A decision in the disciplinary case against a Plainview-Old Bethpage principal accused of sexual harassment will probably be issued next year, after hearings in the matter concluded this week.

The hearings for Karen Heitner, principal of Pasadena Elementary School in Plainview, began in April and spanned eight months, with nearly two dozen witnesses testifying over 20 daylong sessions. Heitner has faced administrative charges alleging she touched two staffers inappropriately during a PTA luncheon in June 2024 and created a hostile work environment in her school. The district suspended the tenured principal in August 2024 and is seeking to fire her.

Heitner finished her testimony Wednesday after answering questions over three separate days. Heitner’s attorneys and the district’s attorne

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