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Winner: Ryan Garofalo named Teacher of the Year

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Ryan Garofalo. Credit: Longwood Central School District

By Michael R. Ebertmichael.ebert@newsday.com

Ryan Garofalo, of Manorville, has been named New York State Regional Teacher of the Year by the New York State Technology and Engineering Educators Association. Garofalo has served the past nine years as a technology education teacher at Longwood High School in Middle Island, and before that he was a special education teacher and coach in Oceanside. He is also a member of the Long Island Technology and Engineering Educators Association.

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Ryan Garofalo, of Manorville, has been named New York State Regional Teacher of the Year by the New York State Technology and Engineering Educators Association. Garofalo has served the past nine years as a technology education teacher at Longwood High School in Middle Island, and before that he was a special education teacher and coach in Oceanside. He is also a member of the Long Island Technology and Engineering Educators Association.

By Michael R. Ebert

Michael R. Ebert is an education researcher and has worked for Newsday in various capacities since 2003. He was part of an 11-person team named as 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative coverage of the LIRR's platform safety issues.

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