Mattituck school board to announce track color selection
GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO | Shannon Dwyer, a pentathlon veteran, working on her hurdling during Mattituck’s practice last March. The Mattituck school board is expected to announce which track color the...
View ArticleCuomo’s budget carries 2 percent increase in aid for North Fork schools
COURTESY PHOTO | Gov. Andrew Cuomo presenting his 2014-15 executive budget to the Legislature on Tuesday in Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $137.2 billion spending plan includes a nearly 2 percent...
View ArticleMattituck supe discusses closing projected $110K budget gap
From right, Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Superintendent James McKenna, board president Jerry Diffley and vice president Charlie Anderson at Thursday night’s budget workshop. (Credit: Jennifer...
View ArticleMattituck-Cutchogue parents get schooled on Common Core
The Mattituck-Cutchogue School District held a Common Core meeting Wednesday at the elementary school. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson) About 60 people attended Mattituck-Cutchogue School District’s...
View ArticleMattituck-Cutchogue adopts $39.67M budget
Mattituck-Cutchogue School District assistant superintendent Anne Smith, center, at Thursday’s budget adoption meeting. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson) The Mattituck-Cutchogue school board adopted...
View ArticleCutchogue East students petition for outdoor recess below 32 degrees
A group of Cutchogue East Elementary School students have submitted a petition to the school board requesting a reduction in the temperature requirement for outdoor recess. (Credit: Katharine...
View Article2014 voters’ guide for North Fork school districts
Residents will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on their local school budgets. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) Taxpayers in the five Southold Town school districts will vote on the 2014-15...
View ArticleMattituck BOE calls special meeting to pick board president
The Mattituck school board hopes to elect a president during a special meeting Thursday (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson file) After the Mattituck board of education was unable to choose a president at its...
View ArticleMattituck BOE members split about naming track, auditorium
The newly completed Mattituck High School track features six lanes. (Credit: Garret Meade) Mattituck-Cutchogue school board members have officially decided against naming the high school’s new track...
View ArticleExternal audit: Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD ‘in compliance’
Jeffrey Davoli, a certified public accountant with Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Co. in Happauge, said Thursday the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District demonstrated 96.4 percent accuracy in...
View ArticleFeatured Letter: A thank you from Mattituck’s athletic director
Mattituck fans at Middletown High School for Sunday’s state championship game. (Credit: Michael Lewis) To the editor: On behalf of the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, I would like to formally...
View ArticleTax relief may be coming for veterans in Mattituck
Mattituck Superintendent Anne Smith, center, with school board president Jerry Diffley, right, and trustee Jeff Smith at Thursday’s meeting. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) The Mattituck school board is expected...
View ArticleMattituck-Cutchogue plans kindergarten registration
Kindergarten registration for the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District will be held at Cutchogue East Elementary School Thursday, March 19, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and Friday, March 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m....
View ArticlePhotos: Mattituck ushers in Homecoming with bonfire, Tucker Bowl
The Mattituck-Cutchogue Athletic Booster Club hosted its annual bonfire and Tucker Bowl at the high school Friday night to kick off homecoming weekend. Under the watchful eyes of the Mattituck Fire...
View ArticleMath opt-outs increase across the North Fork
The number of students opting out of state-mandated math assessments this year increased across the board on the North Fork, mirroring a trend seen last week with the required English Language Arts...
View ArticleQuiet Board of Ed races this year — except in Mattituck-Cutchogue
While most North Fork board of education candidates will run unopposed next month, Mattituck-Cutchogue will see seven candidates competing for three open seats. In Oysterponds, Southold and...
View ArticleEven after compromises, opt-out movement gains steam locally
In response to the large numbers of students who have opted out of state-mandated testing in previous years, New York State education officials recently compromised by agreeing to hold off until 2020...
View ArticleBudgets approved in all five local school districts; challengers win in...
You’d have to go back more than 25 years to find the last time a budget was rejected by voters in the Greenport School District. But with administrators proposing the second largest tax levy...
View ArticleMattituck teachers, wearing orange shirts, push for contract
A sea of orange filled the Mattituck High School library Thursday evening as teachers wore matching shirts to show a unified front as they face their third year without a contract. The shirts featured...
View ArticleMattituck looks to hold the line on taxes in 2017-18
Mattituck-Cutchogue school district officials have announced they’re preparing a $40.48 million budget that calls for a minimal increase in next year’s tax levy due to cost-saving measures and...
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