Riverhead Board of Education

Brian Connelly, 49, of Riverhead is seeking his third term on the school board. He has been a district resident for more...

The forum for Riverhead school board candidates scheduled for Monday evening has been canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances," according to a Facebook post by the Butterfly Effect Project.

The Riverhead school district’s non-instructional employees, whose union employment agreement expires in June, rallied for a pay raise at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

The Riverhead Board of Education voted unanimously last night to approve a $201.4 million budget for next school year, sending a proposal that raises the tax levy to the cap and includes some controversial spending cuts to district voters for approval. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.”

Spanish-speaking community members are calling on the Riverhead Board of Education to provide translation services at school board meetings and other meetings.

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.