Jim Baumbach
Investigative Reporter at Newsday
Dad, husband, @Newsday investigative reporter, @SJUTorch supporter. Fan of public records, books and my garden. Curious & resourceful. Integrity matters most.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
newsday.com | John Hildebrand |Jim Baumbach
Teachers accused of sexually abusing students could face "fast-track" license suspensions under a proposed rules change reviewed Monday by the state's policymaking Board of Regents. If approved at the Regents next meeting on May 5 in Albany, the new regulations could provide for speedier, temporary removal of accused teachers from their classrooms until all appeals in their cases are settled, state education officials said.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
newsday.com | Jim Baumbach |Dandan Zou
Sayville school officials said they rescinded a $210,000 agreement to a departing administrator because he led them to believe he was resigning to be with his sick wife, when he actually left for a job in another district, according to court records. Former assistant superintendent Peter Branscombe, 48, of Holtsville, had asserted in a lawsuit filed Nov.
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Dec 4, 2024 |
newsday.com | Dandan Zou |Jim Baumbach
Settlements have been reached "in principle" in 12 lawsuits brought against the Bay Shore school district by former students who allege they were sexually abused decades ago by elementary school teacher Thomas Bernagozzi, the district and an attorney for the plaintiffs confirmed Wednesday. The terms of the settlements have yet to be finalized, Superintendent Steven J. Maloney said in a message shared with the school community.
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Dec 1, 2024 |
newsday.com | Jim Baumbach
Three Mount Sinai school district administrators and a clerk retired in 2022 — but didn’t leave their jobs. Their deals enabled them to collect six-figure pensions and severance payouts on top of reduced district salaries, together more than $1.6 million last school year, according to district memos, payroll and state pension records Newsday obtained from Freedom of Information Law requests.
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Oct 15, 2024 |
newsday.com | Jim Baumbach
The Amityville school district dropped a federal lawsuit that sought to keep its Warriors nickname despite the state ban on Native American names, mascots and imagery, according to a court document filed late Monday. Although the district provided no explanation in its two-page filing in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, several Board of Education members recently voiced concern about rising legal fees and the unlikelihood of success.
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