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POSTED 7/1/24 Barbara Springer, a retired Elementary Education teacher, passed away in April 2024. The following tribute to Barbara was written by Letty Sustrin: FAREWELL BARBARA Sadly, one of my dearest friends, Barbara Springer, passed away in April. Services and burial were private. Barbara was a very special person. She taught, and was also Math Consultant at Laurel Park, for many years. She was always there to nurture the Math Olympians, and to come running down to your classroom when your computer was malfunctioning! And as we all know it was quite often. My deceased twin sister, Sheila, and I, became friends with Barbara through her ongoing friendship with Mary Pat Lyons, who was also a ROBS member and is deceased as well. The four of us became a little private group and enjoyed going to movies and out to dinner together. When Mary Pat passed away in 2009, she had an adorable Pug named Bailey. None of her relatives wanted him and we already had a dog. Barbara loved cats and had two of them, but being a loyal friend she offered to adopt Bailey. They became a twosome and when Barbara developed cancer and moved to N.Y.C. to be near her daughter, Bailey became a city dog, and Barbara had her own little Menagerie. When her cat passed away at age 19, Barbara adopted a senior cat, and then another cat later on. Barbara truly had a great big heart! Barbara had lots of ups and downs with her illness but she always looked for the sunny side of things. Her daughter, Laura, built a home in Pennsylvania for the two of them for when she, herself, would retire.This became a Haven for the both of them and their pets. Barbara loved going there as it was so peaceful and beautiful. Her daughter has a heart as great as her mother had. I know Laura is privately grieving, and hopefully time will heal this. It would be wonderful if everyone who knew her would say a little prayer for Barbara. As I said to Laura, “Barbara must have caught up with Sheila and Mary Pat and the three of them are having a ball together in Heaven.” I truly believe this!! Farewell Barbara! Submitted by Letty Sustrin |
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Why did we do it? What was our purpose in taking on such an open ended “History Project”; for which we evolved a script of questions and got answers from over 150 subjects for two decades? We couldn’t answer the question in 1994 when people would ask “What are you going to do with the interviews?” All we could say was that for educational purposes we had to document our record now or lose the chance to preserve so many poignant accounts, funny stories and touching tales told by exemplary educators. We knew these dedicated public servants might shortly, for reasons yet unknown, be leaving Brentwood for good. So, we decided to let time sort out the details. We began scheduling appointments. We asked questions and listened saving for generations the essence of what it meant to have been an educator or employed, in this large public school system during the second half of the 20th century. Brentwood remains an exemplar to all others; a diverse microcosm of America reflecting 124 districts on Long Island while simultaneously resembling thousands across the U.S. We’ve accomplished something here to be proud of. Whether we were interviewed or not, ours is a claim of service that few professionals in the State of New York or elsewhere have positioned themselves to share in the way we have. INITIALLY the practice of sitting with a subject for an hour and giving them a hundred percent focused attention seemed somewhat daunting to a number of friends and colleagues. So much so in fact that many declined our repeated invitations to speak with us as they left careers or retired from full employment. Despite all assurances that we were not about investigative journalism or invading privacy, they deferred. Now, twenty years after we began, some are saying they may be ready. “Better late than never” we say. However, to all among you who were willing to share not only your classroom experiences and personal stories, but precious memories from your lives along with your fondest hopes for the future, we say “Thanks”. Thanks for allowing us to continue the process by paying it forward as we share these interviews with the Brentwood community and countless professionals and researchers near and far. Through an acceptance of ROBS offer of collaboration with Archivist Dr. Geri Solomon and The Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University our History Project lives on in academia as well as in the collection of the Brentwood Public Library, thanks to Director, Thomas A. Tarantowicz. You can enjoy unlimited visits to www.robsny.org where you can watch and listen to segments from featured Interviews in the ROBS History Project Section on our Announcements Page each month. Return here to listen and learn again and again. |
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