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Interim administrators to stay on another year: Riverhead school board wrap-up
The two women hired to temporarily lead the Riverhead Central School District will stay on until the end of the next school year, as the district searches for two people to fill the positions permanently, the school board announced last week.
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Parents blast cuts in Riverhead school district’s 2024-25 budget proposal
Parents criticized the Riverhead school district for gutting the elementary dual language program and reducing instructional staff in the administration's proposed 2024-25 budget, complaining about the district’s reliance on grant funding officials knew was not permanent.
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Riverhead schools to eliminate 56.8 full-time faculty and staff positions through layoffs and attrition— cuts to classes and programs coming
Riverhead schools will see significant cuts to class offerings, programs, teaching assistants and support staff as a result of cutbacks proposed in the administration’s budget for the coming school year.
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Riverhead school district proposes eliminating 38 full-time teaching positions, business official says
The Riverhead school district needs to eliminate roughly 38 full-time equivalent teaching positions next year, according to the district’s business official.
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Riverhead school district proposes $9.4 million budget increase, requiring 3.3% tax levy hike
The Riverhead Central School District’s administration is proposing a $201.4 million budget for next school year — an increase of $9.4 million, or roughly 5%, over its current budget.
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School property tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers expanded: Feb. 29 school board wrap-up
Volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers now only need two years of service, rather than five years of service, to take advantage of a 10% school property tax exemption, the Riverhead Board of Education decided Tuesday.
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Riverhead school district approaching a ‘fiscal cliff,’ business official tells school board
The school district needs to " have a solid financial plan" that "doesn't look like your EKG going up and down," business official Marianne Cartisano told the school board. "You have to get off the roller coaster.”
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Spanish speakers ask school district for translation services at meetings and events
Spanish-speaking community members are calling on the Riverhead Board of Education to provide translation services at school board meetings and other meetings.
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Interim assistant business official hired, student athletes honored: school board meeting wrap-up
The Riverhead Board of Education has hired another interim administrator to fill a new job in the district’s business office, as the interim superintendent continues a reorganization following the departure of former Superintendent Augustine Tornatore.
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Lawsuit over Riverhead school district’s COVID mask mandate is dropped
A lawsuit brought against the Riverhead school district in 2022, complaining that the district's mask mandate violated students' civil rights, has been discontinued.
