Riverhead school district transportation supervisor Amala Cain has taken a medical leave of absence and will be retiring at the end of the school term.
The medical leave is per doctor’s orders, Superintendent of Schools Nancy Carney said yesterday. She will be retiring in June, Carney said.
Cain took the post as transportation supervisor in 2010, following the retirement that summer of longtime supervisor John McCormick, who held the post for 22 years.
Cain, a Riverhead High School graduate, began her career in the transportation field as a bus driver in the late 1970s. Prior to her appointment as head of the Riverhead transportation department, she served as transportation supervisor for Southampton public schools.
“As a resident of the district, Amala Cain has served her friends and neighbors for many years with distinction and dedication,” Carney said. “She was often in the office at 5 o’clock in the morning did not leave until 5 o’clock in the evening. I admire her work ethic, transportation knowledge and her love of this community. I wish her and her husband George a long and happy retirement,” she said.
In the interim, the department will be ably guided by Colette Furcht and Leslie Moore, the assistant supervisor and head bus driver, respectively, Carney said. “I have great confidence in them.”
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