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Westbury board approves hires, tenures and consent agenda; tables and later votes on personnel
Summary
On Nov. 19 the Westbury board approved a block vote including new hires and teacher tenures, separately approved a roof SECRA resolution, held executive session on personnel and later approved two personnel items (6i and 6j) after reconvening.
The Westbury Union Free School District Board of Education approved a block of agenda items, recognized new hires and tenured staff and separately approved a roof resolution at its Nov. 19 planning and action meeting.
President Robert Troiano Jr. led the board through a procedural block vote for most agenda items, excluding personnel items 6i and 6j. Dr. Dickerson moved the procedural motion to permit a block vote and Trustee Flores seconded; the subsequent approval of the consent agenda passed unanimously with trustees voting "aye." The block included approvals for hires and teacher tenures announced earlier in the meeting.
The district announced several personnel actions in public session: Gabriela Mott was introduced as a special education teacher at Westbury High School; Taj Nahara was named a teacher aide at Park Avenue School; and Maria Broadbender was introduced as the new district treasurer. The board also recognized teachers who received tenure, including Nicole Amar and Daniel Pasadino, and thanked retirees Takita Combs and Leslie Bellino.
Counsel advised the board that the SECRA resolution for roof projects (item 7n as referenced in the transcript) could not be included in the block vote and required a separate vote. Trustee Robin Bolling moved the motion to approve item 7n; Trustee Michelle Wilson seconded, and trustees voted unanimously to adopt the resolution.
Following a motion to enter executive session to discuss personnel, the board reconvened and moved to untable and then approve items 6i and 6j; the motions passed by unanimous voice vote. The meeting adjourned shortly thereafter.
No details about the contents of items 6i and 6j were provided in public comments; the transcript indicates those items involved personnel and were discussed in executive session before being approved in open session.
The board did not provide dollar amounts tied to hires or specify contract lengths for the newly appointed treasurer in public remarks.
