The Riverhead school board on Tuesday officially appointed Patrick Burke to fill in as elementary principal at Pulaski Street School while the district investigates the reassignment of two educators. (more…)
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Update (Sept. 25): Sean O’Hara was unanimously appointed principal of Riverhead High School at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Mr. O’Hara’s appointment runs from Monday, Sept. 30, through Sept. 29, 2023, according to the district’s personnel report. His starting annual salary is $195,276. READ
In a split vote, the Riverhead Board of Education on Tuesday named Greg Meyer as its president and Brian Connelly as its vice president for the 2019-2020 school year. (more…)
Riverhead Central School District will see a contested school board election this year as two newcomers challenge a pair of incumbents for two available seats.
Jerome Bost of Riverhead and Matthew Wallace of Calverton are seeking three-year terms. They’ll face off against incumbents Laurie Downs and Elizabeth Silva.
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About a week after sexual assault allegations were filed against reassigned Riverhead High School principal Charles Regan, the alleged victim, Anastasia Stapon, and her family urged the Riverhead school board through their attorney to suspend Mr. Regan from his position.
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On Tuesday, two weeks after a flood of parents appeared at a Riverhead Board of Education meeting with concerns about student safety, district’s director of security Terry Culhane provided board members with a security update. READ
Two longtime members of the Riverhead Board of Education — Ann Cotten-DeGrasse and Amelia Lantz — resigned in June, citing quarrels among members and procedural violations. READ
Since last year, when six of the seven schools in the Riverhead Central School District were designated focus schools, the administration has been working to update the district’s curriculum.
The district, which also received a focus designation, received $350,000 in funding from the state, which will be used in three ways.