East Hampton School District officials on Tuesday announced a commitment to remaining at or under New York State’s cap on tax-levy increases to finance their 2022-23 budget plan.
East Hampton School District officials on Tuesday announced a commitment to remaining at or under New York State’s cap on tax-levy increases to finance their 2022-23 budget plan.
Charging that New York State’s indoor mask-wearing mandate has had negative social, emotional, and academic fallout on their children, some 20 Sag Harbor School parents demanded on Monday that administrators and school board members adopt a “mask choice” policy that would allow parents to decide what’s best for their children.
Valentine's Day fun, art camp, anime club, movies at the library, and a wildlife presentation are on the agenda for kids and teens this week.
A Tennessee school board’s Jan. 10 decision to ban from its curriculum an acclaimed book about the Holocaust has made headlines across the country, and the publicity has seen the 30-year-old title, “Maus,” skyrocket to the top of best-seller lists once again. The ban has piqued an increased interest in the book among people here, too.
The Springs School is one of the few remaining East End districts that does not have a full-day prekindergarten program, but that’s about to change. Owing to a $420,000 grant received from New York State specifically for “universal prekindergarten,” there will be a full-day program for families with 4-year-old children starting in September.
Coming up for kids and teens: a singing master class at Bay Street, a whole lot of hearts, and a library appreciation day.
Friction is brewing over Covid-19 precautions in the Sag Harbor School District, where a group of parents lobbying to make mask-wearing a family choice is expected to state their case to the school board on Monday.
TED Talks have been around since 1984. The Montauk School’s annual eighth-grade Speech Day has been around almost as long. Coincidence? Probably, but the two long-running programs share a common thread.
Sag Harbor began examining its 2022-23 budget on Monday, starting off by cracking open its largest nut — salaries and benefits for employees — with the school business administrator, Jennifer Buscemi, noting that “all numbers are subject to change based on additional information received after this date.”
From a Project Most learning lab during the February break to a Harry Potter escape room challenge at the East Hampton Library.
When State Supreme Court Justice William J. Condon ruled on Dec. 7 in favor of the Ross School in a lawsuit claiming that Hayden Soloviev was a victim of bullying and that his teachers were negligent as chaperones during an overseas field trip, the former Ross student said he was shocked. The Soloviev family has filed a notice of intent to appeal, The Star confirmed this week.
Auditors suggested the overspending was the result of multiple staffing shifts in the school’s business office, two changes in the architectural firms overseeing the work, and an evolving completion date and scope of the project.
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