Riverhead Charter School

“Every other school in this town has a school zone,” said Laurie Behrhof, Riverhead Charter School teacher. “Why don’t we?” Her sixth graders have been drafting a petition to establish a school zone outside Riverhead Charter School on Route 25, where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour.

After two years of construction, Riverhead Charter School is officially operating out of its new $14.1 million school building, which it unveiled at a...