East Meadow Superintendent To Retire At The End Of The Year

EAST MEADOW, NY — After five years with the East Meadow School District, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kenneth A. Card, Jr. has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. He will retire effective Aug. 31, 2023.

Card’s career in education began at the Harborfields Central School District as a social studies teacher from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, he became the assistant principal at Oldfield Middle School, and his tenure at Harborfields continued until 2005. Then, that July, he moved to the Huntington School District, where he worked for 12 years, first as Woodhull Intermediate School’s principal. In 2009, he was appointed the Huntington’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

Additionally, Card was an adjunct assistant professor in the department of Teacher Leadership and Learning at Long Island University from 2007-2019, and has also been an adjunct instructor at the School of Education at SUNY Old Westbury since 2011.

“We wish you the best of luck as you have served us well,” said Board of Education President Alisa Baroukh. “We hope that your retirement will be fulfilling.”

The board officially approved Card’s resignation during its Aug. 24 board meeting. In the coming weeks, the board will begin the process of hiring a search firm to aid it in conducting a thorough search for a replacement. This process will include contributions and input from all stakeholders, the board said.