Board of Education
The William Floyd School District is an active partnership of students, parents, educators, staff, and community. We are committed to teach, encourage, and challenge all students to fulfill their intellectual, emotional, aesthetic, and physical potential, and to apply their knowledge and skills to become contributing, responsible citizens of a rapidly changing, diverse, global society. Our mission will be achieved in a learner-centered, nurturing and safe environment, designed to empower students with the ability and desire to thrive as life-long learners. Adopted December 16, 1996
Board Members
April Coppola
Board President
Elected 2016
Robert Taiani
Board Vice President
Elected 2008
Lorraine Mentz
Board Member
Elected 2018
Angelo Cassarino
Board Member
Elected 2020
Jennifer Heitman
Board Member
Elected 2021
Kevin Meyer
Board Member
Elected 2022
Luis J. Soto
Board Member
Elected 2023
Board of Education Secretary
Mary Sidaras
(631) 874-1204
District Clerk
Carolyn Visintin
(631) 874-1117
District News
The William Floyd Board of Education recently held its annual reorganization meeting for the 2025-26 school year, in which newly re-elected trustees April Coppola, Lorraine Mentz and Luis J. Soto took the oath of office for the start of their new three-year terms. This year’s reorganization meeting also featured the appointment of the district’s inaugural group of student Board of Education members.
The William Floyd School District Districtwide Safety Plan, as required by the Project SAVE Law (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education: Commissioner of Education Regulation 155.17) has been established to provide for the safety, health and security of students, faculty and staff and allows for input from the various employee groups, the Suffolk County Police Department, the Office of Homeland Security and the Mastic, Mastic Beach, Brookhaven and Center Moriches fire departments.
For the second consecutive year, Mr. Melandro's fifth-grade class participated in a fun and heartwarming video illustrating the closing of one chapter and the beginning of the next as students make the "jump" from Tangier Smith Elementary School to William Paca Middle School. The video was created by parent and photographer Jenny Zaglool. Congratulations to the students and best wishes in middle school!
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Board of Education Policies
Contained herein are the policy statements formulated by the Board of Education of the William Floyd Union Free School District. Policy is defined as a basic plan of action. It establishes limits within which freedom of judgment can be exercised. Policy is a governing principle of management. It is a statement which has an effect on the interests of those who come under its jurisdiction. A policy may originate from the constitution, from statute, from local determinations and/or from customary patterns of formal behavior.
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