Diana Acampora
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Diana Acampora is an at-large member of the Half Hollow Hills Central Board of Education in New York. She won re-election in a general election on May 20, 2014. She was first elected to the board on May 17, 2011.
Biography
Diana Acampora is a resident of Suffolk County, New York. Acampora earned her B.A. degree in pathology and audiology from St. John's University and her master's degree in speech pathology from Queens College. In her career, she has worked in the clothing retail and wholesale field.[1] She founded the Acampora Concussion Awareness Foundation to raise funds to provide baseline concussion testing for student athletes in the school district.[2]
Elections
2014
Diana Acampora and fellow incumbents Betty DeSabato and Paul Peller ran as a slate and defeated five challengers for the three at-large seats in the general election on May 20, 2014.[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Diana Acampora Incumbent |
15.8% | 1,179 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Peller Incumbent |
14.9% | 1,116 | |
| Nonpartisan | Betty DeSabato Incumbent |
14.8% | 1,106 | |
| Nonpartisan | Adam Kleinberg | 14.7% | 1,097 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephanie Gurin | 13.2% | 987 | |
| Nonpartisan | Matthew Glaser | 10.6% | 797 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alan Lacher | 8.8% | 661 | |
| Nonpartisan | Craig Gardy | 7.2% | 542 | |
| Total Votes | 7,485 | |||
| Source: Half Hollow Hills Central School District, "Home," accessed May 21, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Acampora did not file a campaign finance report with the New York State Board of Elections during the election.[4][5]
Endorsements
Acampora did not receive any endorsements during the election.
2011
| Half Hollow Hills Central School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Betty DeSabato |
22.2% | 1,655 | |
| Nonpartisan | Diana Acampora |
21.6% | 1,613 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Peller |
20.9% | 1,558 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Holmquist | 20.3% | 1,515 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Schiavo | 15% | 1,120 | |
| Total Votes | 7,461 | |||
| Source: Half Hollow Hills Patch, "UPDATED: School Budget Approved, Acampora, DeSabato, Peller Claim Board Seats," May 20, 2011 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Acampora, Betty DeSabato and Paul Peller issued a statement on their campaign slate's Facebook page to outline their accomplishments and campaign themes:
| “ | • Guided the district while focusing on students and provided them with an enriching educational experience.
• Maintained the educational excellence of Half Hollow Hills in all decisions. While forced to make reductions, we sought the least impact to students. • Preserved comprehensive AP programs with 27 offerings, 129 interscholastic sports teams with scholar athletes. • Attained recognition as a 2014 Best Community for Music Education. • Introduced the Senior Experience program in BOTH High Schools. • Established Robotics programs for our younger students. • Expanded the Planetarium and Discovery Center programs. • Upgraded instructional technology. • Committed ourselves to providing responsible fiscal management while maintaining high educational standards and unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability in the form of public forums, community surveys, special board meetings, and a district steering committee/facilities group. • Developed school budgets which have adhered to the 2% Tax Levy Cap legislation and have negotiated several collective bargaining agreements that were beneficial to the district while respecting our employees. • Delivered the lowest budget-to-budget increase in 18 years with the 2014-15 school budget. Throughout the last three years one constant has remained--our resolve to do the right thing for the students and the taxpayers of our community. We have demonstrated and represented leadership, inclusiveness, transparency, fiscal management and experience-- qualities that are crucial for Board of Education trustees.[6] |
” |
| —Acampora, DeSabato and Peller campaign website (2014)[3] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Diana + Acampora + Half + Hollow + Hills + Central + School + District"
See also
- Half Hollow Hills Central School District, New York
- Half Hollow Hills Central School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Half Hollow Hills Patch, "School Board Candidate Spotlight: Diana Acampora," May 9, 2011
- ↑ Re-Elect to the Half Hollow Hills School Board, "Diana Acampora," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Facebook, "Peller, Acampora & DeSabato for HHH School Board," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Contribution Search," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Expenditure Search," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2014 Half Hollow Hills Central School District Elections | |
| Suffolk County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 20, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Betty DeSabato • Incumbent, Diana Acampora • Incumbent, Paul Peller • Craig Gardy • Matthew Glaser • Stephanie Gurin • Adam Kleinberg • Alan Lacher |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
