Schools
Plainview Welcomes New Teachers to District
The administration welcomed these new teachers recently to the district.

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District recently welcomed several new teachers who are joining the faculty or taking new positions during the 2013-2014 school year. The full-time teachers now joining the faculty are:
- Cathryn Riley - Guidance Counselor at Mattlin Middle School
- Nicole Seidler - English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher at Mattlin Middle School and Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School (POBMS)
- Danielle DeRosa - Literacy Teacher at Pasadena Elementary School
- Michael Ambury - Business Education Teacher at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School (POBJFK)
- Tina Santaniello - Psychologist at POBJFK
- Kevin Smith - Math Teacher at POBJFK
- I Chin Wong - Foreign Language Teacher at POBJFK and Parkway and Pasadena Elementary Schools
- Casey Boddy - Math Teacher at POBJFK and POBMS
- Erica Craig - Guidance Counselor at POBMS
- Jillian Huldie - Teacher at POBMS
- Caleigh Diesenberg - Teacher at Stratford Road Elementary School
- Rachel Ewing - Teacher at Stratford Road Elementary School.
In the photo attached, the new teachers and substitutes are, from left, Patrick Bellport, Rachel Ewing, Michael Ambury, Kevin Smith; (middle) Casey Boddy, Laura Ok, Nicole Nicoletta, Danielle DeRosa, Caleigh Diesenberg, Jenna Vanek, Erica Craig; (front) Kim Preston, Joanna Gentile, Lissa Mussillo, Tina Marie Santaniello, Jillian Huldie, I Chin Wong and Andrea Luzzi.
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