Riverhead Central School District

Citing the loss of more than $15 million in tax revenue over the past decade — $2.7 million in 2022 alone — Riverhead school district officials say 'enough is enough.'

The Riverhead Central School District's elementary schools and Pulaski Street Intermediate school are set to start and end later in the day this school year in an effort to improve the efficiency of the district’s transportation department. The changes have some parents upset about disruptions they will cause to childcare arrangements.

The Riverhead Board of Education appointed Trustee Colin Palmer president and Brian Connelly vice president for the 2023-24 school year during its organizational meeting last week.

Nurse Judy Marcus-Shivers and security guard Sarah Atkins were honored by the Board of Education Tuesday for saving the life of a young child choking on food at Riley Avenue Elementary School May 9.

On the land where Pulaski Street school and most of the school district’s athletic fields now sit, horses once trotted around a race track, Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige both played ball, and Teddy Roosevelt once campaigned to be governor of New York.

Voters in the Riverhead Central School District will decide whether to approve a $192 million budget for next school year — and elect a majority of the school board — during tomorrow’s annual vote.

Voters approved Riverhead Free Library’s $4.7 million 2023-2024 operating budget yesterday by a 50-vote margin, 187 to 137.

The Riverhead school district administration this week presented a 2023-2024 budget that has a projected $8.9 million gap. The district's business official said the gap will be closed before the Board of Education adopts the budget that will be put on the ballot for voter approval May 16.

The upcoming school district election will fill four open seats on the Riverhead Board of Education: three positions that will be vacant at the end of the school year as a result of the expiration of terms of office and a fourth seat that became vacant when board member Laurie Downs resigned this week.

Hours after Riverhead school board Vice President Laurie Downs announced her decision to step down from the board, officials and community advocates applauded her decision and called on the board to make more of an effort to engage with the district’s Latino population.