McCaffrey, Jack

Grew up in Southhold Long Island and came to teach in Bethpage in 1955 when the district hired 86 teachers. He started his career in Central Boulevard School and taught Junior High which was located on the 2nd floor then moved in with the Senior High School on Broadway and was on split session. He was coordinator of the Math Department for 15 years. He took a sabbatical in 1969 for one year to California with his family and received his Masters Degree in Math. He returned to Bethpage and was math supervisor. In 1983, he became assistant principal of the high school. He is proud to say his six children all went through the high school. He retired in 1994 and said he enjoyed his career as a teacher of children in Bethpage and would do it all over again.