The Shoreham-Wading River Board of Education granted tenure to staff members during the last Board meeting of the school year.

To the applause of family members, colleagues and community members, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Brian Heyward introduced the five educators – Barbara Araujo teaching assistant at Prodell Middle School, Brian Ferguson, Kristin Fierro and Christina McCormick, all three special education teachers at Prodell and Mark Verity, music teacher at Wading River Elementary School.

At the meeting, Superintendent of Schools Gerard Poole also congratulated the Board members for their tireless efforts on behalf of the district and the recent New York State School Boards Association training they completed on the essentials of school board governance and their accountability and fiduciary responsibilities.