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Board approves 18 probationary hires and extends superintendent contract through 2030
Summary
After recognizing students, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Board appointed 18 probationary hires for 2026–27, approved several administrators’ terms and conditions for 2026–27, passed a resolution to destroy cast ballots from the May 20, 2025 vote, and approved extending the superintendent’s employment agreement through June 30, 2030.
After the recognition portion of the meeting, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Board of Education moved into routine business and appointments.
The board approved a motion to adopt routine business items and then publicly introduced and approved 18 probationary hires for the 2026–27 school year. The presenter read individual names and assignments for the new appointees; examples announced included Madison Barber (elementary teacher, Judy Jacobs Parkway), Thomas Brennan (elementary teacher), Elizabeth Lopez (reading teacher), Brian Burke (music teacher, Matlin Middle School) and April Vera (part‑time ASL instructor). The board noted roughly half of the hires are returning to the district and that some staff were previously serving as leave replacements or permanent substitutes.
In new business the board approved an employment agreement extending the district superintendent’s contract through June 30, 2030 (new business item 11.1). The meeting then considered and approved terms and conditions for multiple administrators for the 2026–27 year (items 11.2–11.10), passed a resolution to destroy cast ballots from the May 20, 2025 annual budget vote (11.11), confirmed appointment of additional officers for the May 19, 2026 annual meeting (11.12), and approved a memorandum agreement with the association of administrators regarding payroll schedules (11.13). The board also approved agenda items related to a standard‑based grading rubric and curriculum writing for 2026–27 (11.14–11.15) and then moved to enter executive session for advice of counsel and collective negotiations.
Where the transcript did not record explicit roll‑call tallies, the chair called each item to a voice vote and indicated the motions carried when members responded "all those in favor." The board did not read or record detailed vote totals in the transcript provided.
The meeting closed its public session after the slate of approvals and the board signaled plans for executive session.
