The Council of Administrators and Supervisors honored the following outstanding public-school administrators from Nassau and Suffolk Counties at the annual March Delegate Assembly on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at the Mezza Luna Restaurant in Hauppauge. Each award-winning administrator was selected by the CAS award committee as a CAS Leader exemplifying the highest qualities of peer leadership, school administrative leadership, achievement, vision, innovation, and collaboration with colleagues, parents, students, and staff in their school community.
NYSE Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
Dr. Philip Farrelly, Principal, Harborfields High School, Harborfields
John Ruggero, Principal, Vandermuelen High School, Port Jefferson
Association of Middle Level Education Schools of Distinction
Dr. Christina Moran, Principal, Elwood Middle School, Elwood
John Avena, Principal, Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown
Dr. Daniel Marquardt, Principal, Udall Road Middle School, West Islip
CAS Administrators of the Year
Dr. William Bushman, Director of Special Education, Valley Stream CHSD
Russell Endes, Executive Director of PPS, Bay Shore
Jeffrey Raymond, Assistant Principal/Dean, North Babylon High School, North Babylon
Patricia Rogers, Director of World Language, ENL, and Dual Languages, Bay Shore
Daniel McCabe, Principal, Nesaquake Middle School, Smithtown
Dr. Christina Moran, Principal, Elwood Middle School
Dr. Daniel Marquardt, Principal, Udall Road Middle School, West Islip
Stephen Goldberg, Principal, The Village School, Great Neck
CAS Lifetime Achievement Award
John Avena, Principal, Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown
