State auditors reviewing the Sag Harbor School District’s before-school and after-school elementary care program have reported weaknesses in record-keeping, financial oversight, and the segregation of duties among administrators.

In a report released last week covering district operations from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2015, auditors called for the district to better regulate the program. “Because district officials did not provide proper oversight, there is an increased risk that errors and irregularities could occur and remain undetected and uncorrected,” they said.

Among the findings was the discovery that a tiered tuition system for the before-school program had been developed by the program director without approval from the school board; that inconsistent tuition fees had been charged to families participating in the reduced-price milk program, that attendance records had not been maintained for the morning program, and that hundreds of dollars in late tuition went uncollected for several weeks.

During one six-week period from Sept. 9 to Oct. 31, 2015, auditors found 21 families had amassed combined late fees totaling $1,215. Two of the families were not properly registered for the program, and the attendance records did not always agree with the payment records. One deposit reportedly remained unaccounted for in a clerk’s drawer for 161 days.

Auditors also faulted the school board for not providing enough guidance to administrators. “The director was not provided with specific guidance on how to appropriately carry out her job duties,” the report reads. “As a result, district officials do not have adequate assurance that the correct fees are being charged and collected for all childre­n who attend the program or that the rules specified in the application and rates charged are consistently applied.”

Among their recommendations, auditors suggested the district adopt standard policies and fees, improve attendance and financial record-keeping, and establish checks and balances by dividing responsibilities among different staff members.

In a response letter to the state, Katy Graves, the district superintendent, said the audit’s findings and recommendations “will allow us to improve and strengthen the internal controls over the program’s operations.”

“District administrators and staff have made many improvements to the program along the way but also recognize the need to improve the oversight of the program’s financial operations,” she wrote. “We will work hard to develop a corrective action plan that addresses all the findings and recommendations contained in the audit report.”

Sag Harbor Elementary’s after-school care program was established about 30 years ago, and the morning care program was added in 2012. According to the comptroller’s report, during the 2014-15 school year, the programs took in $62,717 and spent $60,176. Close to 100 children from more than 80 families participated in the program during the time period examined in the audit.

Election Day at Wharf Shop

Finding it hard to translate all the presidential election banter into a kinder language your young children might understand? The Wharf Shop in Sag Harbor is holding its own election on Saturday to give kids an idea of what the word means and how a winner is selected.

No Electoral College or superdelegates here (because hardly anyone can understand that, let alone a 7-year-old), just a bubble-blowing teddy bear that needs a name. Voters will cast ballots for one of four: Oliver, Arthur, Henderson, or Oscar.

Fall Sports a-Go-Go

The East Hampton Town Department of Parks and Recreation has put out the word about still more fall clinics and sports programs for kids this week.

The Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack will have an after-school junior golf program for kids 10 and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. It started this week and will continue through the end of October. The cost is $40 and registration is with Joe Munzer, the P.G.A. head professional at the golf center, at 631-537-0025.

Eight-week flag football, volleyball, inline skating, roller hockey, and soccer clinics at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett also begin this week, but there is still time to join up. Flag football for ages 6 to 12 is offered on Mondays from 5 to 6 p.m. Volleyball for 11 to 16-year-olds is on Mondays from 6 to 7. On Tuesdays there’s inline skating for ages 4 to 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. and roller hockey for ages 6 to 12 from 6 to 7. The fall soccer program will begin on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost for each clinic is $125. Registration is at the arena on Abraham’s Path.

Turtle Talk

Kids may be more familiar with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles than they are with real ones, but the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton hopes to teach them a little about the actual turtles in their midst during a program on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Children 6 and older will learn facts about turtles such as Long Island’s eastern box turtle and their place in the food web.

A family program on Saturday at 11 will have people learning how to harvest their own sea salt and how it can be used for body scrubs, beauty products, and other household mixtures. Those who participate have been asked to take a bucket or other vessel to collect water in. That evening at 6:30, families can join the museum in an exploration of Fresh Pond in Amagansett and the creatures that live there.

A family walk on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. will focus on animals that are herbivores and the benefits, environmental and otherwise, of adopting vegetarian diets. A vegetarian snack will be served. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.

Apples and Honey

Apples and honey are a traditional combination to usher in the Jewish New Year each fall, a symbol of hope for a sweet year ahead. On Sunday, the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton and Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will host an apples and honey program at the museum from 10 a.m. to noon. Visitors will get to taste a variety of local apples and local honey, make apple crafts, and sing songs from different cultures around the world. The cost is $12 including museum admission. Members get in free.

Neo-Political Tweens

Kate Mueth and Susan Stout of the Neo-Political Cowgirls are leading a new program for girls 8 to 12 with a focus on the environment. Neo-Political Young Cowgirls Examine the Environment will be offered at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. through Oct. 20. The cost is $230, $220 for Guild Hall members. The first class was on Tuesday.

The program will include journaling, theater games, conversation, and directing and performing exercises. Registration is at 631-324-4051 or [email protected].

Open Mike for Kids

Kids in 5th through 12th grades will showcase their talents at an open mike night tomorrow at 7 at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, and families have been invited to join the audience. The restaurant’s burgers, hot dogs, ice cream, and other menu items will be available for purchase during the performances.

The fall adult education program at East Hampton High School is set to start on Oct. 3, and the school district has put out a call for community members who are interested in leading classes. They can contact Debbie Mansir, the school’s programs coordinator, at 631-329-6462 or [email protected].

Topics of past classes have included bridge, acting, Pilates, website design, and singing. Classes are predominantly offered in the evenings. Some may have a cost associated with signing up. Once a schedule of classes has been completed, it will be posted on the school district’s website, easthamptonschools.org.

“These classes offer so many opportunities to the community. . . . It also has the secondary benefit of allowing people to share their interests and passions for what is important in their own lives,” Ms. Mansir said.

When Andy White painted a bold image of an anchor with the words “Montauk the End” in first grade, he probably hoped his parents might display it somewhere at home. Little did he know that it would eventually be emblazoned on dozens of T-shirts to be worn by friends, family, and people who had never met the Montauk student, now 9.

His mother, Mary Jo White, liked the picture so much she decided to have it framed at Kathryn Nadeau Custom Framing a few months ago. Several people, including Scott Pitches, noticed it in her shop and commented that it would make a great T-shirt. Ms. Nadeau called Peter Spacek, who, she said, always accommodates her requests, no matter how crazy they are.

He took a photo of the image and a few days later dropped off the new T- shirts with Andy’s artwork on the front. The shirts will be sold at the Montauk Historical Society’s fall craft fair this weekend on the grounds of the Second House Museum for $20 each, with $1 going to Andy and $19 to the Montauk Historical Society.

As a result, the society is creating an annual Montauk T-shirt design contest for the Montauk School’s third and fourth-grade art classes, with the winning design to be printed on shirts that will be sold at the fall fair. Proceeds will benefit children’s activities at the museum.

Opposition to the East Hampton School District’s preliminary plan to build a bus maintenance depot and refueling facility on the Cedar Street side of its high school campus has begun to emerge.

Several residents spoke up during Tuesday’s school board meeting to object to the chosen location. There is no specific blueprint as yet.

“I’m one of many local residents very concerned about the proposed bus depot on Cedar Street,” said Ellen Collins, a resident of the street, one of a group of neighbors who gathered recently to come up with other suggestions. “The traffic and safety issues that would arise from the proposed moving of the transportation and equipment to Cedar Street is our primary concern, and in particular the daily mobilization of a fleet of buses pouring out onto an already busy street,” Ms. Collins said.

She continued, “We would like to be involved in the planning. We want to work with the district to help the district meet its goals while at the same time address the concerns of the residents. . . . It is our hope that you as a district will be good neighbors to us.”

Lorne Singh, a resident of Old Northwest Road, said she was “appalled” to learn the school board had chosen the Cedar Street side of the high school campus for the transportation depot.

“This facility would pose enormous amounts of danger to the community,” she said. “On top of that, it would devalue homeowners’ properties significantly. The proposed location on Long Lane makes infinitely more sense, because that’s already a commercial street. . . . It’s wide, it handles traffic well, it is much safer, it doesn’t impact residential areas. As a facility for the community, it would have the least impact on residents.”

Encie Peters stressed that Cedar Street is heavily used by emergency vehicles. With added bus traffic, she said, “it would be a mess.”

J.P. Foster, the school board president, pledged to work with the residents as much as possible. “If we don’t have the community support, it’s not going to happen,” he said. “We have to do what’s best for the community, and we have to do it together. We value the public’s input. . . . We have to make it work, and we’re willing to make it work.”

The Wellness Foundation’s fall seminar, planned for next Thursday, will feature Robyn O’Brien, an expert who has been dubbed “food’s Erin Brockovich” by The New York Times.

In a talk dubbed “Generation Rx: Feeding a 21st Century Family,” Ms. O’Brien will address the connection between the food children eat and their level of concentration, moods, and energy, and how food additives, antibiotics, hormones, and herbicides affect their health. She will also discuss ways to protect children from allergens.

Ms. O’Brien is the author of “The Unhealthy Truth,” and her 2011 TEDx talk has millions of views online. She has been featured on CNN, “Good Morning America,” CNBC, and other programs and networks.

The seminar, which runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the East Hampton Middle School, will also feature food offerings from Wellness Foundation sponsors, including Bliss Superfoods, Saaz Indian restaurant, Sabrosa Mexican Grill, and Way Better Snacks. There is a suggested $10 donation as admission to the seminar. Because seating is limited, those interested in attending have been asked to R.S.V.P. by visiting wfeh.org or calling 631-329-2590.

Dancehampton Open House

Dancehampton in East Hampton will have an open house tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to introduce young dancers to some of its school-year offerings. Free half-hour sample classes include ballet and tap for ages 2 to 4 at 10 a.m., musical theater for ages 5 to 7 at 10:45, hip-hop for ages 8 to 10 at 11:30, lyrical dance for ages 11 and up at 12:15, and tap for all ages at 1 p.m. There will be refreshments, raffles, and discounts on tuition, dancewear, and shoes.

Dancehampton, which is in its 10th year, has a studio at 15 Lumber Lane, across from the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter. Reservations for tomorrow’s classes have been requested and can be made by emailing [email protected].

Snapping Turtle Search

Three family activities with the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will offer a closer look at the local environment and ecology this weekend. On Saturday at 10 a.m., Andy Sabin, the museum’s president, will lead a search for snapping turtles, which, according to SoFo, “can grow to a length of three feet from head to tail and weigh as much as 70 pounds.” Participants will also look for Eastern painted turtles and what the museum calls “the aptly named stinkpot turtle.”

Later that day, at 2 p.m., families will scour the vineyard field behind the museum for interesting flowers and leaves while learning about their function. Then they’ll collect a few to make impressions in air-dry clay. There is a $3 materials fee for this workshop.

On Sunday at 10 a.m., Al Daniels will lead a seining adventure for families at Noyac Bay. Everyone will get a chance to help as he uses his big net to sweep the waters in search of various near-shore fish and marine creatures. Reservations have been requested for all museum activities.

Four South Fork high school seniors have won scholarships for voice training from the Choral Society of the Hamptons.

Established more than 20 years ago, the scholarships honor and encourage professional careers and amateur participation in singing.

The winners, each of whom was required to perform an audition piece, answer a two-page questionnaire, and provide a details evaluation from a teacher, are Ella Parker and Matthew Schiavoni from Pierson High School in Sag Harbor and Maura Sitzmann and Edward Hennessey of Westhampton Beach High school.

Bridgehampton School officials have unveiled preliminary drawings for a 35,440-square-foot addition and renovation of the building, with an estimated cost of $25 million to $30 million, that they say would allow the district to meet the demands of increasing enrollment and current and future standards in education.

“The community urges us to make sure that we’re offering a viable academic program. I believe we’re really good at that, but space is really thwarting that forward movement,” Lois Favre, the Bridgehampton superintendent, said during the Aug. 24 school board meeting, when the drawings were released.

The district has planned a community forum for Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. to discuss the proposal in detail and solicit feedback from residents. A referendum vote could come in December.

Dr. Favre and school board members say the school’s science labs and library are lacking and the cafeteria is crammed into a former kindergarten room. They say the second-floor classrooms are half the size of regular classrooms, having been carved up into smaller spaces when more individual rooms were needed at some point, and will not fit the larger class sizes that will soon be moving up from elementary school into middle school and high school. Some of the modular classroom buildings outside the main school, which house music and prekindergarten programs and some administrative offices, are at least 40 years old and pose a security risk. Dr. Favre called the gymnasium “unsafe for athletes and fans alike” and said some schools refuse to play in sports games there.

Enrollment the beginning of this school year, on Tuesday, is 200 students, the highest number that Dr. Favre has seen in the last six years. Enrollment hit a high of 205 during the 2015-16 school year. It has grown about 40 percent since the 2012-13 school year, and is projected to keep growing.

“Trying to schedule and make sure the students have what they need gets increasingly difficult each year,” Dr. Favre said.

The drawings, created by the Port Jefferson architectural firm of John Grillo, show an addition at the back of the current school building. Drawings include a new gym, locker rooms, fitness center, cafeteria, science lab, music suite, technology lab, and classrooms dedicated to social studies and small group instruction. They show a renovated library and formal auditorium with a stage.

The idea of expansion at the Bridgehampton School is not new. According to Dr. Favre, it was discussed over the course of four years beginning in 2005. In 2008, the school board passed a resolution to ask its voters to “approve forward movement” on building an addition, but no such community vote took place, Dr. Favre said, and between 2007 and 2008, through the budget process, the district returned $5.6 million in reserves to taxpayers that had at one point been earmarked for potential expansion plans.

During the Aug. 24 meeting, the school board was in general agreement to pursue the process to renovate and expand.

Reached by phone yesterday, Ronnie White, the school board president, said he was happy with what he saw at the meeting.

“Since the existence of the building, we have yet to do any kind of major capital improvement or expansion,” he said. “From what I saw at the last board meeting, it would really solve the issues that we have. . . . It just appears as though it was definitely a need list instead of a wish list. I think they definitely catered to the things we are in dire need of.”

While the time spent viewing the preliminary plans and their subsequent discussion during the open portion of the meeting was brief, Mr. White said the board was “able to go back up there and take another look” during an executive session that followed. That, however, is not a permitted use of an executive session, which are limited to topics such as real estate negotiations, discussions of specific employees, and legal matters.

Mr. White urged residents to attend the forum on Sept. 14. “We’re hoping we can get as much of the community involved as possible,” he said. “It could be beneficial so long as everyone comes out to look, see, and understand. It’s important that we do that.”

A new face has joined the professional staff at Project Most this year, one that parents will soon be familiar with. Carolina Agudelo, a native of East Hampton, has been appointed to the newly created position of family liaison.

Rebecca Morgan Taylor, Project Most’s executive director, said Tuesday that Ms. Agudelo will work part-time in the Springs and John M. Marshall Elementary School programs with the goal of engaging with parents.

“We felt that there was a need in the community, a need for parents to connect to their children’s education and activities in the after-school program,” Ms. Taylor said. “We now know Project Most is an educational learning program and we wanted our parents to be involved with that. If you don’t have somebody dedicated to that, it’s difficult to rally the parents and get them involved.”

Ms. Agudelo has a background in social work, so she is qualified to help students with “life skills, getting to know each other, and solving problems in social groups,” Ms. Taylor said. Ms. Agudelo also speaks Spanish, which will help encourage Spanish-speaking parents to be involved, Ms. Taylor said. Ms. Agudelo will also help train staff members, counselors, and group leaders in child development and behavior management, and will lead meetings on various topics for parents at intervals throughout the school year.

Project Most, an after-school enrichment program for students in the Springs and John Marshall schools, begins on Sept. 12. The program is still registering students. More information on Project Most may be found online at projectmost.com.