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Three seek two seats on Babylon School Board
David Galbraith Get your facility standing at attention, and it will all fall into place, says candidate Galbraith. "For me, it's really all about the workings of the school and accountability of the people there, from the custodians to the principals," he said. "I believe if schools look good, fields are in play ... you would drive by and say that's my tax dollars at work." Galbraith is a native of Babylon, having graduated from Babylon High School in 1983. He is married with four children, two attending the Babylon Elementary School, one a senior in Babylon High School, and one a Babylon High School graduate who now attends college. The vice president for operations for Delea Sod, an 80-year old Long Island-based family business, Galbraith was hired to put more structure into the company, and now has 120 people reporting directly to him. Previously , he served in a senior level management position for a non-hazardous liquid waste company, and within five years brought in $16 million in business for the Long Island branch.
AnneMarie Martino Martino has sat on the Babylon school board for ten years. During her tenure, she has served as board president and vice president, finance committee chair, past chair and current committee member of the technology committee, past member of the buildings and grounds past chair and current committee member of the technology committee, past member of the buildings and grounds committee, and as liaison to the Elementary and High School Site-Based Teams. "When I started on the board, Babylon schools were functioning in a deficit," said Martino. "In addition, music and art were on carts, class sizes were too large and New York State was proposing standardized testing, inclusion, and mandatory Regents Diploma. In a very short amount of time, we made significant strides."
legal secretary for the Town of Babylon and has volunteered for a variety of school-based and community organizations through the years. "My extensive experience with contract negotiations, initiating shared services, and seeking revenue alternatives will be a tremendous resource," said Martino. "Education incessantly e v o l v e s , and I wish to continue my part in Babylon's academic excellence and finance reform." Thomas Melito Melito is seeking re-election to his f o u r t h , three-year term on the board. During his tenure, he has served as board president, four years as chairman of the building and grounds committee, and currently, he is chairman of the audit committee. In 2004, he created and chaired the revenue enhancement committee. "I am proud of having been able to contribute positively to the work of the board over the last nine years," said Melito. "W e have worked to maximize the most precious asset we have, our community's school district." He says some of his more notable accomplishments are moving the district from a position of financial precariousness to one of solidity, as well as successfully implementing and monitoring a facility/expansion upgrade on time and within budget. Additionally, he points to Babylon's excellent regent's scores and its scholar athlete numbers which rank the district in the top 10% of New York State. These and many other goals have been accomplished during his board tenure, says Melito. V ice president of Cashin Technical Services, a Hauppauge-based management consulting firm that supports public sector initiatives, Melito has helped governments on Long Island accomplish goals since 1996. A s deputy supervisor for Babylon Township during the Arthur Pitts administration, he also served as chief operations officer for the $120 million organization. Married and a resident of Babylon Village for more than 40 years, Melito has one daughter in Babylon High School, and one who graduated from Babylon High School and now attends college. Melito himself is a graduate of Babylon High School. He holds a masters degree in business administration from New York University and a bachelors degree in economics from SUNY New Paltz.
If re-elected, Melito hopesto work with the community to better "forge an alliance that achieves a central identity and sense of shared pride between all residents and our school district."
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