New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustees unanimously adopted a district cardiac emergency response plan required under state law, re‑adopted the district safety plan for 2025–26, and approved three policies updating school safety procedures, cybersecurity incident reporting and student privacy protections.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent McCoy presented the district’s intermediate reconfiguration for 2026–27: incoming grade‑4 students will attend schools by address (Jack Abrams or Woodhall), two dual-language sections will start at Jack Abrams, project‑based learning will expand in grade 4, and some siblings may be grandfathered by request.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
At the Dec. 8 board meeting, parent Karen Lovelace urged the Huntington Union Free School District Board of Education to support completing sidewalk gaps near schools and to back town grant applications, citing more than 200 petition signatures and safety concerns for children walking to school.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board unanimously appointed Kim Zelman as district clerk and Sarah Meehan as deputy district clerk, both effective Jan. 1–June 30, 2026, and granted tenure to library media specialist Lisonbee Bean at the Dec. 8 meeting.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
On Dec. 8 the board reviewed first‑read drafts of several policies—sale/disposal of property, fixed assets accounting, school safety plans (including a cardiac emergency response plan due Jan. 20), field trip consent forms, and a cybersecurity incident response policy that raised a question about ransom payments.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board approved a college-level introduction to digital journalism (dual-enrollment), split computer-science essentials into two half-year courses, and approved AP Cybersecurity (dual-enrollment with Farmingdale State College), along with new unified arts and semester conversions for studio/media/creative crafts for 2026–27.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board approved multiple personnel schedules and appointments including Trisha Veil to an assistant-director role, Julia Flood as a probationary science teacher at Huntington High School, Miranda Caliphatis as a school psychologist at Jack Abrams Magnet School, and granted tenure to Catherine Juliano. The board also accepted the resignation of Blake Dunn.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board members chose three NISPA/NYS school boards association priorities to submit for statewide advocacy: opposing charter school expansion (position 1.2), comprehensive foundation-aid reform (2.8) and dedicated funding for student health and mental-health services (2.18). The board voted unanimously to make the selections.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Huntington Union Free School District board approved the 2026–27 budget calendar, adopted a 2025–26 reserve plan and accepted the external audit and management letter for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Administration presented a long-range financial plan and said the district has healthy reserves and will use debt-service funds to make the final bond payment by June 2026.
New York / School Districts / HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Huntington High School recognized 175 students as AP Scholars at a Board of Education meeting; the district reported 1,122 AP exams administered in 2024–25 and that 84.11% of those exams earned scores of 3 or higher.