The Riverhead Board of Education honored 12 retiring employees at Tuesday’s meeting.
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Riverhead High School technology teacher Luke Ferland has been named the Long Island Air Force Association’s Teacher of the Year and also earned top honors from BOCES for his leadership and innovation in technology.
An influx of transfer students into the Aquebogue Elementary School following Riverhead’s designation as a focus district for the second straight year could fill the school beyond capacity, according to Superintendent Nancy Carney. Parents of students in Phillips, Riley and Roanoke elementary schools have the option for their children to transfer to Aquebogue.
The director of Riverhead School District’s guidance department, who was arrested in 2015 on a misdemeanor aggravated driving while intoxicated charge, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.
Charles Gassar of Baiting Hollow pleaded guilty to driving while ability impaired in Riverhead Town Justice Court. He paid a $400 fine and $260 surcharge.
Parents of students at Phillips, Roanoke and Riley elementary schools have the option of sending their children to Aquebogue Elementary School next school year now that the state has declared them as “focus schools” as a result of low student test scores.
Here’s a look at the ballot for the Riverhead school district. Check back Tuesday night for complete coverage.
The amount of students who refused to take state-mandated math assessments this week is similar to the English Language Arts opt-out rates in March, according to local school district officials.
Joining educators from around the country, administrators from four local school districts recently sent letters home to parents encouraging them to be aware of a controversial new Netflix series dealing with teen suicide.
In the letters, which were sent by superintendents in the Greenport, Southold, Mattituck-Cutchogue and Shoreham-Wading River school districts, parents were encouraged to watch “13 Reasons Why” with their children and discuss the sensitive subjects the series addresses. READ
