UPTC History & Leadership
United Parent Teacher Council (“UPTC”) offers parents of the Great Neck Public School District the opportunity to work with teachers and school administration on issues affecting the education and welfare of their students. The UPTC serves as a coordinating body for all of the PTAs in order to identify common interests and achieve shared goals.
In November 1943 the UPTC was established by elected delegates of Great Neck's parent-teacher associations. They believed that regular meetings of PTA representatives and the Superintendent of Schools could benefit the PTAs, the school system itself and, more importantly, the education of children in the community. According to its Bylaws, UPTC aims "to provide a medium through which the thinking of representative members of the parent-teacher association of each school and of Special Education, of school administration and teachers may be brought to bear on Great Neck public school issues..."
UPTC has served as a clearinghouse for important and useful educational ideas, as a coordinating body for joint PTA action, and as a stimulus to local PTO and general community activities in the interests of better education.
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2021-2022 Executive Board
Presidents:
Rachel Doppelt, 646-789-3089
Matthew Jagoda, 516-570-2137
Executive Vice Presidents
Linda Cheung, 917-566-7612
Pargol Khadavi, 516.532.0945
Vice President
Jason Gilbert, 917-536-3066
Julie Lam-Leong, 646-351-2399
Vice Presidents, Communications
Sharon Dickey, 516-662-5603
Michael Glickman, 212-320-9319
Vice Presidents, Presidents Council
Bill Groel, 516-298-6170
Bettina Segal, 516-721-3667
Treasurer
Kevin Sun, 808-295-9536
Member-at-Large
Moji Pourmoradi, 516-319-6199
2021-2022 Committee Chairs
Budget
Joshua Forst, 516-314-7653
Calendar
Sharon Dickey, 516-662-5603
Computer Technology
Pargol Khadavi, 516-532-0945
Educational Enhancement/STEAM
Linda Galsim, 917-204-0150
Tina Kuo, 718-939-8085
Nadia Suter, 917-892-2874
Health Education
Harriet Picker, 917-826-0080
Legislative
Lauren Yaghoubi, 516-647-1334
Recreation
Michelle Ahdoot, 516-850-6424
Linda Cheung, 917-566-7612
Steve Cronin, 917-359-9765
Safety & Transportation
Joshua Forst, 516-314-7653
Moji Pourmoradi, 516-319-6199
Special Education PTA (SEPTA)
Bita Hendizadeh, 516-445-5493
Shaylie Khodadadi, 516-313-7129
Ron Kosinski, 516-857-2041
Shared Decision Making
Amy Lai, 718-552-5981
Total Community Involvement
Moji Pourmoradi, 516-319-6199
Kevin Sun, 808-295-9536