Outdoor learning, cohorts among the changes when Oysterponds reopens for all...
Oysterponds Elementary School will be reopening its doors to all students in September, but the children will also be spending a lot of time outdoors. Superintendent Richard Malone said Thursday...
View ArticleGreenport granted one-week extension to file reopening plan to state
The Greenport School District has been granted a one-week extension to file its reopening plan to New York State that outlines how the district is preparing to resume instruction in September under...
View ArticleOn Shelter Island, a debate is again brewing over the school nickname Indians
A campaign’s afoot on social media asking the Shelter Island Board of Education to get rid of the school’s sports teams name, the Indians. A change.org petition, along with a Facebook page, is asking...
View ArticleCuomo: Parents are the ‘ultimate decision makers’ when it comes to reopening...
As school districts across New York develop and implement reopening plans, they should maintain a consistent dialogue with parents who will be “the ultimate decision makers,” when it comes to students...
View ArticleDozens of new students transferring to North Fork schools amid COVID-19 pandemic
More than 60 new students have already been enrolled to be educated at North Fork schools in September, a number that is expected to grow in the coming weeks and has largely been attributed to new or...
View ArticleAs governor gives go-ahead for fall reopening, Greenport releases its hybrid...
After the district was granted a one-week extension to file its reopening plan with New York State, Greenport released its hybrid plan Friday. “We believe the plan we have created will offer us the...
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As North Fork schools reopen, parents struggle to find childcare
Day care facilities across the East End are bracing for increased demand as schools prepare for a September reopening unlike any other. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that the COVID-19 infection...
View ArticleMasks on, North Fork students head off to college
Lydia Kessel chuckled at the thought. What will attending college will be like this year? The answer to that, she indicated, depended on the day. “Things keep changing,” said Ms. Kessel, 20, of Wading...
View ArticleGreenport school staff member tests positive for COVID-19
A staff member of the Greenport school district has tested positive for COVID-19, the superintendent cautioned parents Sunday. “On Friday, August 14th, I was informed by the staff member that they...
View ArticleMattituck switches school reopening plan; K-8 will now be hybrid
Plans for Mattituck students in grades K-8 to return to class in-person full time this fall appear to no longer be feasible. In a letter to parents Sunday night, superintendent Jill Gierasch announced...
View ArticleShelter Island will decide fate of Indians nickname this month
The debate surrounding the Shelter Island School’s team name of the Indians came to the fore at its Board of Education meeting Monday night. The floor was opened to speakers following the rest of the...
View ArticleGreenport now offering virtual option for students
Greenport parents uncomfortable with the prospect of sending their children back to school in person next month will now have a fully virtual option. Greenport Superintendent Marlon Small announced...
View ArticleCuomo: Fall sports may resume Sept. 21, but not football
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that some fall scholastic sports may resume play Sept. 21, but perhaps the most popular high school sport of all didn’t make the cut. Football and volleyball are not...
View ArticleIn new change of plans, Mattituck-Cutchogue schools will again be in-person K-8
The Mattituck-Cutchogue School District has received word from the state that it can have in-person instruction in grades K to 8 this fall, according to Superintendent Jill Gierasch. The move brings...
View ArticleMattituck math teacher retires after 47 years in classroom
Having devoted his professional career to calculations, it wasn’t a struggle for longtime Mattituck High School math teacher Dennis Deerkoski to figure out this equation: The COVID-19 pandemic plus...
View ArticleShelter Island school board votes unanimously to retire the nickname Indians
The Shelter Island School Board of Education met on Monday evening, ending six weeks of research and discussion into the question of retiring the nickname ‘Indians’ and the image of a Native American...
View ArticleReturn of school sports in age of COVID-19 raises questions — here are some...
The announcement that school sports could return this fall has certainly left us with a lot of questions. Our editors took a look at the state’s guidelines to find some answers. Support local...
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Back to school on the North Fork: A return unlike any other
Early Thursday morning, Riverhead Central School District residents will hear the familiar sound of the squealing brakes on a school bus. The same will occur in other area districts as they begin the...
View ArticleUpdate: ‘Majority’ of Southold school district employees will quarantine for...
After determining that two school district employees had tested positive for COVID-19, the Southold school district informed parents at 5:30 p.m. Monday that students will not return to school...
View ArticleAs enrollment increases, Peconic Community School seeks expansion
Editor’s Note: The Riverhead Planning Board postponed discussion on this proposal Thursday. Peconic Community School in Aquebogue has proposed expanding into a vacant retail building at Verderber’s...
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