The Manhasset School District plans to hire two administrators for the upcoming academic year: a dean of students at the Manhasset Secondary School and an additional assistant principal at Munsey Park Elementary School.
In an editorial published in this week’s Manhasset Times, School Superintendent Charles Cardillo wrote that the district plans to fill both positions in the next few weeks in an effort to meet new and ongoing curriculum needs and other supervisory responsibilities.
Manhasset Secondary School previously did not operate with a dean of students, but rather two assistant principals, one of which was eliminated during the 2013-14 budgetary process that resulted in cuts throughout the district.
Anthony Ambrogio, the district’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, said Monday the need for a dean of students became apparent due to increased enrollment in the last few years and the start of capital improvements to the secondary school building.
“We really need some assistance with some of the structural needs of the building,” he said.
The position would be salaried between $95,000 and $105,000 per year, Ambrogio said.
According to enrollment projections recorded last September, the Manhasset School District will have 1,115 students in grades 9-12 and 589 in grades 7 and 8 for the 2015-16 school year.
Cardillo cited Munsey Park and Shelter Rock enrollment as among the highest in Nassau County, with 1,647 students projected in the next school year for grades K-6, according to district figures.
With the hiring a new assistant principal at Munsey Park, current Assistant Principal Theresa Curry would oversee both the Munsey Park and Shelter Rock elementary schools, as “the challenges in improving teaching and learning and fostering a nurturing environment have become greater under the large enrollment levels,” Cardillo wrote.
Ambrogio said a salary range for the position has not yet been determined, but added the average assistant principal makes approximately $120,000 per year.
