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Board approves substitute pay bump, new hires and accepts counselor resignation
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel actions including raising substitute aide and cafeteria worker pay to $110.50/day (reflecting New York's $17.00/hour minimum), hiring substitute teachers and van drivers pending clearances, and accepting a counselor resignation effective Jan. 7, 2026; one member recused on the vote.
The Shelter Island Board of Education accepted the superintendent’s personnel recommendations covering items 11.1–11.4. The board approved a rate increase for substitute aides and substitute cafeteria workers to $110.50 per day, citing the new New York minimum wage of $17.00 per hour. The board also approved a new substitute teacher (Shannon Coyne, pending fingerprint clearance), two van drivers (pending license clearance), and accepted the resignation of school counselor Cassandra Carroll, effective Jan. 7, 2026.
The motion to approve personnel actions was made by Karina Montalvo and seconded by Dawn Hedberg. The vote carried; Anthony J. Rando recused himself from that personnel vote, as recorded in the minutes.
