Smithtown School Notebook: 2 Meetings This Week

Meetings

After a Passover-Easter Recess week where the held just one meeting there will be two meetings this week.

First, there will be a Board of Education special meeting for the budget adoption. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and will be held in the auditorium of the Joseph M. Barton Building on New York Avenue.

Following the special board meeting is a Policy Committee meeting, which will take place Friday starting at 9 a.m. in the Joseph M. Barton Building.

News and Notes

After two years of negotiations the  and the Smithtown Teachers Association have .

The new contract is a five-year agreement with an average annual salary increase of .7 percent over the length of the contract.

26 students total from both  and  were presented with the , which is handed out to students in registered New York State high schools that had exemplary grades in specific Regents exams for up to five years of undergraduate study.

The East and West combined . The team faced off against 15 teams from across Long Island.

, formed by  students Dana Cornacchio, Ally McFadyen, Jacquelyn Cuccurullo and Courtney File, sold pink bandanas  for $2 each to benefit Operation Smile. The group sold more than 300 bandanas.

The took down Westbury, Patchogue-Medford and Hempstead in the 29th Annual Mock Trial Tournament held at Dowling College. The Western Suffolk BOCES sponsored event brought districts from all over Long Island.