Schools

More than 400 incoming freshmen and their parents attended the high school orientation program yesterday, where they met teachers, advisers, guidance counselors and administrators.

This week marks the official changing of the guard in the Riverhad Central School District’s superintendent’s office.

The Riverhead school district trailed the state average by a wide margin in the controversial assessment tests. About 42 percent of eligible students refused to take the tests this spring.

The school district's transportation department has moved into new quarters on Edwards Avenue. Here's a first look inside.

Appointments to two top administrative positions last night drew searing criticism from former board member Lori Hulse, who said the new director of fine arts was not qualified for the position and should have been chosen from within Riverhead school district.

Riverhead Police Officer Byron Perez and Flanders Riverside Northampton Community Association president Ron Fisher will be sworn in tonight as trustees of the Riverhead Central School District, filling the vacancies created by the resignation of two board members in June.

First-graders enrolled in a summer program for English as a New Language students had a visit from a local book illustrator who read them one of the books she has illustrated.

The Riverhead Board of Education is asking district residents to submit letters of interest in being appointed to the two board seats for the upcoming school year.

The special board meeting will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Riverhead High School auditorium.

Yolanda Thompson and Greg Fischer finished fourth and fifth in the five-way race for three school board seats in May. With two unexpected vacancies to be fill, should the board appoint them to the open spots? There was animated discussion of the topic at last night's meeting.