Malverne Union Free School District approves personnel items, announces new administrators

The Malverne Union Free School District Board of Education approved personnel consent items and new-business items during a short special meeting and announced several administrative hires for the coming school year. Chair opened the meeting, asked for motions to approve "personnel section 3 b through f" and "new business section 4, a through f," and members voiced assent; the transcript does not record movers, seconders or a numerical vote tally.

The board announced the following hirings: Shanika Davis will serve as principal of Davidson Avenue Intermediate School; Rebecca Campbell is the new assistant principal at Howard T. Herbert Middle School; Jennifer Gibbons was named coordinator of early learning and literacy; and Dr. Rachel Uddin was named executive director of special education. "So the Malvern Board of Education is proud to announce the following new members to our administrative family," the Chair said as the appointments were read and the new appointees were recognized in the audience. The Chair noted recent turnover and earlier approvals, including a previously approved principal for Downing, and thanked the interview committees and community members who participated in the hiring process.

The meeting record in the transcript does not include formal vote tallies, motion movers or seconders for the consent approvals. The staff member who spoke during the meeting thanked parents, teachers and administrators for serving on the interview committees; the Chair then recognized the new administrators in the audience before moving to adjourn.