June 2
End-of-Year Luncheon

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BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDORSEMENT 2023
POSTED 5/6/23
      Please remember to vote on Tuesday, May 16th in support of school budgets and endorsed candidates for the BOE in whatever town you reside on Long Island.
    The BTA is requesting that our retirees residing in Brentwood consider supporting the endorsed candidates in the election on May 16, 2023. The Brentwood Teachers Association, Brentwood Clerical Association and Teamsters 237 have all endorsed Eileen Harman and Brandon Garcia. Eileen is a retired BTA member and delegate who worked 26 years at Laurel Park. Brandon is an alumni, former student liaison to the BOE when he was class President, a US Air-Force veteran and Brentwood Ambulance Volunteer.
     This is a uniquely Brentwood story.  Eileen was Brandon’s 4th grade teacher, and now they are running together to become part of the Brentwood BOE.
    

SAD SHARING
POSTED 5/15/23
     Noreen LoConte, retired Special Education teacher from Laurel Park, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2023 after battling cancer for six months. She was a dedicated teacher and a very special person.
    Condolences can be sent to Noreen's husband at:
Gene LoConte
13628 Pelham Crossover Lane
Gainsville, VA 20155

CLERICAL END OF THE YEAR PARTY
POSTED 5/16/23
     The Clerical End of the Year Party will take place on June 14th, 2023 at the Shandon Court, East Islip. Please help us celebrate the end of the school year and the retirement of : Carol Menditto, Lisa Milazzo, Diane McAuliff, Barbara Lynch, Gina Visconte, and Susan Krumenacker.
     Below you can download the flyer with details and register. Please RSVP by May 31, 2023

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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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