sayville board hears call to add relationship‑violence education after student’s death

Allison Ryan, a mother of two and a licensed clinical social worker, used the public‑comment period at the Sayville Union Free School District board meeting to press administrators to expand the districtwide school safety plan to address dating violence, coercive control and technology‑facilitated abuse.

“I am grieving for all victims and survivors of intimate partner violence, including Emily Finn and Gabby Petito,” Ryan said, urging the board to move beyond one‑time assemblies. She told the board that older students need “developmentally appropriate, honest education about healthy, unhealthy,…