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Kings Park Schools Reorganize Its Central Office to Tackle Common Core

New positions and titles designed to allow Cartisano to focus on what's happening in Kings Park classrooms.

Kings Park Board of Education approved a series of resolutions that will bring sweeping changes to the district's central administration in hopes of focusing more support behind implementing to Common Core. 

Kings Park Board of Education voted in favor of eliminate three existing positions in the district's central administration in favor of creating three new positions carrying different responsibilities and tasking, Times of Smithtown reports. 

At Tuesday's school board meeting, school trustees abolished the position of assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and personnel which is currently held by Ralph Cartisano.

Cartisano will his work for the school district starting Jan. 15 in the newly created position as assistant superitnendent of curriculum and instruction. He will continue to receive the same salary, according to the board's resolution. 

"We looked for a model that would allow us to free up Dr. Cartisano from the personnel piece so he could spend his time focusing on what is happening in classrooms," Agruso said on Tuesday night, according to Times of Smithtown. 

The school board also abolish the two positions of: administrative positions of assistant superintendent for finance and administrative services formerly held by Dr. Philip Kenter, and the director of administrative services, held by Shannon Meehan. 

Meehan has been reappointed on probation into the newly created position of school business administrator starting Jan. 15. She will receive a salary of $125,000, according to the printed personnel changes, and will serve a three-year term through Jan. 14, 2017. 

The newly created position of assistant superintendent of personnel and administrative services, made to replace the title held by Kenter who resigned to work for another district, remains vacant as of Tuesday night. 

Read more on Times of Smithtown regarding changes in the Kings Park Central School District's administration. 


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