The Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education is holding a special meeting tonight to approve the hiring of Jill Gierasch as the district’s new superintendent.
Ms. Gierasch is currently the deputy superintendent of the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District.
The school board will vote to approve a five-year contract with Ms. Gierasch, beginning Aug. 1 and effective until July 31, 2023.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she has been working in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District since August 2009, first as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction before becoming deputy superintendent in 2015. Prior to that she was an assistant principal in the Three Village School District, principal at the Sachem School District during which she was interviewed by the New York Times, and then was assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and staff development in the Sachem School District.
Ms. Gierasch will be replacing current Superintendent Anne Smith, who is retiring next month after working in the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District since 1996, where she began as the primary school principal.
Soon afterward she also served as assistant superintendent, and continued to fill both roles until previous superintendent James McKenna retired and she succeeded him as the district’s superintendent in 2014. She is retiring one year before her contract was scheduled to end.
The Board of Education meeting is at 5:30 p.m. in the high school library.
*Check back for updates following the meeting
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