Board of Education

Quick-thinking school bus driver Martin Doelger saved a choking sixth-grader on his bus May 10.

After a sex scandal involving the high school principal and a student rocked the community, the school board meets Tuesday night.

Two newcomers are looking to unseat two incumbent school board members Laurie Downs and Elizabeth Silva in this year’s election.

The proposed $144.4 million operating budget million represents a 2.88 percent spending increase over the current year's budget.

State aid should take into account the district's increase in overall student population, its increase in ENL students, the increase we’ve experienced in terms of free- and reduced-lunch students and the fact that Riverhead is number one in New York State for migrant students, the school superintendent said Tuesday night.

The mother of the Wading River Boy Scout killed by an allegedly drunk driver in September and the mothers of two other boys injured in the crash are asking the school district to bring the Suffolk D.A.'s program to Riverhead this spring.

A 13-question online survey about school security and safety is open through April 1.

The Riverhead Central School District honored two “Hometown Heroes” at its regular board meeting Jan. 22, 2019.

Riverhead Schools Superintendent Dr. Aurelia Henriquez had her employment contract extended by the board of education Tuesday night over the objection of the board president and vice president.

Dr. Stephen Hudson was appointed to the post last night by the Riverhead Board of Education.