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Students make deposits at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW

Students make deposits at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW

Students make deposits at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW

Students make deposits at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW

Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen welcomes the crowd to the at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center ribbon cutting at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen welcomes the crowd to the at the Baymen Student Financial Literacy Center ribbon cutting at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen. DANA SHAW

Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen. DANA SHAW

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. DANA SHAW

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. DANA SHAW

David M. Frank, assistant commissioner of the New York State Education Department. DANA SHAW

David M. Frank, assistant commissioner of the New York State Education Department. DANA SHAW

Teachers Federal Credit Union Chief Experience Officer Inna Sprague. DANA SHAW

Teachers Federal Credit Union Chief Experience Officer Inna Sprague. DANA SHAW

The ribbon is cut on the Baymen Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. In partnership with Teachers Federal Credit Union, the center will encompass a comprehensive bank-at-school program and provide students, faculty and staff with access to financial literacy resources and banking services. Left to right, Michael Caplice, Long Island Regional Director for New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli; Kevin Springer, BOE President; Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Inna Sprague, Chief Experience Officer for Teachers, David Frank, New York state’s assistant commissioner of education and Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen. DANA SHAW

The ribbon is cut on the Baymen Financial Literacy Center at Hampton Bays High School on February 29. In partnership with Teachers Federal Credit Union, the center will encompass a comprehensive bank-at-school program and provide students, faculty and staff with access to financial literacy resources and banking services. Left to right, Michael Caplice, Long Island Regional Director for New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli; Kevin Springer, BOE President; Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Inna Sprague, Chief Experience Officer for Teachers, David Frank, New York state’s assistant commissioner of education and Hampton Bays Superintendent Lars Clemensen. DANA SHAW

Desirée Keegan on Mar 6, 2024
One Sunday two years ago, Hampton Bays Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen received a text message from State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. asking him if he had a few... more

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