Lindenhurst Appoints Permanent Superintendent

The Lindenhurst Board of Education has named Vincent A. Caravana as the permanent Superintendent of Schools. The new superintendent brings nearly 25 years of experience in education to the role, including nearly 16 years in the Lindenhurst School District. He previously served as Lindenhurst’s Interim Superintendent of Schools for the 2023-2024 school year.

“When I think about where most of the building blocks of who I am as a person came from, I think about all of the excellent teachers that I had,” Superintendent Caravana said. “I started my career in education because I wanted to be that person for the next generations of students.”

Vincent A. Caravana started as a high school English teacher at West Islip High School in 2000 before moving to his first administrative position as Assistant Principal at Beach Street Middle School, also in West Islip, in 2007. He said working in public school administration not only allowed him to broaden his impact on student education but also gave him the opportunity to become a teacher and mentor to other teachers.

“The science of teaching never stays stagnant. There are so many layers to how humans learn,” Superintendent Caravana said. “As an administrator, you’re not only working in the academic realm of education but also the social one. You are trying to get your teachers to grow and push themselves out of their comfort zone to become better teachers, but you can only do that if you have gained their trust.”

First coming to Lindenhurst as Coordinator of Secondary English in 2009, Superintendent Caravana became Assistant Principal at Lindenhurst High School in 2013 before becoming Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional Personnel in 2014 and Deputy Superintendent in 2016.

Superintendent Caravana, a Lindenhurst High School graduate, said what makes the Lindenhurst community special is how friendly and welcoming it is. “We have a very family-like atmosphere here, and everyone really looks out for each other,” he said. “I’ve never seen a place with such a sense of synergy, camaraderie, and unified sense of spirit.”

Looking forward, one of his priorities will be to expand the District’s career and technical education offerings to give students additional paths to success after graduation. “We always talk about college and career readiness, but the emphasis has more often been on college readiness,” he said. “I think students should be presented with the opportunity of pursuing what they love, whatever it might be.”

For more information about the Lindenhurst Union Free School District, please visit the District’s website at www.lindenhurstschools.org. Exciting activities happening throughout the District and programs celebrating student achievement can also be found on the District’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LindenhurstUFSD/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindenhurstufsd/.