Riverhead Board of Education

The Riverhead school district’s '23-'24 budget proposal includes an increase of more than $4.2 million for general classroom teaching, instruction and support, Assistant Superintendent for Business Rodney Asse said at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

The school board last week had a presentation of the administrations proposals for the general support and debt service aspects of the 2023-2024 budget.

Riverhead High School will offer 10 new courses next year, while eliminating or modifying eight current course offerings. Here's a rundown of the plan unveiled at last week's school board meeting. Similar changes are in the works for the middle school.

The Riverhead Board of Education last night accepted the resignation of its dean of students, Kenneth Coard, just a little more than a year after hiring him to fill the recently created administrative position.

Riverhead Central School District's longtime business official, sidelined since October by an investigation into unspecified charges, according to district officials, will be paid his full compensation through the end of current school year under a settlement agreement signed by the district in January.

District officials are developing a budget for the next fiscal year working under a 2.27% tax levy cap and an anticipated $8.4 million boost in state aid.

The Riverhead Central School District will hire a business official to act as assistant superintendent for finance and operations, after longtime district administrator Sam Schneider was demoted and administratively reassigned pending an investigation into unspecified allegations from an employee.

The board of education is set to appoint a new superintendent at a special meeting tonight called for that purpose. The board has not disclosed the identity of the new hire.

Six people are running for two seats on the Riverhead Board of Education in next month’s election, according to Riverhead Central School...

According to sources inside the district, Interim Superintendent Christine Tona, who applied for the superintendent position, yesterday told staff members she did not get the job.