Riverhead school board

Yolanda Thompson and Greg Fischer finished fourth and fifth in the five-way race for three school board seats in May. With two unexpected vacancies to be fill, should the board appoint them to the open spots? There was animated discussion of the topic at last night's meeting.

Questioned by a resident, board members said nothing about accusations leveled by two longtime colleagues yesterday, which Superintendent Nancy Carney called 'misinformation' and declined further public comment.

A Snapchat video reportedly showing a sexual act between two students on Riverhead school grounds led high school security guards to detain 13 children for two hours in a classroom and confiscate their cell phones.

Two co-directors have replaced the position of transportation superintendent and the board appointed a new athletics director to succeed Bill Groth, who is retiring.

Superintendent Nancy Carney made the second of the district’s budget presentations at last night’s school board meeting. This presentation focused on school district facilities. Carney...

Jill Sanders of Cullen & Danowski, LLP gave a presentation at Tuesday night's board of education meeting in which she stated that the firm...

The school board honored 20 school district retirees last night and heard concerns from a school bus driver about the district's procedure for medical emergencies on buses.

Koukounas and Cotten-DeGrasse win new terms; voters OK budget, turf field, new transportation facility and repair reserve fund.

Five people are seeking election to two open seats on the Riverhead Board of Education in Tuesday's school district election. Here's what each of them had to say about why they are running.

New state regulations for English language learners follow a recent influx of ELL students at Riverhead. A March 9 forum for discussion of a nine-period school day at the high school has been scheduled.