Hastings School District Names Interim Special Ed Director

The Hastings-on-Hudson School District has named Laurie Bauer as its Interim Director of Special Education, replacing Deborah Augarten, School Superintendent Roy Montesano announced.

Bauer holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Northern Michigan University and “comes to Hastings with 18 years of experience as a special education administrator and over 15 years of classroom experience, teaching second, third, and special education grades.”

Augarten, who was with the Hastings district for seven years, resigned to accept a position as Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services for the White Plains City School District.

In an email to parents, Montesano said the district is still looking for a permanent replacement for Augarten and has advertised the position in The New York Times, in trade publications such as Education Week, “and within job posting sites of area colleges and universities.”

“I hope you will join me in welcoming Ms. Bauer to our district by attending a SEPTA-sponsored informational ‘meet and greet’ event,” Montesano wrote. “Details of the event will be announced after the beginning of school. We are delighted to have Ms. Bauer working with the school district and look forward to the support of our faculty, students, parents and community as we search for a new Director of Special Education.”