School board election

Riverhead Central School District voters Tuesday approved the district's $169.7 million operating budget for the upcoming school year and re-elected incumbent trustees Laurie Downs and Matthew Wallace, who beat back a challenge by newcomer Andrew Nadeau.

Residents of the Riverhead Central School District will vote tomorrow on whether to adopt a $169.7 operating budget for the 2022-2023 school year during the annual budget vote tomorrow. 

Riverhead Board of Education candidates Laurie Downs, Andrew Nadeau and Matthew Wallace each answered eight questions posed by RiverheadLOCAL about their goals and opinions on issues facing the school district today. Here are their responses, in their own words.

The three school board candidates made pitches for election at Tuesday night's school board meeting, after a public hearing on the proposed budget that drew little public comment. The budget vote and board election take place May 17.

Voters in the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District yesterday approved an $80.7 million operating budget for 2021-2022 by a vote of 669 to 215.

Riverhead School District voters gave a big thumbs up to the district's proposed operating budget Tuesday, passing the budget by 72% to 28%,

The six people seeking election to the Riverhead Board of Education answered our questions about why they're running, what they'd like to accomplish and what skills they bring to the job, and more.

In their own words: Q&A with school board candidate Yolanda Thompson.

In their own words: Q&A with school board candidate Shannon Reitz.

In their own words: Q&A with school board candidate Monique Parsons.