Brick Schools Promote Principals, Assistant Principals

BRICK, NJ — The Brick Township Board of Education approved several promotions of principals and assistant principals for the 2021-22 school year on Thursday.

The promotions were a domino effect that resulted from the departure of Sean Cranston, who has been the district's director of human resources since January 2017. Cranston's resignation takes effect Aug. 2.

Most of the administrative positions were filled by current district employees, Superintendent Thomas Farrell said. The district saved more than $50,000 by promoting in-house, he said.

Replacing Cranston as director of human resources will be William Kleissler, who is the principal at Brick Township High School. Kleissler has been principal since 2016. His salary as director of human resources will be $172,000.

David Kasyan, principal at Emma Havens Young Elementary, is being promoted to principal at Brick Township High School with a salary of $153,957. He and Kleissler will move to their new positions Aug. 2.

Kasyan, who was honored by the New Jersey PTA as the New Jersey Principal of the Year, said his time at Emma Havens Young prepared him to take on the job at Brick Township High School.

"I have been floored and really, just taken aback by the level of support and affirmation and positive outreach," he said, promising to continue the collaboration with the PTA and building the connections with students, staff and parents that made him respected and admired at Emma Havens Young.

Meredith Hudson, who has been assistant principal at Brick Memorial High School, will replace Kasyan as the principal at Emma Havens Young, with a salary of $126,225, also starting AUg. 2. Hudson previously had been set to be the assistant principal at Lake Riviera Middle School, but that transfer was rescinded.

Brittany Bucco, who was the Ocean County Teacher of the Year in 2015 at Lake Riviera Middle School and has been Elementary Curriculum Supervisor for English Language Arts, social studies and library, will become assistant principal at Lake Riviera starting July 1. Her salary will be $105,603.

Ilene Glastein, a math teacher at Brick Memorial, is being promoted to assistant principal at Brick Memorial, with a salary of $100,725, starting Aug. 2.

In addition to those promotions:

Michael Gawronski has been promoted from business teacher at Brick Township High School to assistant principal at Veterans Memorial Middle School with a salary of $99,725.

Michael Cintron, social studies teacher at Veterans Memorial Middle School, is being promoted to assistant principal at Emma Havens Young, with a salary of $98,787, effective Aug. 2.

Mary Kane, hired as elementary supervisor of English, Language Arts and social studies for kindergarten to fifth grades, with a salary of $115,000.

Ryan Hesnan, hired as Brick Township High School assistant principal with a salary of $100,725, beginning Sept. 1. Hesnan grew up in the Brick schools and has been working in the Jackson schools.

Click here to get Patch email notifications, or download our app to have breaking news alerts sent right to your phone. Have a news tip? Email karen.wall@patch.com Follow Brick Patch on Facebook.