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Davis returns after district lawsuit settled Pomerico was elected earlier this month, cast the only dissenting votes. “The board, along with the At a Freeport Board of Education meeting on July 22, school community, are excited trustees voted to reinstate Fia to bring Dr. Davis back to work as our superintendent,” Davis as superintendent of schools, 15 months after she Pomerico said after the vote to was placed on paid reassign- reinstate her. “I look forward to ment. The district has also the district’s rising success.” agreed to settle the “We would like l aw s u i t i t f i l e d to thank the board against Davis in for taking the task February. of immediate The school reform for our disboard, led by Presitrict,” Patricia Landent Michael gan, president of Pomerico, approved the Freeport Teachtwo resolutions at e r s A s s o c i at i o n , last week’s meetsaid. “To Dr. Davis, ing. The first was a PATRICIA LANgAN if you are listening, “settlement agree- President, welcome back and ment and general Freeport Teachers we l c o m e h o m e. release” between Association Very much like the the district and h o l i d ay s, wh e n Davis. The second friends and family authorized Davis to resume her return, boy, do I have a lot to work as superintendent effec- tell you.” tive Aug. 3, and terminated the Davis was hired as superindistrict’s employment agree- tendent on Aug. 21, 2024, taking ment with Shakirah Miller, over for longtime district who had served as interim administrator and superintensuperintendent since April 2. dent Kishore Kuncham. Having Miller’s contract was set to served for 15 years as a public expire on July 30. school principal in the Bronx B o t h r e s o l u t i o n s w e r e and for a combined four years passed by 4-1 votes. Trustee as an assistant superintendent Sunday Coward, who was the and superintendent there, school board president before Continued on page 10
By ANDREW FRANCIS
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Deliah Roberts/Herald
Shopping at Nautical Mile gift and Craft Fair Freeport residents and other Long Island locals came to Sea Breeze Park on July 26, for the Nautical Mile Gift and Craft Fair. Kari Seitz, Kristin Young and Aimee Landau of JoJo’s Jewels were one of the many vendors in attendance. Their shop is named after Landau’s daughter Jordyn who died from cancer at the age of 24. The jewels that the women make and sell are in honor of her and go towards helping other cancer patients and survivors. Story, Page 3.
‘Keep Long Island Beautiful’ campaign making a SPLASH By ANDREW FRANCIS afrancis@liherald.com
A coalition of Long Island environmental organizations, including Freeport’s Operation SPLASH, recently launched its “Keep Long Island Beautiful” initiative during “America’s 250th Birthday Ball Drop” celebration at the Long Island Children’s Museum. The initiative seeks to provide Long Island residents with means to participate in their own local cleanups, while encouraging them to join larger volunteer efforts with marine conservation groups like Operation SPLASH. Robert Weltner, Operation SPLASH president,
said the organization has already been able to make several meaningful contributions to marine conservation, thanks to the help of its 250 volunteers and more than 4,000 sponsoring members. Operation SPLASH volunteers have reportedly removed more than 3.5 million pounds of debris from Long Island’s South Shore since 1990. “We cover about 34 miles of coastline, and over 54,000 acres of wetlands, marshes and beaches with our eight boats,” Weltner said. “We’re out there every day, so we have a very good finger on the pulse as to what kind of debris we’re seeing.” Continued on page 11
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o Dr. Davis … welcome back and welcome home.