Nassau and Suffolk County Principals Long Islands High Schools, Middle Schools and Elementary Schools An Open

Letter of Concern Regarding New York States APPR Legislation for the Evaluation of Teachers and Principals Over the past year, New York State has implemented dramatic changes to its schools. As building principals, we recognize that change is an essential component of school improvement. We continually examine best practices and pursue the most promising research-based school improvement strategies. We are very concerned, however, that at the state level change is being imposed in a rapid manner and without high-quality evidentiary support. Our students, teachers and communities deserve better. They deserve thoughtful reforms that will improve teaching and learning for all students. It is in this spirit that we write this letter, which sets forth our concerns and offers a path forward. We believe that it is our ethical obligation as principals to express our deep concerns about the recently implemented Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) regulations. These regulations are seriously flawed, and our schools and students will bear the brunt of their poor design. Below we explain why we are opposed to APPR as it is presently structured. Background In May 2010, the New York State Legislaturein an effort to secure federal Race to the Top funds approved an amendment to Educational Law 3012-c regarding the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) of teachers and principals. The new law states that beginning September 2011, all teachers and principals will receive a number from 0-100 to rate their performance. Part of that number (ranging from 20% to 40%) will be derived from how well students perform on standardized tests. At first glance, using test scores might seem like a reasonable approach to accountability. As designed, however, these regulations carry unintended negative consequences for our schools and students that simply cannot be ignored. Below we explain both the flaws and the consequences. Concern #1: Educational research and researchers strongly caution against teacher evaluation approaches like New York States APPR Legislation A few days before the Regents approved the APPR regulations, ten prominent researchers of assessment, teaching and learning wrote an open letter that included some of the following concerns about using 1 student test scores to evaluate educators : a) Value-added models (VAM) of teacher effectiveness do not produce stable ratings of teachers. For example, different statistical models (all based on reasonable assumptions) yield different 2 effectiveness scores. Researchers have found that how a teacher is rated changes from class to 3 class, from year to year, and even from test to test . b) There is no evidence that evaluation systems that incorporate student test scores produce gains in student achievement. In order to determine if there is a relationship, researchers recommend
Baker, E. et al. (2011). Correspondence to the New York State Board of Regents. Retrieved October 16, 2011 from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-letter-from-assessment-experts-the-ny-regentsignored/2011/05/21/AFJHIA9G_blog.html. 2 Papay, J. (2011). Different tests, different answers: The stability of teacher value-added estimates across outcome measures. American Educational Research Journal 48 (1) pp 163-193. 3 McCaffrey, D. et al. (2004). Evaluating value-added models of teacher accountability. Santa Monica, CA.; Rand Corporation.
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small-scale pilot testing of such systems. Student test scores have not been found to be a strong 4 predictor of the quality of teaching as measured by other instruments or approaches . c) The Regents examinations and Grades 3-8 Assessments are designed to evaluate student 5 learning, not teacher effectiveness, nor student learning growth . Using them to measure the latter is akin to using a meter stick to weigh a person: you might be able to develop a formula that links height and weight, but there will be plenty of error in your calculations.

Concern #2: Students will be adversely affected by New York States APPR When a teachers livelihood is directly impacted by his or her students scores on an end-of-year examination, test scores take front and center. The nurturing relationship between teacher and student changes for the worse. a) With a focus on the end of year testing, there inevitably will be a narrowing of the curriculum as 6 teachers focus more on test preparation and skill and drill teaching . Enrichment activities in the arts, music, civics and other non-tested areas will diminish. b) Schools will have an incentive to place struggling students in lower-level classes without standardized assessments School systems may hesitate placing students in Regents classes beyond the basic five needed for graduation so that their performance on Advanced Regents examinations will not negatively impact evaluations. If schools use Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) scores, as suggested by Commissioner King, schools might be more reluctant to challenge students upward for fear that poor test performance might result in teachers being unfairly penalized. c) Teachers will subtly but surely be incentivized to avoid students with health issues, students with disabilities, English Language Learners or students suffering from emotional issues. Research 7 has shown that no model yet developed can adequately account for all of these ongoing factors . d) The dynamic between students and teacher will change. Instead of teacher and student versus the exam, it will be teacher versus students performance on the exam. e) Collaboration among teachers will be replaced by competition. With a value added system, a 5th grade teacher has little incentive to make sure that her incoming students score well on the 4th grade exams, for incoming students with high scores would make her job more challenging. When competition replaces collaboration, every student loses.

See Burris, C. & Welner, K. (2011). Conversations with Arne Duncan: Offering advice on educator evaluations. Phi Delta Kappan 93 (2) pp 38-41. 5 New York State Education Department (2011). Guide to the 2011 Grades 3-8 Testing Program in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Retrieved October 18, 2011 from http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/ei/ela-mathguide-11.pdf . 6 Committee on Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education of the National Research Council. (2011). Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 7 Baker, E. et al (2010). Problems with the use of test scores to evaluate teachers. Washington, D.C. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved October 16, 2011 from: http://epi.3cdn.net/b9667271ee6c154195_t9m6iij8k.pdf; Newton, X. et al. (2010). Value-added modeling of teacher effectiveness: An exploration of stability across models and contexts. Education Policy and Analysis Archives. Retrieved October 16, 2011 from http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/810/858. ; Rothstein, J. (2009). Student sorting and bias in value-added estimation: Selection on observables and unobservables. Education Finance and Policy, 4(4), 537571.

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Concern #3: Tax Dollars Are Being Redirected from Schools to Testing Companies, Trainers and Outside Vendors School budgets must now be built within the constraint of New York States 2% Tax Cap law. Due to the details of the APPR regulations, district funds must be funneled to staff development and outside scoring even as New York State taxpayers precious dollars are funneled to testing companies and other vendors. At a time of economic crisis, this leaves fewer and fewer dollars for our classrooms. According to a recent 8 report by the New York State Superintendents entitled, At the Edge , 81% of all superintendents are worried that they will not have the funds to implement APPR in a way that would best serve their students needs. a) As recommended by the Regents reform agenda, all building principals receive ten days of training and superintendents receive seventeen days of training during the first year of implementation. Taxpayer funds to these outside training sessions are typically $120 per day per person. Conservative estimates put the state-wide mandated costs for this training in the range of several millions of taxpayer dollars. Recognizing that many other supervisors will be required to attend this training in order to evaluate teachers, these costs will continue to balloon. b) The need for a rapid turnaround in test scores (so they can be included in end-of-year evaluations) coupled with an increased emphasis on exam security will result in increased costs for districts. Tax dollars will be diverted to outside companies in the areas of test development, exam security and data analysis. These dollars diverted to testing companies may well range into the hundreds of millions of dollars statewide at the same time that funding for instruction is cut.

Our Recommendations 1. School-wide achievement results should be used as part of every teachers and principals evaluation. Schools are learning communities. An evaluation system that even partially bases an individual teachers evaluation on his or her students scores ignores the reality that student success is often predicated on the work of many adults in a school, as well as out-of-school factors that 9 are actually more responsible for student success . Non-classroom-teacher factors account for 10 roughly 85-90% of the statistical variation in students test scores . Reading teachers, resource room teachers and ELL teachers provide critical skill support to our students. Guidance counselors, social workers, psychologists and deans provide social-emotional support for students. Thus, student scores reflect the work of many school personnel, as well as the influence of families and the effort of students. Schools operate best when there is cooperation 11 among all faculty members and when all are accountable for every students learning . If students test scores must be used as part of educators evaluations, we recommend that a score be used in a global manner. That is, that one index which incorporates school-wide achievement results be developed and used as part of each teachers and principals evaluation.
The Council of School Superintendents. (2011). At the edge: A survey of New York State School Superintendents on fiscal matters. Retrieved on October 16, 2011 from: http://www.nyscoss.org/pdf/upload/AttheEdgeSurveyReportFINAL.pdf 9 Goldhaber, D., Brewer, D. & Anderson, D. (1999). A three-way error components analysis of educational productivity. Education Economics 7 (3) pp 199-208. 10 See Hanusheck, E., Kain, J. & Rivkin, S. (1998). Teachers, schools and academic achievement. Retrieved October 16, 2011 from http://www.cgp.upenn.edu/pdf/Hanushek_NBER.PDF. 11 DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work. Best Practices for enhancing student achievement. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.
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Districts, based on the needs of their students, should have the final say in what achievement factors comprise that index. 2. Pilot and adjust the evaluation system before implementing it on a large scale. Any annual evaluation system should be piloted and adjusted as necessary based on field feedback before being put in place state-wide. In other words, the state should pilot models and then use measures of student learning to evaluate the model. Delaware spent years piloting and fine-tuning their system before putting it in place formally state-wide. Use broad bands, not numbers, for the evaluation of teachers and principals. Evaluation should be about improvement, not sorting and selecting. A number between one and one hundred simply cannot describe the complex work of an educator. Neither is it realistic to think that the difference between a teacher score of 86 and 87 would have meaning or validity. The four performance bands (ineffective, developing, effective and highly effective) are the only evaluation ratings that should be used.

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We, Principals of Long Island schools, conclude that the proposed APPR process is an unproven system that is wasteful of increasingly limited resources. More importantly, it will prove to be deeply demoralizing to educators and harmful to the children in our care. Our students are more than the sum of their test scores, and an overemphasis on test scores will not result in better learning. According to a nine12 year study by the National Research Council , the past decades emphasis on testing has yielded little learning progress, especially considering the cost to our taxpayers. We welcome accountability and continually strive to meet high standards. We want what is best for our students. We believe, however, that an unproven, expensive and potentially harmful evaluation system is not the path to lasting school improvement. We must not lose sight of what matters the mostthe academic, social and emotional growth of our students.

Prepared by

Sean C. Feeney, Ph.D.

Carol C. Burris, Ed.D.

President Nassau County High School Principals Association

Principal South Side High School

Committee on Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education of the National Research Council. (2011). Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.

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Signed by Principals Across Long Island (Updated 31 October 2011)

Name Dr. Scott Andrews Ms. Michele Darby Mrs. Dana Basile Ms. Bernice-Theresa Acevedo Mrs. Joan Flatley Dr. LaQuita Outlaw Mr. Carlton Brown Ms. Johnna Grasso Ms. Susan Haske Mr. David Seinfeld Ms. Lorraine Poppe Mr. Michael Harrington Mr. Michael Spence Mr. Steven Furrey Mrs. Angelita Cintado Mr. David Schneider Ms. Kerri McCarthy Mr. Richard Loeschner Dr. Marian Nasta Mr. Joseph Coniglione Mr. Neil J. Connolly Ms. Marilyn Manfredi Mrs. Susan Folkson Mr. Edward Casswell Ms. Patricia Cunningham Mr. Jay Matuk Mr. Charles N. Heppeler Jr. Mr. Anthony Davidson Mr. Brian Simpson Ms. Michelle Tancredi Mrs. Katherine Rihm Mrs. Michelle Collison Dr. Lisa Ihne Mr. John Delio Mrs. Denise Toscano Mr. Charles Morea Mr. Andrew Lagnado Mr. Joseph Agosta Mrs. Jeanette Altruda Dr. Christine Criscione Mrs. Eliana Levey Mr. Adam Fine Mr. William Brennen Mr. Timothy Silk Mr. William Fortgang Ms. Laura Guggino Mr. James Bloomgarden Dr. Sean Feeney Mr. Stephen Kimmel Ms. Susan Goltz School Amityville Memorial High School EW Miles Middle School Babylon Elementary School Lenox School Meadow School Bay Shore Middle School Gardiner Manor South Country James Wilson Young MS Calhoun High School John F. Kennedy High School Mepham High School Bethpage High School Central Boulevard Elementary Charles Campagne Elementary JFK Middle School Kramer Lane Elementary School Brentwood High School Loretta Park Comsewogue High School Carle Place MS/HS Cherry Lane School Rushmore Avenue School Center Moriches High School Center Moriches Middle School Cold Spring Harbor High School Burr Intermediate School Commack Middle School Indian Hollow Primary School Mandracchia-Sawmill IS North Ridge Primary Wood Park Bosti Elementary School Edith L. Slocum Idle Hour Elementary Ronkonkoma Middle School Copiague Middle School Great Neck Road Elementary Walter G. O'Connell Copiague HS Abraham Lincoln School Robert Frost Middle School East Hampton High School East Islip High School Centre Avenue Elementary East Rockaway Junior-Senior HS Rhame Avenue North Side School The Wheatley School Willets Road Centereach Academic Center District Amityville UFSD Amityville UFSD Babylon UFSD Baldwin UFSD Baldwin UFSD Bay Shore UFSD Bay Shore UFSD Bay Shore UFSD Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bellmore-Merrick Bellmore-Merrick Bellmore-Merrick Bethpage UFSD Bethpage UFSD Bethpage UFSD Bethpage UFSD Bethpage UFSD Brentwood UFSD Brentwood UFSD Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD Carle Place UFSD Carle Place UFSD Carle Place UFSD Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches UFSD Cold Spring Harbor CSD Commack UFSD Commack UFSD Commack UFSD Commack UFSD Commack UFSD Commack UFSD Connetquot CSD Connetquot CSD Connetquot CSD Connetquot CSD Copiague UFSD Copiague UFSD Copiague UFSD Deer Park UFSD Deer Park UFSD East Hampton UFSD East Islip UFSD East Rockaway UFSD East Rockaway UFSD East Rockaway UFSD East Williston UFSD East Williston UFSD East Williston UFSD Eastern Suffolk BOCES

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Name Mr. Samuel Mc Aleese Mr. Marc Foreman Mr. Thomas McGrath Mr. Joseph Delgado Mrs. Barbara Lassen Mr. Josph Steimel Dr. Vincent Mulieri Mrs. Karen Koliadko Dr. Hugh Gigante Mrs. Pamela Fine Mr. Glen Zakian Dr. Ceil Candreva Mr. Gil Torossian Ms. Valerie Mazzone Mrs. Paula Lein Ms. Odette Wills Ms. Peggy Miller Mr. Ernest James Kight Jr. Mrs. Paulette Acquavito Ms. Nanine Cuttitta Dr. Peter Osroff Ms. Audrey Bellovin Dr. Suzanne Viscovich Ms. Linda Norton Mrs. Rosemarie Sekelsky Ms. Nomi Rosen Dr. Joseph Hinton Dr. Michael Israel Dr. Anael Alston Ms. Sharon Emick Fougner Mr. Bernard Kaplan Ms. Denise Desmond-Nolan Ms. Susan Elliott Dr. James Welsch Mr. Ronald Gimondo Mrs. Phyllis Feldman Mrs. Debbie Shalom Mr. Eric Nezowitz Mr. Andrew Greene Mr. Chad Snyder Mr. Ross Diener Mr. Wayne Ebanks Dr. Jeffery Woodberry Ms. Deborah Ostrosky Ms. Karen Littell Mrs. Joanne Giordano Ms. Maureen Kelly Mrs. Maryann Fletcher Mr. Richard Brown Dr. Rodney Gilmore Ms. Sheryl McBeth Mr. Edward Bellomo

School H.B. Ward Career & Technical Center Jefferson Academic Center Milliken Tech Center Suffolk Aviation Academy Dayton Avenue School Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior HS Elwood-John H. Glenn High School Harley Avenue Hugh Gigante James H. Boyd Intermediate Farmingdale High School John Street Elementary School Polk Elementary School Washington Street School Archer Street School Bayview Avenue School of A&S Columbus Ave ECC Freeport High School John W. Dodd Middle School Garden City High School Garden City Middle School Hemlock Homestead Stewart School Connolly Elementary School Deasy School Glen Cove High School Landing Elementary School Robery Finley Middle School E.M. Baker Elementary Great Neck North Great Neck North Middle School Great Neck South High School Great Neck South Middle School John F. Kennedy School Lakeville Elementary School Parkville Saddle Rock Elementary School Candlewood Middle School Chestnut Hill Elementary School Forest Park Elementary Half Hollow Hills High School West Half Hollow Hills HS East Signal Hill Sunquam Oldfield Middle School Washington Drive Primary School Hauppauge Middle School Hempstead Early Childhood Center Jackson Main Elementary Marshall School Center Street School

District Eastern Suffolk BOCES Eastern Suffolk BOCES Eastern Suffolk BOCES Eastern Suffolk BOCES Eastport-South Manor CSD Eastport-South Manor CSD Elwood UFSD Elwood UFSD Elwood UFSD Elwood UFSD Farmingdale UFSD Franklin Square UFSD Franklin Square UFSD Franklin Square UFSD Freeport UFSD Freeport UFSD Freeport UFSD Freeport UFSD Freeport UFSD Garden City UFSD Garden City UFSD Garden City UFSD Garden City UFSD Garden City UFSD Glen Cove City SD Glen Cove City SD Glen Cove City SD Glen Cove City SD Glen Cove City SD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Great Neck UFSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Half Hollow Hills CSD Harborfields CSD Harborfields CSD Hauppauge UFSD Hempstead UFSD Hempstead UFSD Hempstead UFSD Herricks UFSD

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Name Mrs. Mary Louise Haley Ms. Joan Keegan Dr. Jane Modoono Ms. Elizabeth Guercin Mrs. Bonnie Epstein Mr. Thomas Russo Mrs. Sandra Pensak Mrs. Joan Birringer-Haig Mr. Rick Berkowitz Mr. Michael Dunn Mrs. Susan Strauss Mrs. Jean-Marie Serra Mr. Chris Scardino Ms. Brijinder Singh Mrs. Stephanie Stam Mr. Anthony Lubrano Mrs. Mary Hance Dr. Carmela Leonardi Mr. John Amato Mr. Nicholas Grande Mr. Roger Bloom Dr. Penny Fisher Mrs. Lisa Newman Dr. Eileen Rossman Mr. Antony Sinanis Mr. Joseph Prisinzano Mr. Donald Gately Mr. Lino Bracco Mr. John Craig Dr. Jennifer Lagnado Mr. George Akst Ms. Cindy Lee Mrs. Joann Wallace Dr. Francesco Ianni Mrs. Jeanmarie Wink Ms. Kathleen Valentino Mr. John Zampaglione Mr. Anthony Goss Dr. Sally Evans Mr. John Avena Mr. Frank Naccarato Dr. Kieran McGuire Mr. Sean Murray Mrs. Brenda Young Mrs. Karen Sauter Dr. Gaurav Passi Dr. Michele Natali Ms. Sandra Schneider Mr. Joseph Rainis Mrs. Margaret Ronai Mrs. Barbara Moore Mr. Sean Fallon

School Denton Avenue School Herricks Herricks High School Searingtown School Franklin Early Childhood Center G. W. Hewlett H.S. Hewlett Elementary School Ogden Elementary School Woodmere Middle School Burns Avenue School Dutch Lane School East Street School Fork Lane Elementary School Hicksville High School Lee Avenue Old Country Road Elementary School Woodland Elementary School Huntington High School J. Taylor Finley MS Island Trees High School Island Trees Memorial Middle School J. Fred Sparke Elementary School Michael F. Stokes Islip High School Cantiague Elementary School Jericho High School Jericho Middle School Kings Park High School William T. Rogers Middle School Lawrence High School Lawrence MS Number Two School Abbey Lane Elementary School Division Avenue HS East Broadway Gen. Douglas MacArthur H.S. Joans E. Salk Middle School Lee Road Elementary Summit Lane Wisdom Lane Middle School Lindenhurst Middle School Locust Valley High School East Elementary School Lido Elementary School Lindell Long Beach High School Long Beach Middle School West School Lynbrook High School Lynbrook South Middle School Marion Street North Middle School

District Herricks UFSD Herricks UFSD Herricks UFSD Herricks UFSD Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Hicksville UFSD Huntington UFSD Huntington UFSD Island Trees UFSD Island Trees UFSD Island Trees UFSD Island Trees UFSD Islip UFSD Jericho UFSD Jericho UFSD Jericho UFSD Kings Park CSD Kings Park CSD Lawrence UFSD Lawrence UFSD Lawrence UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Levittown UFSD Lindenhurst UFSD Locust Valley CSD Long Beach City SD Long Beach City SD Long Beach City SD Long Beach City SD Long Beach City SD Long Beach City SD Lynbrook UFSD Lynbrook UFSD Lynbrook UFSD Lynbrook UFSD

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Name Mrs. Lucille McAssey Mrs. Alison Puliatte Mr. Steve Gilhuley Mrs. Margaret McDaid Dr. Dean Schlanger Mr. Shawn Petretti Mr. Thomas Bell Mrs. Linda Peyser Dr. Theodore Fulton Ms. Barbara Phillipson Mrs. Catherine Honeyman Mr. Matthew Clark Mr. Ed Escobar Mr. James Clark Mr. Raymond Williams Ms. Kathleen Hartnett Mrs. Norann McManus Mrs. Faith Skelos Dr. Mark Wiener Mrs. Marilyn Hirschfield Ms. Frances Bennett Mr. Albert Cousins Mrs. Beth-Ann Castiello Mr. Mark Secaur Dr. Allison Glickman-Rogers Mrs. Diane Provvido Mrs. Joanna Kletter Mr. Thomas Capone Dr. Dennis O'Hara Ms. Gina Faust Dr. Randy Rusielewicz Mrs. Carol Muscarella Mr. Robert Amster Mr. Anthony DeRiso Mr. Dean Mittleman Ms. Paulette Miller Ms. Francine Leiboff Mr. James Murray Ms. Alison Clark Mr. Ira Pernick Mr. Christopher Shields Ms. Marilyn M. Rodahan Mr. Thomas Ricupero Mrs. Elizabeth Pryke Mrs. Tricia Bock Dr. Carol Burris Ms. Shelagh McGinn Mrs. Joan Waldman Mr. Darren Raymar Mr. Stephen Strachan Mr. Kevin Scanlon Mr. Matthew Wells

School Waverly Park West End Howard T. Herber Middle School Maurice W. Downing Primary School Manhasset Secondary School Mattituck High School Centereach High School Dawnwood MS Newfield High School Seldon Middle School Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School North Country Road Middle School Mineola High School Barry Tech North Babylon High School Robert Moses Middle School William E DeLuca John G. Dinkelmeyer School Martin Avenue Elementary School Newbridge Road School Saw Mill Road Elementary School North Shore High School Oaks School #3 Oceanside High School Oceanside Middle School School #5 South Oceanside Road School #4 Tom Capone Oyster Bay High School Theodore Roosevelt School Patchogue-Medford High School John H. West Elementary Plainedge High School Plainedge Middle Schools HB Mattlin Middle School Pasadena Elementary Plainview Old Bethpage Kindergarten Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS Stratford Road Elementary School Paul D. Schreiber High School South Salem Elementary School Weber MS Francis F. Wilson Elementary School Hewitt Elementary School Riverside School South Side High School South Side Middle School Watson School Wlliam S. Covert School Roosevelt High School Roslyn High School Cayuga Elementary School

District Lynbrook UFSD Lynbrook UFSD Malverne UFSD Malverne UFSD Manhasset UFSD Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD Middle Country CSD Middle Country CSD Middle Country CSD Middle Country CSD Miller Place UFSD Miller Place UFSD Mineola UFSD Nassau BOCES North Babylon UFSD North Babylon UFSD North Babylon UFSD North Bellmore UFSD North Bellmore UFSD North Bellmore UFSD North Bellmore UFSD North Shore CSD Oceanside UFSD Oceanside UFSD Oceanside UFSD Oceanside UFSD Oceanside UFSD Oceanside UFSD Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD Patchogue-Medford UFSD Plainedge UFSD Plainedge UFSD Plainedge UFSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Port Washington UFSD Port Washington UFSD Port Washington UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre UFSD Roosevelt UFSD Roslyn UFSD Sachem CSD

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Name Mrs. Patricia Aubrey Ms. Denise Kleinman Mrs. Patti Trombetta Dr. Anthony Mauro Dr. Danielle DeLorenzo Mrs. Veronica DeCicco Mrs. Gloria Flynn Mr. John Dolan Ms. Mary Cavanaugh Mr. Frank Panasci Mrs. Laura Amato Mr. Dennis Kelly Ms. Christine DiPaola Dr. Michele LeBlanc Mr. Ronald Hoffer Mr. Thomas Murray Mrs. Rose Castello Mr. Daniel Smith Mr. John Capozzi Ms. Kathleen Sottile Mrs. Valerie Angelillo Mr. Michael DeMartino Mr. Daniel Holtzman Mr. John Nocero Ms. Ireen Westrack Mr. Daniel Goitia Ms. Arlene Wild Dr. Kevin Simmons Mr. Edwin Thompson Mr. John Coady Mrs. Mary Grace Lynch Ms. Faye Robins Ms. Eileen Kerrigan Ms. Roberta Lewis Dr. Timothy Mundell Ellen O'Neill Mr. William Galati Ms. Mary Tabone Mrs. Joanne Mannion Mr. James Kassebaum Ms. Theresa Scrocco Ms. Michelle Burget Dr. Giovanni Durante Mr. Jeffrey Kasper Mrs. Patricia Varrone Ms. Marisa Redden Mr. Brian Biscari Mr. Vincent Vizzo Mrs. Gail Casciano Mr. Gus Hueber Mrs. Kathryn White Dr. Alan Baum

School Chippewa Elementary Gatelot Ave Elementary School Grundy Elementary Hiawatha Elementary School Lynwood Ave Merrimac School Nokomis Elementary Sachem North HS Samoset Middle School Sequoya Middle School Tecumseh Elementary School Waverly Avenue Elementary Wenonah Lincoln Avenue School Sayville High School Sayville Middle School Sunrise Drive Elementary School Seaford Middle School Elmont Memorial High School Floral Park Memorial H. Frank Carey Jr/Sr High School New Hyde Park Memorial High School Shoreham-Wading River High School Accompsett Middle School Branch Brook Elementary School Great Hollow Middle School Mills Pond Elementary School Nesaquake Middle School Smithtown High School East Smithtown High School West St. James Elementary Henry L. Stimson MS Oakwood Primary Center Silas Wood 6th Grade Center Southampton High School Southold Elementary School Southold Junior-Senior High School A.P. Willits Berry Hill School HB Thompson Middle School South Grove Elementary School South Woods Middle School Syosset High School Village School Walt Whitman School Arrowhead Elementary Minnesauke Elementary Murphy JHS Nassakeag Elementary Paul J. Gelinas JHS Setauket Elementray School Ward Melville High School

District Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sachem CSD Sayville UFSD Sayville UFSD Sayville UFSD Sayville UFSD Seaford UFSD Sewanhaka Central HS District Sewanhaka Central HS District Sewanhaka Central HS District Sewanhaka Central HS District Shoreham-Wading River CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD Smithtown CSD South Huntington UFSD South Huntington UFSD South Huntington UFSD Southampton UFSD Southold UFSD Southold UFSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Syosset CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD Three Village CSD

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Name Dr. Nathalie Lilavois Mr. Dexter Hodge Dr. Lynnda Nadien Dr. Florence D Simmons Mr. Frank Huplosky Mr. Darren Gruen Dr. Christine Zerillo Ms. Stephanie Capozzoli Mr. Anthony Mignella Dr. Joseph Pompilio Mr. Cliff Odell Ms. Maureen Henry Ms. Maureen Goldberg Dr. Don Sternberg Mrs. Carolyn Breivogel Dr. Ellice Vassallo Mr. Scott Payne Mr. Anthony Cali Mr. Daniel Rehman Mr. Andrew O'Farrell Dr. Anthony Bridgeman Mrs. Dale Telmer Mr. Manuel Arias Mrs. Lisa Slover Mrs. Eileen Filippone Mrs. Monica Corona Mr. Keith Fasciana Mr. Ed Plaia Mr. Paul Sibblies

School William Sidney Mount School Lawrence Road Middle School Smith Street School Uniondale High School Howell Road James A. Dever School Wheeler Avenue School Willow Road Memorial JHS Valley Stream Central HS Valley Stream North HS Valley Stream South High School Forest Lake School Wantagh Elementary School Wantagh High School West Babylon High School West Babylon JHS Cornwell Avenue School West Hempstead HS Beach Street Middle School West Islip High School Dryden Westbury HS Westhampton Beach Elementary Moriches Elementary School Nathaniel Woodhull Elem. School William Floyd Elementary School William Paca Middle School Wyandanch High School

District Three Village CSD Uniondale UFSD Uniondale UFSD Uniondale UFSD Valley Stream 13 UFSD Valley Stream 13 UFSD Valley Stream 13 UFSD Valley Stream 13 UFSD Valley Stream Central HS District Valley Stream Central HS District Valley Stream Central HS District Valley Stream Central HS District Wantagh UFSD Wantagh UFSD Wantagh UFSD West Babylon UFSD West Babylon UFSD West Hempstead UFSD West Hempstead UFSD West Islip UFSD West Islip UFSD Westbury UFSD Westbury UFSD Westhampton Beach UFSD William Floyd UFSD William Floyd UFSD William Floyd UFSD William Floyd UFSD Wyandanch UFSD

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