On Board Online • November 4, 2019

By Paul Heiser
Senior Research Analyst

Delegates at NYSSBA's 2019 Annual Business Meeting approved a resolution directing the New York State School Boards Association to support legislative action to regulate the consumption, manufacturing, distribution and advertisement of vaping products.

Delegates also approved a resolution to support legislation that would increase the penalties against any business that sells vaping products to any person who is underage.

On Board Online • November 4, 2019

At NYSSBA's Annual Business Meeting, held in conjunction with the 100th Annual Convention & Education Expo in Rochester, Fred Langstaff of Suffolk County was elected president with a one-year term beginning Jan. 1.

Langstaff has been a member of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Board since 1998 and the board's clerk since 2003. Previously, he served nine years on the Sayville School Board.

On Board Online • November 4, 2019

By Cathy Woodruff
Senior Writer

Local school district leaders attending a session billed as "A Conversation with the Chancellor" at NYSSBA's 100th Annual Convention & Education Expo in Rochester expressed concern about a recent exodus of high-level staff from the State Education Department.

"It's always sad and unfortunate when you lose quality people," Vice Chancellor T. Andrew Brown said as he answered a question about how the Regents will respond to the recent spate of losses.

On Board Online • November 4, 2019

By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief

Prejudice is interfering with both socialization and academic achievement of school children, a psychology professor from the University of Rochester told attendees at NYSSBA's 100th Annual Convention & Education Expo.

Adolescents and younger children are both the victims and perpetrators of interpersonal forms of discrimination, said Lauren Elenbaas, who has spent the last 10 years studying the phenomenon.