Maria del Mar Piedrabuena
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Board of Education
Riverhead school district may oppose mandatory HPV vaccines
The school superintendent has drafted a letter in opposition to bills pending in Albany that would make the HPV vaccine mandatory.
Board of Education
Riverhead school district increases capital bond proposal, citing revised enrollment projections
New enrollment projections add 180 students at the high school in 10 years, requiring 32 new classrooms instead of 24
Board of Education
School board to hold another series of public forums on facilities plans
Board of education president Greg Meyer said the board would announce the new dates before Thanksgiving.
Board of Education
New assistant principal at Pulaski; high school music teacher named fine arts director
The school board on Tuesday night appointed Callan Lonergan as assistant principal of Pulaski Street School and Jason Rottkamp as the district's director of fine arts.
Board of Education
Riverhead High School to lose popular veteran Latin teacher
Popular Riverhead High School Latin teacher Dr. Jeff Greenberger is retiring in December.
Board of Education
School district finalizes capital bond proposal
School officials plan to put two propositions up for a vote in February: an $85.9 million bond for facilities upgrades and expansion and an $8.8 million bond for athletic facilities improvements.
Board of Education
School district officials unveil scaled-back expansion plans
In response to community feedback, the district has developed scaled-back and less expensive expansion plans — three alternatives ranging in cost from $94.1 million to $79.7 million.
Community News
Phillips Avenue Elementary School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
"Through this diversity, we feel that it enriches our students overall education in learning about others that are different than us and accepting those differences and honoring those differences,” Phillips Avenue Elementary School principal Debra Rodgers.
Board of Education
Time runs out for unvaccinated students — they will be ‘respectfully’ sent home
According to district officials, as many as 328 students across all Riverhead schools will be affected— including 39 students with religious exemption requests, as well as those who, for other unspecified reasons, have not yet complied with the new rules.
Board of Education
Parents ask school district to help them in the fight against state-imposed vaccine mandate
A large group of parents went to the school board meeting this week to ask for the district's help in their battle against mandatory vaccination requirements that will prevent their unvaccinated children from attending school as of Sept. 17.
