Board
Members 2007-2008
The
following
individuals serve on the
Monticello
Central School
District
Board of Education:
- Robert Stewart,
President
- Alyce VanEtten,
Vice
President
- Jacob
Billig
- Tara Buckstad-Russo
- Richard Feller
- Liza Glick
- Yvonne Housman
- Eugene
Nesin
- Barbara
O'Rourke
- Taylor Fasce,
Student Representative
Board
Member Profiles
Robert Stewart,
President
- Resident of the Town of Forestburgh
- Elected to the Board of Education in 2003
- Member of the New York State School Boards Association
- Attendee at NYSSBA annual convention
Alyce Van
Etten, Vice President
- Resident of the Village of Monticello, Town of Thompson
- Elected to the School Board in 1993
- Currently serving her third term which expires on June 30, 2008
- Vice President,
2002-2005
- Received the Mid-Hudson School Study Council Award for Outstanding School Board Service, 2002
- Member of the New York State School Boards Association
- Regular attendee at NYSSBA Convention
- Voting delegate representing Monticello at the NYSSBA Convention for the past few
years
- Delegate to the Sullivan County School Boards Association representing Monticello
- Currently co-vice president of the Sullivan County School Boards Association
- Has represented Sullivan County on the State Level during legislative meetings
- NYS Legislative Liaison for the Monticello Central School District
- Member of the Empire Zone Committee
Jacob Billig,
Board Member
- Resident of
the Town of Thompson
- Elected to
the Board of Education in 1999
- Member of the
New York State School Boards Association
- Attendee at
NYSSBA Annual Convention
Tara Buckstad-Russo,
Board Member
- Resident of the Town of
Mamakating
- Elected to the
School Board in 2006
- Member of New
York State School Boards Association
- Member of the
Chase School PTO since 2005
- Member of
Chase School Building Level Team 2005-06
- Member of the
Monticello School Community Advocates since 2005
Richard Feller, Board Member
- Resident of the Town of Forestburgh
- Elected to the
School Board in 1989
- Currently
serving fourth term which expires on June 30, 2007
- Elected Area 9
Director of the New York State School Boards Association,
Jan. 2006
- Received the Mid Hudson School Study Council Award for Outstanding School Board Service, 1994
- Served three years as Vice President of the School Board
- Board
President, 2002-2005
- Member of the New York State School Boards Association
- Regular attendee at the Annual New York State School Boards Convention
- Voting delegate representing Monticello for multiple years at the NYSSBA Convention
- NYSSBA Annual Convention facilitator
- Served as member of several NYSSBA Committees:
- Real Property Tax Committee (1 year)
- Resolutions Committee (4 years, having served as Vice Chairman and this year as Chairman)
- Attends workshops presented by NYSSBA during the year on legal and educational issues
- Attended presentations by the Commissioner of Education on New York State Education Reform
- Member of the Mid-Hudson School Study Council, serving on committees of the council
- Member of Sullivan County School Boards Association
- Has presented before various State committees of the DEC, NYS Assembly, and NYS Senate on issues of interest to public schools and
education
Liza Glick,
Board Member
- Resident of the Town of
Thompson
- Elected to the School Board in
2006
- Former
PTA President, Cooke/Rutherford 2005–06
- Rutherford
School–Building Level Team member, 2004–06
- District
Shared Decision Making, parent member, 2004–06
- Comprehensive
Educational Plan & District Safety Plan, parent member
Yvonne Housman,
Board Member
- Resident of the Town of
Thompson
- Elected
to the School Board in 2007
- Member
of New York State School Boards Association
- Member
of the Rutherford PTA since 2006
- Member
of Monticello School Community Advocate since 2005
- Member
of the Autism Society of America since 2001
Eugene Nesin, Board Member
- Resident of the Town of Thompson
- Elected to the Board of Education in 2001 (previously served 20 years on the Board of Education)
- Former Vice President of the Board of Education
- Member of the New York State School Boards Association
- Frequent attendee at NYSSBA annual convention
Barbara O'Rourke,
Board Member
- Resident of the Town of
Forestburgh
- Parent
Advocate on the Committee for Special Education
- 2008-09
President, Special Education Parent Teacher Student Association
(SEPTSA)
- Past
member Cooke/Rutherford PTA
- AYSO
Youth Soccer League parent volunteer
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