Riverhead Central School District

The Riverhead Central School District launched an online survey this week to obtain community members’ opinions on what qualities the next superintendent should possess and what they should prioritize coming into office. The survey is available in multiple languages and will be open until Dec. 20.

After the years of turmoil we have had at the district office leading up to today, we don’t need to be fixed. We need to be supported — and we are dying to be led. Guest column by Riverhead teachers union president Gregory Wallace

The board hopes to have the next superintendent hired by mid-March, which will allow the superintendent to help fill other vacant positions within the district’s central administration.

The Riverhead Central School District will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Friday with an evening of art, games, music and presentations at Riverhead High School.

The Riverhead Central School District last night honored the Flanders teen who helped his aunt deliver a baby and celebrated members of the school board.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is formulating a plan for the state to regulate — and possibly ban — the use of smartphones in schools, citing the harmful effects of personal electronics and social media on attention and mental health.

“The Department of Homeland Security has determined that these threats are unsubstantiated and that there is no direct or specific threat to our schools or any other schools in our region,” Riverhead Central School District Interim Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said.

Gretchen Cotton Rodney, who worked as the principal at the North Coleman Road Elementary School in Centereach, is taking on the new role of the executive director of elementary education for the 2024-25 school year.

Riverhead High School and Riverhead Middle School will have police officers on site for the next two school years, under an agreement between the school district and Riverhead Town.

A state plan to eliminate the need for students to pass Regents examinations to graduate could help Riverhead students and lead to higher graduation rates, according to Riverhead Central School District Interim Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich.