Resources for young people undergoing mental health crises isn’t so much a “want” as a “need,” according to the teens and 20-somethings who poured their hearts out at a recent forum at the Montauk Firehouse.

Now, the Family Service League and the New York State Office of Mental Health are responding to their requests for help.

The East End Peer Network, which was recently organized, will meet Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Gin Beach in Montauk. Two of the Family Service League’s youngest social workers, along with a youth coordinator from the Office of Mental Health, will lead the discussion. The Tyler Project is co-sponsoring the initiative. Those interested have been invited to attend.

On May 28, a group including teens, those in their 20s and 30s, and older adults collectively said they needed more local access to services and resources based on their ages. The forum was held nearly a year after Tyler Valcich, a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter and Montauk resident, committed suicide. The Tyler Project was formed in his memory to help end suicide among young people, which national studies have shown is the second leading cause of death among those 15 to 24.

The Sax Leader Foundation, which helps those battling drug addiction, and Long Island Communities of Practice, which supports people with disabilities and their families, are sponsors as well.

Robyn Berger-Gaston, the Family Service League’s director of youth, senior, and intergenerational services, said Thursday’s gathering is going to be open-ended, with the goal of empowering “kids to play a part in creating something ongoing.”

“The kids were saying they wanted a group for themselves. They didn’t want an old social worker. They wanted someone young they can talk to,” Ms. Berger-Gaston said on Tuesday. “They all have been touched by suicide and have expressed having different problems of their own. This is what they want.”

State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle are advocates for state funding of efforts such as the South Fork Behavioral Health Initiative, which was set up in 2014 and this year received an additional $175,000 from the state.

Of the launch of the East End Peer Network, Mr. Thiele said, “I think it’s great. I think these are the kinds of initiatives that all of us envisioned, certainly Senator LaValle and I, in getting the funds last year and this year to work with Family Service League, the Office of Mental Health, and the Tyler Project also. I still think we have a long way to go when it comes to mental health services on the East End, but by all accounts, these initiatives are making a difference in the community.”

Those planning to attend the East End Peer Network event today at Gin Beach have been advised to bring beach chairs. According to the flier, refreshments will be provided.

Daring Feats at Guild Hall

The Kamikaze Fireflies juggle fire while balancing on shopping carts, towers of chairs, and precarious poles, and on Wednesday they’ll take their comedy variety show to Guild Hall. The Los Angeles team of Rob Williams and Casey Martin travel the country entertaining audiences of all sizes. Wednesday’s show at Guild Hall starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for kids, with a $2 discount for members.

An outdoor workshop related to the day’s performance will begin at 4 p.m. The cost is $10, $8 for members.

Kids in the Kitchen

The Wellness Foundation of East Hampton, which runs healthy foods programs in local schools and educates people of all ages about the benefits of better food choices, is offering a summer cooking series for kids 8 to 12 and their parents on the first three Wednesdays in August. The registration deadline is Friday, July 31.

The first class will focus on creative, nutritious breakfasts and offer “tips so you and your child can be health-savvy shoppers,” according to the foundation. Lunch and smart snacks are on the menu for class two, and “superfood suppers” are the subject of the third class. Each session will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Sag Harbor. The cost per class is $60 for one child and an adult or parent, and another $25 for an additional child or adult. The three-class series costs $150 for a parent and child. Registration is by phone at 329-2590 or online at wfeh.org.

National Circus Project

Performers from the National Circus Project will visit the Montauk Library tomorrow, offering an upbeat sampling of the circus arts from 5 to 6 p.m. Next Thursday, Petra Puppets will be on hand from 2 to 3 p.m. with a story of Ultra Duck and his “quest for the perfect ravioli.”

Grandparents Day

Grandmoms and granddads will take center stage on Wednesday when the Children’s Museum of the East End hosts a grandparents night at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton. Visitors can stroll the five-acre open garden and join in a scavenger hunt amid the plantings from 6 to 7:30. The cost is $10. Members get in free.

Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore

Kids 6 to 8 will explore the field and pond behind the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday as they search for creatures and learn about the foods they eat during a program at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.

Tales Told Anew

Tuckers’ Tales, a Pennsylvania puppeteer duo, will perform today at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor and the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane.

In Sag Harbor, Marianne and Tom Tucker will present “Tales of Beatrix Potter” today through Saturday at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for children 3 and under and additional siblings. In Southampton, the puppeteers will offer “It’s the Wolf!” — a sort of fairy tale revue about the travels of Mr. Furr E. Wolf. The outdoor show starts at 4:30 p.m. and is free.

Superheroes, Zines, and Puppets

Wannabe superheroes can indulge their fantasies during two programs at local libraries this week. On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., kids of all ages can create superhero costumes at the Amagansett Library. Those 4 and up might consider wearing them to a superhero party at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m.

Also at the Hampton Library, teens will make subway art using words and letters found in magazines during a program on Saturday at 2 p.m.

At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, this afternoon’s craft for ages 3 and up will be mini beach umbrella wreaths. The fun starts at 3. On Monday at John Jermain kids 12 to 18 will learn all about zines — do-it-yourself publications that anyone can publish on any topic. Materials will be provided. The program runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The library’s drop-in Lego League for ages 5 to 12 gathers on Wednesday at 11 a.m., and next Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. kids 3 and up can make a picture using buttons.

At the East Hampton Library, ages 4 and up will explore Aztec art and make some of their own on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. An interactive rhyme time with puppets will stimulate little ones up to age 3 on Friday, July 31, at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.

Inda Eaton, the singer, songwriter, and storyteller based in East Hampton, will lead a series of workshops for elementary-school age students in the coming weeks at local libraries. The workshops are produced through Ms. Eaton’s nonprofit organization, Ideas to Inspire, which encourages imagination and self-expression among children through music and storytelling, aided by digital technology and social media. The workshops will include writing, a recording session, and a live music performance, and will culminate in an audio recording that the children can take home.

The workshops will take place today and on Aug. 13 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library for children in grades four through six. A session for children 9 to 11 will be held on Tuesday at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Further details can be found at ideastoinspire.org.

Several school board members in the East Hampton, Springs, Sag Harbor, and Wainscott districts were re-elected as board officers during recent organizational meetings, while a number of new members have been added to the mix.

In Springs, Liz Mendelman was re-elected as board president on July 13. The 2015-16 school year will be her third as president of the Springs School Board; she was first elected in 2011. Tim Frazier was elected to his first term as vice president of the Springs board.

On the East Hampton School Board, J.P. Foster and Christina DeSanti were re-elected as president and vice president on July 14. It will be Ms. DeSanti’s second year as vice president; she was first elected in 2011. Mr. Foster, who began serving on the board in 2013, will be in his second year as president.

In Sag Harbor, Susan Kinsella was elected president and Chris Tice was re-elected as vice president on July 13. Ms. Kinsella, who is in her seventh year on the board, begins her first year as a board officer. Ms. Tice, who won re-election to the board in May, begins her sixth year on the board and her fourth year as vice president.

In Wainscott, David Eagan was re-elected president on July 8. He began serving on the board in 2006 and was its president during the last two school years.

The Sagaponack School Board officers for the 2015-16 school year are Brian Villante, president, and Cathy Hatgistavrou, vice president. This will be the first time Mr. Villante has served as a board officer. Ms. Hatgistavrou was president last year.

The ideas of sending seventh and eighth graders to East Hampton as a way of alleviating overcrowding at the Springs School or of setting up modular classrooms were discussed at the second meeting of the school’s facilities committee last week, as was whether the school’s septic system needed improvement. The committee was established after district voters turned down a multimillion-dollar capital improvement project in May.

Sending seventh and eighth graders to East Hampton, a suggestion made during the committee’s first meeting, was not feasible, Thomas Primiano, the school treasurer and business administrator, said at the June 17 meeting, because of the cost of tuition. He estimated it as $3.5 million and said it would not be possible if the district wanted to comply with the state cap on tax levy increases.

Mr. Primiano said he had come up with “a much lower estimate to keep those students in-house.” Roger Smith of BBS Architects, which has been working with the district, said, “There’s no next step internally to gain another classroom,” and he estimated that four modular classrooms would cost $1 million for three years, a figure that includes rent, building foundations, and the expenses involved in separate utilities and a fire alarm system.

“I’m talking about wood, modular, transportable  classrooms,” Mr. Smith said. “This is not the construction trailer that guys use to build a 7-Eleven.”

 Springs preschool students are being sent to the former Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church school in East Hampton, while kindergarten classes are held in the Springs Youth Association building.

 Susan Harder, a member the committee, brought up the septic system. Improving it had not been included in a list of about $3 million in necessary repairs and maintenance projects compiled by BBS, and Mr. Primiano downplayed its urgency. “The district has not been contacted by any regulatory agency, including state, county, or town, that we have any sort of emergency related to our septic system,” Mr. Primiano said.

According to East Hampton Town, town staff and researchers from Cornell Cooperative Extension are conducting tests this week to determine the source of enterococcus bacteria, which Kim Shaw, the town’s natural resources director, had previously reported were found to be “through the roof” in waters near the school.

“I’m a neighbor of the school, and I’m on a well,” Ms. Harder said on Monday. “I don’t have a problem with the school getting what it needs versus a ‘kitchen sink’ approach to everything they want, but I think first things first.” The more urgent need — additional classrooms or a septic system improvement — should be addressed first, she said.

The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for July 22 at 5 p.m. at the school.

An annual inspection of the East Hampton School District’s transportation system has yielded a grade of 96.3 percent, the district’s superintendent, Richard Burns, announced during last Tuesday’s school board meeting.

New York State’s Department of Transportation inspects schools’ buses each year, with the target score at 90 percent or better.

“The D.O.T. is very happy,” Mr. Burns said, adding that the district’s buses “are in good shape.”

Isabel Madison, East Hampton’s assistant superintendent for business, said Tuesday that in this year’s audit, only one of the district’s 35 buses was identified as needing maintenance. But it is not necessarily a bus that was used to transport students recently, since not all 35 buses are in use at the same time.

Last year, Ms. Madison said, the district scored 100 percent on the audit. Nonetheless, she said, the district is still pleased with the result this year.

“The significance is that the buses are being mechanically very well treated,” Ms. Madison said. “They are constantly being checked, and everything is according to the specifications of the New York State Department of Transportation.”

East Hampton has been operating its own school buses since 2006, when the private company it had previously been using for transportation went out of business.

Rockin’ in Southampton

Brady Rymer, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, will bring his family-friendly rock ’n’ roll to the Southampton Arts Center for a free concert this afternoon at 4:30. Mr. Rymer has six albums with upbeat titles like “Love Me for Who I Am,” “Look at My Belly,” and “Just Say Hi!”

Summer Reading Club

“Every hero has a story” is the theme for this year’s summer reading club for younger kids at libraries across Suffolk County, and programs all summer long will play into that theme. Kickoff events are scheduled on Saturday at the Montauk and Amagansett Libraries, and the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor will start registering kids for the reading club that day too. In East Hampton and Bridgehampton, sign-ups are ongoing this month.

The Magic of Amore will present a hero-themed magic show on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library.

At the Montauk Library kids will watch a slide show of action figures and then sculpt a superhero of their own on Saturday at 3 p.m. with help from Joyce Raimondo. The program is for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade. Space is limited.

Kids who sign up for the reading club at John Jermain on Saturday will get a tote bag to carry their books in. Those 2 to 12 win prizes for each book they read. Those in fifth grade and above will earn tickets for an end-of-summer auction.

At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, kids of all ages can drop by the library at any time from Monday through next Thursday to make superhero capes, masks, and more in keeping with the reading club theme.

Lively Library

As summer gets under way there will be plenty to do this week at the Amagansett Library. Teens have been invited to create a book cover to display at the library on Sunday and July 5 at 2 p.m. On Wednesday, the Cornell Cooperative Extension will be on hand with its Seashore See and Touch Safari program at 3:30 p.m.

Wednesdays all summer will bring teen movies at 6 p.m. The first, this week, will be “Into the Woods,” rated PG. Family movies will be shown on Thursday afternoons at 3:30 starting next week with “The Penguins of Madagascar,” also rated PG. Thursdays are also D.I.Y. day for teens, who can stop in starting next week to do a range of self-guided projects from finger knitting to Lego robotics from 4 to 5 p.m.

Eggs and Airplanes

Frittatas will be on the menu on Saturday at 10 a.m. during a cooking workshop for ages 3 to 6 at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. Young chefs will mix eggs, chop vegetables, and season their creations with herbs from the museum’s garden. The cost is $17 including admission, $5 for members.

Also at 10 on Saturday kids can make paper airplanes while learning the basics of aerodynamics. This one is free with museum admission, but reservations have been suggested.

Ants!

Ants may be creepy crawly, but they’re pretty fascinating too. Kids 5 and older can make their own ant farms to take home during a science program at the East Hampton Library tonight at 7. Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. those 4 and up have been invited to imagine a new superhero and create a story picture that tells what he or she can do.

A metal etching program for ages 4 and up on Wednesday at 4 p.m. will include a lesson on the science behind the art.

Over at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, teens can decorate T-shirts they take from home on Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m. On Friday, July 3, those 4 and up can drop by to make button spinners at 11 a.m.

A paper lantern craft is on the agenda for kids 6 and older on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library. The right color choices could make these the perfect Independence Day decorations!

Advance registration has been suggested for most library programs.

Have to Have a Habitat

Families have been invited to explore a habitat on Saturday with the South Fork Natural History Museum, and on Sunday kids 8 and older can make a habitat of their own.

Crystal Possehl will lead a family outing to Munn Point in Southampton Saturday at 1 p.m. Participants will seek out killifish, herons, hermit crabs, egrets, and more and will use a seine net to collect creatures that will be released back into the water. The Sunday program will teach kids the “components that make up a functioning environment.” They’ll take a walk in the field to find microhabitats and construct their own habitats along with a story about how they work. There is a $5 materials fee for this one. Registration is required for both programs.

For Young Writers

Stony Brook Southampton will offer weeklong creative writing and scriptwriting workshops for young teens next month through the Young Artists and Writers Project.

Experienced writers will help students fine-tune their fiction, poetry, and personal essay skills in a creative writing workshop from July 6 through 10. The focus will shift to scriptwriting from July 13 to 17. Students will spend five days writing and doing improvisations as they develop a short script for stage or screen. Each program runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost per week is $525, but discounts may be available. Applications can be found online at stonybrook.edu.yawp.

Theater Camps

Bay Street Theater is offering two weeklong camps for kids 7 to 9 and two for actors 9 to 12 this summer.

A Superhero Spectacular from July 6 through 10 at the Bridgehampton Community House will have kids 7 to 9 choosing a favorite character or creating their own and then developing a play with those characters as stars.

My Life Is a Musical will be the theme of the week in a camp for ages 9 to 12. The camp meets at the community house from July 20 to 24 and at the former Stella Maris Regional School in Sag Harbor from Aug. 17 to 21.

From Aug. 10 to 14 children 7 to 9 will study and perform Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at Stella Maris.

All four camps run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $465 per week per child, $800 if children sign up for two weeks. Registration information can be found online at baystreet.org.

Madoodlers

Budding artists 5 to 9 — and what kid that age isn’t a budding artist? — will learn about the South Fork’s late great art superstars and practice working in their styles during a series of Monday workshops with Karyn Mannix at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack.

The classes begin this week with a focus, appropriately, on Robert Dash, the late painter who founded Madoo. Students will learn about Esteban Vicente on July 13, Lee Krasner on July 20, and Roy Lichtenstein on July 27. In August they’ll work in the styles of Andy Warhol, Dash, Elaine de Kooning, and Adolph Gottlieb. Classes run from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and cost $25 per child. They will take place in the conservancy’s gardens, weather permitting. Advance registration, by emailing [email protected], has been strongly suggested.

Montauk Theater Camp

Kate Mueth and the Neo-Political Cowgirls will lead a two-week theater mini camp at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center starting on Monday. Campers 8 to 12 will develop their own skits over the course of the camp and present them to family and friends on July 16.

Camp will run from 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays from Monday through July 16. The cost is $200 per child, and $150 for additional siblings. Camp tuition includes two tickets to the July 16 show at 7 p.m. Additional tickets will cost $15. Registration information can be found online at montaukplayhouse.org.

Ballerinas and Bears

Katharine Holabird, the author of the popular Angelina Ballerina series, which was spun into an equally popular TV show, will read selections from an Angelina Ballerina book as well as from her new Twinkle series this afternoon at 4:30 at the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane. Books will be available for purchase at this free event.

The WonderSpark Puppets will take their version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to the arts center and the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor next week. Shows at the Goat will be next Thursday through July 11 at 11 a.m. Tickets are $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for siblings and children under 3.

The Southampton show will be at 4:30 p.m. next Thursday and is free. Educators from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge will also be on hand to introduce a number of animals in their care.

KidFest at Guild Hall

In the first of a summer-long series of KidFest performances at Guild Hall, Doktor Kaboom will jolt audiences with “Live Wire! The Electricity Show” on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Doktor Kaboom is the creation of David Epley, an actor and comedian with a passion for physics, math, biology, and chemical engineering. In his show on Wednesday, he’ll explain voltage, currents, and the general nature of electricity with the aid of “Tesla coils, Van de Graaff generators, and a Ping-Pong-shooting robot,” according to a release. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $14 for kids, $16 and $12 for members. On July 15, KidFest will feature Soul Street Dance with its show “The Art of Hip-Hop.”

Before each Wednesday show, at 4 p.m., Alexandra McCourt will lead kids in outdoor arts and crafts workshops tied to the themes of the performances. The fee for these is $10, $8 for members. They will be canceled and tickets will be refunded if it rains.

Weeklong student film workshops in collaboration with the Hamptons International Film Festival will begin on July 13. Anne Chaisson, director of the festival, professionals from LTV, and other guests will teach kids 8 to 15 about telling stories through digital video and tapping into their own personal vision to do this. A workshop for 8 to 11-year-olds will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from July 13 through 17. One for ages 12 to 15 goes from 2 to 5 p.m. on those days. The cost for younger students is $300, $290 for members. Tuition for older students is $400, $390 for members. Advance registration is through Jennifer Brondo at [email protected].

Amber Waves Kids

At the Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett, an educator in residence will lead free programs for kids Wednesdays through Saturdays at 9 and 10 a.m. The community-supported farm is behind the Amagansett Farmers Market building at 375 Main Street.

All About Sharks

If recent shark attacks in the South or shark tracking closer to home have your kids curious about how sharks work, a program at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday could be just the thing. Not for the faint of heart, this one, at 10:30 a.m., will have kids 8 and up dissecting sharks to learn about their anatomy. There is a $20 materials fee.

Kids of all ages can use fish to make their own fish-print T-shirts on Sunday at 10 a.m. Smocks have been suggested. T-shirts will be provided with the $10 materials fee. Advance registration is required for both of the above classes.

On Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon, SoFo will team up with the Peconic Land Trust on a Lost Ladybug Project search for rare ladybugs at the trust’s Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett. The farm is a haven for ladybugs of all sorts and colors. The program is free. The farm is on Deep Lane in Amagansett.

Jazzy the Therapy Dog

There’s a lot going on at the Amagansett Library as summer settles in. In addition to regular story times, this week marks the beginning of teen and family movie screenings and a library club for ages 10 to 14. The club, which will meet on Mondays at 3 p.m., will include a range of activities and community service opportunities.

At the library on Tuesday, Jazzy, a licensed therapy dog, will be on hand starting at 3:30 p.m. to listen as young readers practice their skills. On Wednesday at 2 p.m., the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons will pull into the library with its adoption van, offering pet lovers a chance to snuggle up to some animal orphans and maybe even arrange to take one home.

The family movie this afternoon at 3:30 will be “Penguins of Madagascar,” and next Thursday’s film will be “Big Hero 6,” both rated PG. The teen movie, on Wednesday at 6 p.m., will be “If I Stay,” rated PG-13. Advance sign-up has been requested for most library programs.

Puppets and Prints

Yoga, movies, puppets, printmaking, and college application essays are on the agenda this week at the East Hampton Library. The essay workshop, for students who will be seniors next year, will offer tips on identifying a good subject, finding your voice, shaping the narrative, and finishing it on time. The three-session workshop will meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, July 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The program is open to all, but preference is given to residents of the library district.

Susan Verde will lead a Storytime Yoga session for kids 5 and up only (no parents allowed!) on Monday from 11 to 11:45 a.m. A teen Books on Screen movie will be shown Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. “Big Hero 6” will be the family movie next Thursday at 5 p.m.

A family rhyme time with puppets will happen on Friday, July 10, at 10:30 for babies up to 3 and their adults. Also that day, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., children 4 and up will make collagraph animal prints. Reservations are required for all library programs.

Hammers and Nails

The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will get out the hammers and nails for an art program on Tuesday at 4 p.m. for ages 7 to 12. On Friday, July 10, superheroes in training ages 4 and older have been invited to test their coordination on an obstacle course at the library from 11 a.m. to noon.

The anticipated popularity of the East Hampton School District’s new full-day prekindergarten program, set to begin in September at the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center, has resulted in an increase in enrollment and a small waiting list for interested students.

East Hampton initially capped enrollment in the program at 54 students, a number based on enrollment in the 2014-15 school year and available funding during the 2015-16 school year. However, the district is now at 66 students, according to Maureen Wikane, director of the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center.

Richard Burns, East Hampton’s superintendent, said in a recent interview that “at this point, we are able to accommodate all the kids that met the first deadline,” which was May 15.

During the June 16 school board meeting, Isabel Madison, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, said up to six students beyond the initial 54 could be accommodated at no extra cost. However, beyond that, six more students — totaling, then, 66 — would require an additional $48,000 from the district. The extra funding could come from a state grant designated to help districts fund prekindergarten programs, Ms. Madison said. With 54 students, the program was to cost the district about $440,000.

According to Christina DeSanti, who served as school board vice president during the 2014-15 school year, the grant “should just about cover” the extra enrollment costs. Because of that, she said, the school board won’t have to vote to approve the extra funding.

“If we didn’t have a cushion, and had to pull it from somewhere else, we would have had to have a vote,” Ms. DeSanti said. “Once the budget is set, you can’t just go back and add to it. It’s tight, and you don’t want to impact other programs.”

After the initial registration period, the district set up a June 15 deadline for parents interested in putting their children on a waiting list for entrance into the universal prekindergarten program, and drew four more potential students.

“They were clearly told they will be given seats only if there is a vacancy or if a child moves,” Mr. Burns said. “There’s such movement. It’s a very transient population. Perhaps those four seats will open up.”

In cases where districts have more students than available seats in universal prekindergarten programs, state regulations dictate schools must hold a lottery for entrance. However, that’s not the case in East Hampton, because the district was able to accommodate all the children whose parents signed up prior to its initial deadline. According to Jonathan Burman, a spokesman for the New York State Department of Education, districts do have the ability to create a specific sign-up period with a cutoff deadline, and East Hampton’s creation of a waiting list was an appropriate move.  

Familiar faces will lead school boards in Amagansett, Bridgehampton, and Montauk during the 2015-16 school year.

Three board presidents and three vice presidents were re-elected during their districts’ respective organizational meetings on July 1.

In Amagansett, Victoria Handy was re-elected as president and Patrick R. Bistrian was re-elected as vice president. Ms. Handy, first elected to the board in 2007, has been president since July of 2013, and Mr. Bistrian, first elected to the board in 2005, has been vice president since July of 2011.

In Bridgehampton, Ronald White was re-elected as president and Lillian Tyree-Johnson will again be vice president. Mr. White and Ms. Tyree-Johnson both won third terms in office in May’s election. For Mr. White, it will be his second year as school board president. It will be Ms. Tyree-Johnson’s fourth year as vice president.

In Montauk, Diane Hausman won re-election as board president and Patti Leber was chosen again as vice president.

Wainscott will hold its organizational meeting on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., while Sagaponack, Sag Harbor, and Springs will hold its meeting today at 6 p.m. Sag Harbor and Springs will hold theirs on Monday, at 7:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. East Hampton’s organizational meeting will be Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. C.S.