From prospective new faces to seasoned incumbents, candidates can now begin filing paperwork to run for school board seats in public schools throughout the East End and New York State.
From prospective new faces to seasoned incumbents, candidates can now begin filing paperwork to run for school board seats in public schools throughout the East End and New York State.
Students in Emily O'Reilly's English classes are preparing for speeches on a variety of social justice topics from garbage in the oceans to food regulations.
In addition to its proposed over-the-tax-cap budget plan for the 2024-25 school year, the Amagansett School District is planning to float three separate ballot propositions concerning busing and facilities repairs. The school board has yet to formally approve the placing of these three items on the ballot, but it got the conversation started during Tuesday’s budget workshop.
The young performers with Our Fabulous Variety Show will present “Alice Jr.,” an original take on the “Alice in Wonderland” story on Friday and Saturday. Plus: Easter and St. Patrick's Day fun, sports programs, Pi Day activities, sewing and art, and much more coming up for kids and teens.
As the downtown Montauk portion of the long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point beach reformulation project nears conclusion, students in the hamlet are both learning about the science behind the project and, through the medium of video, advocating for protection of their home.
Taxpayers in at least three school districts in East Hampton Town — Amagansett, Springs, and East Hampton — could be faced with approving over-the-tax-cap spending plans in May for the 2024-25 school year.
Five months after buying out the remainder of the contract of its former superintendent and hiring an interim, the Amagansett School District has put its principal on paid administrative leave and made the interim superintendent its interim principal as well.
On Jan. 25, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released his list of schools that are under fiscal stress in the state. There was disturbingly high fiscal stress in Amityville and the New Suffolk Common School District, and Springs School was on the list for being susceptible to fiscal stress.
“A vibrant display of student artwork from regional schools and our community” will be on view at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill through April 7. Plus: puzzles, grilled cheese sandwiches, St. Patrick's Day fun, youth soccer, a grandparents' play date, and more in store for kids and teens this week.
East Hampton Town’s junior lifeguard training, evaluation, and testing in advance of the summer junior lifeguard program for kids 9 to 15 is underway at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter on Sundays. All new and returning participants are required to attend.
If the numbers shake out the way they were presented during Monday’s meeting of the Sag Harbor School Board, the district could see its 2024-25 budget top $50 million for the first time — but still stay under the state-mandated cap on tax-levy increases.
The Level Playing Field Foundation, which first began granting scholarships to East Hampton High School students two years ago to defray the costs of college counseling, college visits, and test-prep tutoring, awarded another round of scholarships on Saturday, valued at roughly $3,800 per student.
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