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Greenport superintendent unveils tentative spending plan
After hinting for weeks that it might do so, it appears Greenport School District will attempt to pierce its tax levy cap a second time. Superintendent David Gamberg has confirmed that his preliminary...
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Southold Robotics earns invitation to world championships
At first glance Saturday, it appeared the Southold High School robotics team had come up just short of reaching the 2016 FIRST Robotics World Championship. Despite possessing one of the top robots...
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Greenport school needs community help to win garden grant
As warmer weather rolls around, the Greenport Union Free School District is looking to upgrade its school garden by applying for $10,000 or $20,000 grant through the Seeds of Change program....
View ArticleOpting out continues to gain momentum in North Fork schools
Continuing a trend seen since New York State started implementing the tests a few years ago, a large percentage of local students refused to take the state-mandated English Language Arts assessment...
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A real lesson in politics with Mattituck High School play
There’s been a lot of name-calling and mudslinging at Mattituck High School lately. The adjective “loser” has been thrown around quite a bit. The question of birthright has also been raised. This...
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North Fork students excel at DECA competition
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking, but they’re a challenge local students who belong to the Distributive Education Club of America enjoy tackling head-on. The students, who represent high schools...
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Southold plans to keep school budget under tax levy cap
The Southold Union Free School District is preparing a 2016-17 budget that won’t pierce the .69 percent property tax cap next school year, said Superintendent David Gamberg. “The adopted budget will...
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Photos: ‘The Election’ opens at Mattituck High School
Mattituck High School students will perform Don Zolidis’ satirical play “The Election,” written in 2012 specifically to be performed by high school students, this week. The parody of presidential...
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Oysterponds budget hits tax cap — expanded pre-K program included
The Oysterponds Board of Education has adopted a nearly $5.6 million budget for next school year that covers increases in pre-K and other educational programs, as well as professional development....
View ArticleMath opt-outs increase across the North Fork
The number of students opting out of state-mandated math assessments this year increased across the board on the North Fork, mirroring a trend seen last week with the required English Language Arts...
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Greenport looking to pierce tax levy cap with 8.52% increase
The Greenport Board of Education has adopted its budget for next year and will ask voters to approve a spending plan in May that attempts to pierce the tax levy cap with an 8.52 percent increase. The...
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Quiet Board of Ed races this year — except in Mattituck-Cutchogue
While most North Fork board of education candidates will run unopposed next month, Mattituck-Cutchogue will see seven candidates competing for three open seats. In Oysterponds, Southold and...
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Sky’s the limit: A larger than life vision for school recess
One Christmas break more than 15 years ago, Southold School District Superintendent David Gamberg had a vision for an elementary school. Calling on the creative skills of his son Jake, now an...
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Greenport reaches the finals in nationwide garden grant competition
The Greenport School District is one of 50 finalists in the Seeds of Change competition and now has a nearly 50 percent chance of winning grant money to create a new school garden. Earlier this month,...
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Even after compromises, opt-out movement gains steam locally
In response to the large numbers of students who have opted out of state-mandated testing in previous years, New York State education officials recently compromised by agreeing to hold off until 2020...
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Local superintendents’ predictions on the future of state testing
For the past few years, parents and educators have rallied against the state’s latest system of so-called high-stakes testing, which ties teacher evaluations to the controversial Common Core...
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Greenport, Southold extend Gamberg’s contract for 3 years
After announcing in November that David Gamberg would continue as the shared superintendent of both Southold and Greenport school districts after his initial contract ends this June, a three-year...
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Mattituck adopts budget $20,000 under tax levy cap
The Mattituck school board has adopted a $40.3 million spending plan, which carries a 0.4 percent increase to next year’s tax levy. That percentage is nearly $20,000 under the state-mandated tax levy...
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New Suffolk school board adopts $1.3M budget
The New Suffolk Board of Education has adopted a nearly $1.3 million budget for next school year, which carries a nearly $25,000 spending increase. The budget, which the school board adopted during...
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Mattituck Junior-Senior High third-quarter honor roll
Congratulations to the following students. HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 12: Thomas Behr, Taylor Berkoski, Hayley Berry, Julie Dickerson, Taylor DiVello, Carly Doorhy, Jack Dufton, Emma Fasolino, Erin Feeney,...
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