Board approves Karina Villalona as assistant special education director

The Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District Board of Education voted to approve Karina Villalona as assistant special education director during a meeting that included a brief executive session on personnel.

The Chair opened public session and asked for a motion "to approve Karina Villalona as the assistant special education director." A board member moved the motion and the board approved it by voice vote, with an "Aye" recorded. The transcript does not include a roll-call vote or a recorded tally of individual votes.

Board discussion noted that specific resolution language — including 10-year dates, salary information, and the position's probationary and tenure-path status — would be placed in the public record rather than read aloud in full during the meeting. A district staff member advised that those details would appear in the public record for transparency.

Earlier in the meeting the board moved into an executive session to discuss personnel matters; the motion to enter executive session was carried by voice vote. The appointment of Villalona was presented after the board returned to public session.

In other business, a board member announced the district will have a table at a local spring event on Warburton between Main Street and the VFW Plaza and invited Hastings residents to stop by. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn was seconded and approved.

Next steps: the approval and the resolution language are to be included in the public record; the transcript does not specify an effective date for Villalona's appointment or a detailed vote tally.