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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Marlboro approves tenured positions
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The Marlboro School Board approved six teachers for tenure at last week’s meeting. L-R Supt. Michael Brooks, Nicole Wurster, Raquel Piazza,
Jennifer Fox, Gina Hansut, Hayden Carlin and Nicole Carlin.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week the Marlboro School Board
approved six people for tenure with the
district. Michael Bakatsias, Assistant
Superintendent for Technology and
Personnel, offered comments on each of
the teachers.
Bakatsias said Gina Hansut is a
Teaching Assistant at the Elementary
School.
“Some of the conversations around
her recommendations included very
passionate about children of all ages but
we’re very fortunate to have her in our
Elementary School. Additionally, she
is someone you can really count on if
the administration needs another set of
hands or needs assistance in the building
they can certainly go to this person. She’s
a rock and definitely a mainstay of our
teaching assistant core,” he said.
Bakatsias spoke of Hayden Carlin who
teaches English in the Middle School.
“He has made a tremendous impact
in that school...The recommendations for
this gentleman include engaging lessons,
really available after school and provides
lots of opportunities for all students.
We’re really proud of Hayden Carlin,”
Bakatsias said.
Bakatsias described Jennifer Fox as
“a very bright star” at the Elementary
School in her position as a teacher in
Special Education.
“She has an infectious smile and
we’re extremely happy with her
technical skills when it comes to Special
Education. She works in coordination
with so many teachers and really adds
to the educational knowledge base at the
Elementary School. Please give a round
of applause for Jennifer Fox,” he said.
Bakatsias said Raquel Piazza teaches
English as a Second Language in the
Middle School.
“This individual has really made us
all better people and more aware of the
students she serves, which are non-native
speakers of the English language. They
come from all different countries,” he
said. “Some of the recommendations and
the discussions [about her] include an
advocate for these children, someone who
has so many strategies and has really
taught us all, from staff to faculty to
administration, how to better serve the
needs of these students.”
Bakatsias said English teacher Nicole
Carlin is ‘another star’ at the Marlboro
High School.
“Some of the discussions around
her [tenure] recommendation included
lessons that are very thought provoking,
challenges our students to think outside
the box and really poses a lot of real
world types of questions and discussions,
and really keeps those students engaged,”
he said.
Bakatsias said Nicole Wurster is
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