The Wantagh Union Free School District announced on its website Thursday, the hiring of Phil D’Angelo, current Skaneateles Central School District superintendent, as its new superintendent.
The Wantagh board of education unanimously approved D’Angelo’s appointment Wednesday. His salary at the Long Island district will be $227,000.
The Skaneateles board of education has not yet accepted his resignation, but Board President Evan Dreyfuss guessed the board might approve it at the next meeting on Tuesday, May 15.
According to the news release on the Wantagh website, D’Angelo will start July 1, leaving Skaneateles after six years.
“Phil has led our district for six years and the last two or three have been some of the most difficult fiscal times for all school districts since the early 1980s,” Dreyfuss said Thursday. “Phil did a great job of balancing reductions while maintaining a high level of programming for our students.”
According to information posted on the Wantagh site, D’Angelo served as vice principal of Odyssey Academy in Greece, N.Y.; assistant principal of Hornell Junior-Senior High School; an adjunct chemistry professor at Genesee Community College; and a science teacher at Livonia Junior-Senior High School.
“After a long and thorough search, we are confident Mr. D’Angelo possesses the professional qualifications, leadership skills, and vision to lead our students and school district to even greater levels of achievement,” Wantagh Board of Education President William Russack stated in the announcement.
Dreyfuss said a likely next step for Skaneateles will be to find an interim superintendent while a formal search is organized. D’Angelo’s salary was $190,555 as of 2011, according to SeeThroughNY.
“The school system that Mr. D’Angelo is headed to is a good one and a larger one,” Dreyfuss said. “We wish him much success.”
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