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There’s still no curriculum chief at V.S. 13 Services. Andrea DiMango, the district’s Director of Technology, Valley Stream District 13 is would take on an expanded role still without an assistant super- as Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction, intendent for curand Technology. riculum and In a statement, instruction followthe district stood by ing the abrupt Dec. the superinten19 resignation of dent’s recommendaFabayo McIntosh. tions and argued But picking her that hiring from replacement, or within has its replacements, has advantages includproven to be someing: “familiarity thing of a long, with the district’s bumpy, and controstaff and students, versial process. an understanding Attempts to of school culture approve two succesa n d c o m m u n i t y, sors for the role and a boost of motiflopped at the disvation and morale trict’s board of eduto the district’s procation meeting on fessional staff.” Jan 23. The dis- JANET MINUTo trict’s initial strate- resident Board backlash gy was to recast the stalls replacement assistant superintendent posiTrustees Anthony Grosso, tion into two new roles: an Assistant Superintendent for Anthony Bonelli, and Vincent Special Services and an Execu- Caposio, nevertheless, stood in tive Director of Curriculum, stiff opposition, expressing deep reservations about the Instruction, and Technology. Lisa Dunn, the district’s cur- transparency of the hiring prorent Executive Director of Spe- cess, and questioning whether cial Services, would have been the candidates were sufficiently promoted to a new title: Assis- qualified. tant Superintendent for Special Continued on page 9
By JUAN lASSo
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Courtesy Ilana Greenberg
Nothing frosty about these friends Avishai and Aviv Greenberg made a new friend, literally, during the Feb. 13 snowstorm.
Alternative education pioneer named a Nassau top educator By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
Acute learning challenges, ranging from a difficult home life to homelessness, are among the reasons why, in any given year, a minority of students in the Valley Stream Central High School District struggle to stay in school. These outside pressures can slowly eat away at these students’ confidence and well-being, and as their school performance slips, so does their likelihood of earning a high school diploma. Some just quit. Under the intervention and guidance of a nontraditional education at the district’s Twilight
Alternative Program, its principal, Danielle Williams, who also serves as the director of the district’s alternative programs, has not only helped prevent students from walking out on their education, but helped them achieve a level of academic success previously unknown to them. For this, alongside years of dedication to the alternative education space, Williams will join 10 other educators to receive the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award in a ceremony this spring. The honor recognizes those “who have made a substantial impact on public education in Nassau County” and “enabled students of all ages and abilities to achieve their maximum Continued on page 16
his is someone who should have many years of proven success . . . to give our children the best education possible.