Ana Teague
Person
Board of Education Trustee (as of 2026-07-16)
883 mentions
Background
Spoken at:
Board of Education (18 meetings, 2025-03 to 2026-10)
Name verified via: entities registry (verified=1); minutes 77 attendance block (clerk)
In our coverage:
- School Board Approves Facility Fees and Arts Waivers, Debates AI and Pre-K Advocacy 2026-10-01
- Croton Schools Weigh $3.2 Million Solar Plan With $981,000 in Federal Money at Stake 2026-08-06
- New School Board Leadership Seeks Clearer Goals, Class-Size Data and AI Rules 2026-07-16
- School Board Grants Tenure, Debates Cell Phone Policy Future, and Bids Farewell to Two Trustees 2026-06-11
- School Board Approves Two Pre-K Provider Agreements, Spends Bulk of Special Meeting in Executive Session 2026-05-21
- Screen Time Debate and Library Renovation Plan Dominate Four-Hour Board of Education Meeting 2026-05-07
Related
Board of Education
Anamika Bhatnagar
Sarah Carrier
Neal Haber
Omar Mayyasi
Theo Oshiro
Allison Samuels
Joshua Diamond
Croton-Harmon High School
executive session
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
Denise Bisaccia
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School
Denise Harrington-Cohen
Appearances (50 most notable of 883)
Wonderful. Board governance, there's a meeting scheduler out, so we will hopefully be getting our next meeting on the calendar. And we'll be reporting back to the board with a couple of things including... We've talked about this before, but a retrea…
Any other questions from the board? Okay. Thank you both. We're looking forward to hearing from you throughout the year, but this is a really great start. So thanks for setting the bar very high for yourselves, actually, going forward. We'll turn it …
Okay. So we did meet on August 11 at two Tuesday, August 11. And just to remind, for anyone who does not remember, this ad hoc committee on recruiting, hiring, and tenure, was established in June of this year at a meeting of the board of education an…
One of the policies that might be of interest to our student ex officio trustees is we were looking at review of Policy 5,000, which is student policy goals. So we're also reviewing that and looking at some policies from other neighboring districts. …
Over to you, Ana. So I've expressed at the board retreat, obviously, that I had some concern and reservation with how these priorities are kind of a wide gap, and that my experience, at least, was I had a single conversation with a member of board le…
And there were things that I was interested in kind of hearing about even in those in that brief moment of hearing those. So I don't know if these are actually our board priorities given the process under which we went. Having said that, there's defi…
The ad hoc committee on technology has a charge to complete a certain portion of the scope of its work by the end of this summer. So it is a committee where there will need to be regular communication sort of immediately. The delivery date of a repor…
And they have some interesting ideas about how they would like to contribute to our work sessions and present the work that's happening in the high school. So I'm super excited. Can I just ask and to have this conversation in public, would it would a…
On something completely different. It's something that is bubbling up in our community and mentioned here tonight. So I know there's been talk about minutes from the idea committee. While I don't wanna speak to that, village manager, Healy, did say t…
On the question, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries. Item 4.3, instructional personnel recommendation. Recommended action be it resolved. The Board of Education hereby approves the instructional personnel recommendation of Dana Prem …
On the question, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries. Item 4.5, recommended action be it resolved that the Board of Education hereby approves the instructional personnel recommendation of Robert Simels as a 1.0 FTE science teacher, sc…
Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstained? Motion carries. We're now moving into our closing of the meeting. Item 6.1 is a motion to enter into executive executive session. We will enter into executive session, presumably, exit executive session at…
>> thank you and I think it's important that you ask that question Omar because I think we've received a lot of correspondence from the community after this instructional technology plan was posted and I think one of the things that unfortunately hap…
development discussed this earlier in the week and the um the um how can I say this? It's like so we we determined that again to um to help the committee understand that this work is timesensitive and could potentially result in a referral to the pol…
6.3 recommended action be resolved. Board of Education gratefully accepts a DNA a donation of $4,800 from the Coen Harvard Booster Club as a contribution to the booster club scholarships. four individual scholarships of $500 each. The Len Gober schol…
>> So I want to thank you for your work here, for coming to every meeting, staying here late at night, sharing your journey to choosing a college with us, offering your insight into what was a very difficult like first time dive into um you know, a c…
>> Thanks. I don't know what I like in fact to do with any of that. Probably a lot of things to do. Um but I do want to just add on to the alumni panel. I want to I know that you know, obviously Erica Fiorini was involved and spurred that I do want t…
>> Can I just can I just piggyback on what you're saying? So while I have concerns about that I love what you're saying about having listening sessions. So I think that there would actually even be benefit to convening a subcommittee of the board tha…
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Not Present at Vote: Omar Mayyasi
Action: 1.3 Approval of Agenda
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the agenda as presented.
Motion by …
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, hereby appoints Nicole Macaluso as a 1.0 FTE Science Teacher (Science Tenure Area) at the Croton-Harmon High School, at a salary of $76,868 (MA Step 3). …
Motion by Neal Haber, second by Theo Oshiro.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Not Present at Vote: Omar Mayyasi
Action (Consent): 7.9 Fixed Asset Disposit…
Opposed, abstain, motion carries. Item 1.3, approval of the agenda, recommended action be it resolved, the Board of Education hereby approves the agenda as presented. Can you hear it? Okay. Recommended action. Item 2.1 is the tender recognition of Ma…
Recommended action be it resolved at the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools hereby appoints Nicole Macaluso as a 1.0 FTE science teacher, science tenure area at the Croton-Harmon High School at a salary of $7…
I just have one additional item on the question with respect to item 7.7, legal services agreement with Kenan The board also uses the council of Kenan Bean oftentimes, and I just wanted to just go on the record of saying how pleased we are. I am at l…
Sorry. Yeah. No. Just to add, again, color to it. I mean, I remember when during COVID, you know, we were all very grateful. We now realized mistakenly for a lot of what was happening. Totally. And I think that a lot of these acts that you're talking…
discovering a lot of this. Right? Like, that's it's I think it's even through this conversation that we're like, you know what? We really can't have this conversation without curriculum being a component of the an active component component of of the…
I think that's something we need to have a conversation with the administration about especially because we're going to we're we would want them to be an active partner. Absolutely. In the community. Absolutely. So, I would ask if everybody is accept…
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the Side Letter of Agreement between the Croton-Harmon UFSD and the Croton Teachers' Association as presented.
Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Anamika Bhatnagar.
Final Resolution: Motion Carr…
No: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Ana Teague
Action: 3.4 Memorandum of Agreement - CSEA Custodial Unit
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District hereby approves the memorand…
Action: 5.1 Donation - Agnes Zaharias - Christos Zaharias Memorial Scholarship
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education gratefully accepts a donation of $250.00 from Agnes Zaharias as a contribution to the Christos Zaharias Scholarship at Croton-Harmon…
Item 1.5, recommended action to fall for the education The president's report. So good evening, everyone. I'd like to start my president's report by saying what an incredibly busy time it is for us to meet, their families, our teachers, our staff, ou…
This spring, the board plans to establish an ad hoc committee charged with articulating a shared vision for hiring voting leaders and key administrators. We will develop clear policies and avenues of process for the benefit of future leadership candi…
I want I'm happy to aim for this Friday. Or can we do Monday morning? Do have a trustee who's abroad right now. Right? Well, I was just gonna add the caveat that I believe trustee Samuels isn't actually returning until April 5 and I will May 5. May 5…
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Neal Haber.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison S…
Special Meeting (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)
Generated by Denise Bisaccia on Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Members present
Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Meeting called to order at 6:06 PM
1. Ope…
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education leaves executive session and returns to the special meeting.
Motion by Neal Haber, second by Theo Oshiro.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo …
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education gratefully accepts a donation in the amount of $500.00 from the Croton Policy Association, Inc. as a contribution to the Officer Charles Riegel Scholarship at Croton-Harmon High School for 2026.
Motion by Sarah …
Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Omar Mayyasi.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Recognition: 1.3 Recognition of National Technical Honor So…
All in favor? >> I opposed abstain. Motion carries. Item 5.5, donation from Princeo Contracting, Inc. The Erica Ecus Memorial Award. Recommended action be resolved that the board of education gratefully accepts a donation in the amount of $500 from t…
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the repair reserve proposition resolution as presented.
Motion by Neal Haber, second by Allison Samuels.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar…
Special Meeting (Tuesday, March 31, 2026)
Generated by Denise Bisaccia on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Members present
Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Meeting called to order at 7:48 AM
1. Openi…
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the 2026-2027 Notice of Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing as presented.
Motion by Allison Samuels, second by Anamika Bhatnagar.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Ca…
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby enters into Executive Session to discuss the employment of a particular person or persons and an exempt subject(s) involving a confidential student matter regarding a particular student.
Motion by Sarah C…
Special Meeting (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)
Generated by Denise Bisaccia on Thursday, March 19, 2026
Members present
Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Meeting called to order at 6:03 PM
1. Opening of Meeti…
2. Closing of Meeting
Action: 2.1 Adjournment
9:07 pm
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby adjourns the meeting.
Motion by Neal Haber, second by Anamika Bhatnagar
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Neal Haber, Omar…
Action (Consent), Minutes: 7.11 Minutes - February 12, 2026 (Regular Meeting)
Resolution: RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the minutes of the February 12, 2026 Regular Meeting.
Motion by Allison Samuels, second by Omar Mayyasi.…
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Action: 4.3 Establishment of New Scholarship: Laura Martinez Legacy Scholarship
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the esta…
Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Anamika Bhatnagar.
Final Resolution: Motion Carried
Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague
Action: 5.2 Donation - David Edward Cohen Scholarship …
Thank you. I just want to respond to that. when Superintendent Walker came to us and when assistant superintendent John Griffiths came to us and gave us the luxury really of of telling us well in advance that he was about to retire and we could start…
There's no more on the question. All in favor? I opposed abstain. I motion carries. Congratulations. We'll take a brief pause for anybody who wants That's what Oh, sorry. You're okay. I will keep it brief because we have a robust agenda after this. g…