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Seaford board welcomes new hires, elects BOCES representatives and approves contract packages
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Summary
The Seaford Union Free School District board introduced multiple new teachers and staff, elected three BOCES representatives, and approved grouped contract agenda items; student board member also gave a brief report on senior activities and testing.
The Seaford Union Free School District Board of Education welcomed a slate of new hires, elected three representatives to the BOCES board and approved multiple contracts during its public session.
Student board member MacMind (Speaker 5) reported that college-commitment activities, AP and regents exams and senior prom (June 10 at the Bethpage Heritage Club) are upcoming; he encouraged students to use support academies offered before exams.
In his administrative report, Dr. Bekar (Speaker 6) introduced several new staff members joining the district this year, including Maria Gala Costa and Kristina (Kristine) Shane (general-education teachers at the Manor), Trent Mayer (health teacher), Caitlin (ELA teacher), Matthew Toplansky (high-school physics) and Thomas (special-education teacher). Dr. Bekar highlighted credentials and prior experience for each hire and welcomed them on behalf of the district.
On business items, the board cast votes for three BOCES board members ' Deborah Coates, Janine D'Esposito and Lawrence Greenstein ' and approved grouped contract items (agenda items 8b1 through 8b10, 8c1-2 and other grouped motions) by voice vote; the transcript records 'Aye' responses but does not list vendor names or dollar amounts for the contracts in the public minutes.
Chair acknowledged community support: the Seaford Harbor PTA donated funds for an assembly and DonorsChoose provided a wood storage case for the middle school. The meeting concluded with routine closing motions and no public commenters during the resident-comments period.
District staff will proceed with contract finalization and with onboarding new hires; the district clerk will notify BOCES of the newly elected representatives.
