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SAD SHARING
POSTED 8/8/23
     Sadly Charles Goehring, retired Athletic Director of Brentwood Schools, recently passed away. Services will be at Chapey Funeral Home in West Islip. The viewing will be Wednesday, August 9th from 5-9 pm. There will be a service at the funeral home on Thursday, August 10th between 12 and 1 pm then going to Pinelawn for the burial service.
The link to Chapey Funeral Home for details

    You can also view Charles Goehring's ROBS retiree exit interview by clicking here.

SAD SHARING
POSTED 8/17/23
     Irene Spano, who retired from the Brentwood School District, sadly passed away on August 10, 2023. She worked as office manager of the Music Department until her retirement in 1998. Please read the following memoriam from her daughters:

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SAD SHARING
POSTED 8/16/23
     Esther Kitty Hayes, who retired from Hamlock Park School in 1989, after 32 years teaching, passed away on August 7, 2023. She died at the age of 95 peacefully in her sleep in Oklahoma City. Visitation was on Monday, August 14 at Moloney's Funeral Home, and burial was on Tuesday, August 15 at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Please view her Obituary here.
      You can also view her ROBS History Project Retiree exit interview that appeared on the ROBS website on July/August 2017 Announcements page.
      May her memory be a blessing and may she Rest in Peace.

ROBS CARES
POSTED 8/17/23
     Once again through the generosity of our members, ROBS will be presenting the following annual donations. First a $100.00 donation to St Patrick’s Hospitality Outreach for school supplies for children in need and second $200.00 to the American Cancer Society for the NYSUT sponsored Breast Cancer Walk.
     Thank you ROBS members for you continued support.

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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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