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Wallkill Valley board approves new teachers, summer hours and fall coaching roster
Summary
The Wallkill Valley board approved hires including two math teachers, summer hours and a detailed fall coaching lineup with stipends at the June 24 meeting; several employment and stipend rates were specified in motions.
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education approved a range of personnel actions on June 24, 2025, including teacher hires, additional summer hours and a full slate of fall coaching appointments.
The board approved hiring Elena Diaz as a math teacher for the 2025–2026 school year at Step BA-4 with an annual salary of $72,349, and Michael Landshof as a math teacher at Step BA-13 with an annual salary of $98,574, per the superintendent’s recommendations. The motion to approve Personnel Items 1–11 passed on a roll call vote; Virginia Jones recused herself from item 10 and Traci Dressner recused herself from the HIB item recorded separately.
The board approved up to 100 additional summer hours for Christopher Stefanski at $51.00 per hour and approved hourly rates for bus drivers and summer custodians as recorded in motions. The board also approved the district’s fall coaching appointments for 2025–2026 with listed stipend amounts for head and assistant coaches across sports including football, field hockey, boys and girls soccer, tennis, cross country, marching band and athletic trainers; volunteer assistant positions were noted where applicable.
The minutes list continued employment for non-tenured staff with salary and tenure-eligibility dates and record additional summer-hour approvals for specified staff. Employment offers for summer custodians were conditioned on required background checks; some hires are conditional on program/activity operation and prorated if seasons are curtailed by emergencies or public-health directives.
The board’s personnel approvals complete staffing decisions for the coming school year and the motions were recorded in formal roll-call votes in the minutes; the minutes do not record individual debate during the personnel portion of the meeting.
