Sandra Watson- Board of Education Trustee

Sandy Watson has served on the Bethpage Board of Education since 1986.  She has been involved in every major educational decision impacting Bethpage students for the past 33 years.  She has served at various times as President or Vice President of the Board of Education. She has been a catalyst for continuous school improvement and she advocated for years for Full-Day Kindergarten, improved SAT scores, the integration of technology, science research programs and a focus on academic achievement.  She has advocated for the expansion of buildings to accommodate Full Day Kindergarten, new STEM Labs in the elementary schools and a renovation bond that revitalized our school buildings.

Thirty years ago, she and others founded the Bethpage Discovery Program as a means to provide childcare opportunities for families with working parents as well as to provide a program of academic enrichment during the summer months.  Both those programs have been a lifeline to thousands of students and families over the years. She is an astute businesswoman who operates multiple daycare facilities in Bethpage.

She is married to her high school sweetheart- Burton- and they raised four Golden Eagles who all graduated from BHS- Lisa, Patricia, Jimmy and Eric.