Neil Lederer Appointed Interim Principal at LBHS

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At the July 1 meeting of the Long Beach Board of Education, board trustees approved the appointment of Neil Lederer as interim principal of Long Beach High School, effective July 3.

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Lederer has been in public education for 47 years. He began his career as a science teacher in New York City and in 1973 became a department chairman of science and health education at Lindenhurst Junior High School. He has served as assistant principal in Lindenhurst and as a junior high school, middle school and high school principal in the Lindenhurst and Harborfields School Districts. Under his leadership, Harborfields’ Oldfield Middle School was nominated as a school of excellence by New York State.

Lederer rose to the rank of superintendent of the Lindenhurst School District in 2002 and immediately set out to raise academic standards, improve student achievement on state assessments and Regents exams and expand Advanced Placement offerings at the high school. He retired from that position in 2009, and has since served as interim superintendent of the Three Village School District and the Bayport-Blue Point School District. He has also served as interim principal of West Hempstead High School.

During his tenure as superintendent of Lindenhurst, Lederer served as president of the Suffolk County School Superintendent’s Association. Among his most notable awards, he was honored with the SCOPE Administrative Service Award, the PDK International Friend of Education Award from the Stony Brook University Chapter and the Boy Scouts of America Golden Apple Award for contributions to education and community affairs.

Educated in the New York City School System, Lederer received his undergraduate degree from Long Island University, Brooklyn campus. His graduate studies in educational administration led to a master’s degree from New York University.