School board election

David Dougherty, 44, of Flanders, is seeking his first term on the board. He has been a district resident for 10 years...

Kimberly Wilder, 54, of Riverhead, is seeking her first term on the board. She has been a district resident for 10 years...

Cynthia Redmond, 50, of Aquebogue, is seeking her first term on the board. She has been a district resident for 19 years...

Erica Murphy, 38, of Manorville, is seeking her first term on the board. She has been a district resident for 14 years...

Virginia Healy, 61, of Wading River, is the only incumbent member of the current Board of Education seeking reelection this year, having...

Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht, 50, of Riverhead, is seeking her first term on the board. She has been a district resident for 23 years...

A field of seven candidates will vie for four seats in next month's school board vote, but there's only one incumbent among them.

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.