Longtime Huntington UFSD administrator Jarrett P. Stein will assume a new position in July after being appointed district director of safety and security.
The Huntington School Board approved the appointment this past Monday night during a public meeting in the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School auditorium. Mr. Stein is currently serving as an assistant principal at Woodhull Intermediate School and Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School.
Longtime Huntington UFSD adminisrator Jarrett P. Stein has been named district director of safety and security.
“I feel extremely excited and honored having been selected as the district's director of school safety and security,” Mr. Stein said. “The safety of our students has always been my top priority and something I am passionate about. I have a vision of how we can keep our students, faculty and staff safe within our district and I’m looking forward to turning that vision into a reality.”
Mr. Stein earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University and obtained a Master of Science degree in school psychology at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus in 1996. He studied for his state administrative certification at Dowling College.
“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Stein into the position as an established and collaborative member of the school community and one who is a true champion for all Huntington children,” Superintendent James W. Polansky said. “These qualities and his prior experiences in the realm of safety and security contribute to his being well suited for the new role.”
Mr. Stein has been assistant principal of Woodhull Intermediate School since July 2011 and of Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School since September 2018. He was the district’s director of school safety and alternative educational programs during the 2010/11 school year and was acting principal of Woodhull in 2009/10. The veteran educator earlier served as an assistant principal of Huntington High School for nine years.
The Huntington Foundation for Excellence in Education honored Mr. Stein with the organization’s Spirit Award at its Reach for the Stars gala at OHEKA Castle in March 2018.
Prior to coming to the district, Mr. Stein worked as an administrative assistant in the Hicksville school district, as a school psychologist in the Massapequa and Sachem school districts and in the BOCES system, as a teacher assistant in Massapequa, Commack, Half Hollow Hills. He was also employed by BOCES as a group leader and director of several summer camps. He served as the Amagansett school district’s director of student support services.
At Huntington High School, Mr. Stein created and supervised a freshman turn-around program for general education students. He was a Western Suffolk BOCES regional summer school principal from 2004 through 2009
A contributor to the book, The Circle of Character and Conduct, Mr. Stein won the New Jersey Pitcher of the Year Award and earned a New Jersey Metropolitan Athletic Award. He completed his school psychologist practicum in Massapequa.