05.14.2020 COVID-19 College seniors deal with virtual graduations, uncertain job market from pandemic For many students, the highlight of their college life is walking across a stage in front of their classmates, family and friends to receive a diploma they have spent...
05.02.2020 Columns Guest Column: The challenges of remote teaching during COVID-19 As a worker, are you essential, nonessential or front-line? COVID-19 has sorted us into categories we don’t usually contemplate. And what is essential work anyway? Excluding some people from...
05.01.2020 COVID-19 Cuomo: Schools to remain closed through rest of academic year Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced that schools will remain closed through the rest of the academic year. “The decisions on the education system are obviously critically important,” the...
04.23.2020 COVID-19 School districts face the future with a very different financial landscape As school districts continue crafting budgets for the 2020-21 academic year, critical questions about state aid funding remain. Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended school budget votes and board...
03.19.2020 COVID-19 Meal programs to begin at local school districts as extended closure sets in Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said in a press conference last week that he is working with Suffolk County School Superintendents Association and state officials to create meal programs...
03.18.2020 COVID-19 With kids home from school, parents find creative ways to continue education Amid the coronavirus outbreak, some community members have banded together to ensure young ones are kept mentally and physically active. Many Southold and Riverhead parents stayed home from work...
02.24.2020 Education Riverhead voters to decide fate of school bond Tuesday Residents of the Riverhead Central School District will head to the polls Feb. 25 to vote on two separate propositions totaling $97 million to fund repairs and renovations that...
02.22.2020 Columns Guest Column: The challenge of raising ‘screenagers’ As a mother and as an educator, I am regularly thinking, reading, discussing and keeping up to speed on the ever-evolving topics of child rearing, child development and educational...
