Biondo Resigns From Board

Jason Biondo, who was elected to the Montauk School Board in May 2014, has resigned his position effective Jan. 23.

Mr. Biondo said on Friday that with the growing demands of his two businesses, the Antique Lumber Company of Montauk and Hammerhead Construction, two young boys whose Little League teams he coaches, and a teenage daughter in East Hampton High School, he found he did not have the time he would have liked to dedicate to the board.

“I’m the type of guy who says yes to everything and I didn’t realize how much time it would take,” he said.

He ran in May 2014 against Cynthia Ibrahim, who has a daughter in the school, and won with 132 votes versus Ms. Ibrahim’s 78 votes.

Jack Perna, the school superintendent, said that Mr. Biondo sent an email message to the board saying that he does not have the time to do the job properly and wants to spend more time with his family. “It’s too bad. I felt he was a good board member.”

The board is deciding now on the proper approach to replace him, said Diane Hausman, the school board president. The district could hold a special election, which is costly, or it could appoint someone until the next election in May.

Mr. Perna said the board could operate with just four people until May, but since one one board member, Kelly White, is married to a school employee, Rick White, a computer resource teacher, some parents have raised objections about her voting on certain matters.

The board meets again on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the school library, but after that will not meet until March, when it begins to gather weekly to work on the district’s 2016-17 budget.