Miller Place Board Announces New District Website

Miller Place Board member Michael Unger presented the Communications Committee report and announced news reguarding the district newsletter, calendar, website and potential future video and audio from board meetings Wednesday.

Unger announced a new district website should be going live July 1.

"We're still looking to hold to that," he said. "It's a real nice, crisp, clean white look and I think everybody's going to like it. It's more intutive, its more logical...there's a design consistency from building to building to building to the overall district site."

Regarding the newsletter, Unger said that it will be printed for one more year and the summer issue is due to be out in mid-July. After a year, it will be solely online. It was also nnounced that the calendar is going to be exclusively online beginning this year.

Two PDFs will be available from the district website, one basic calendar and one with more detailed information.

"It will save on printing and postages," Unger said. "We're basically going to be doing what all other districts are already doing, it's just the way to go."

Future videoing or audio of meetings for clarifications and for people who are unable to attend was also discussed at a June 15 Communications Committee meeting, Unger said. A final decision has yet to be made.

Hodun Named Interim Superintendent for 2011-12

The board unanimously voted to appoint Susan Hodun as Interim Supertindent once again effective July 1 until June 30. Hodun originally took over in May of 2010, and the board announced they would not look for a replacement back in December.

Rather than becoming permanent Superintendent, the board granted her interim status as a "wait-it-out" approach with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to cap superintendents’ salaries based on student enrollment in the pipeline.