At a meeting last week, Joshua Odom, the school principal and superintendent, talked about what the district hopes to accomplish with the project, fielded questions about the high price tag, and explained the need, noting that the school has “not had a significant investment since 2000.”
SCOPE Education Services honored three people connected to the Amagansett School at its annual school district awards dinner on Monday at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. Russell Schaefer, a bus driver, was recognized with a support staff award, Maureen Cooper, a teacher’s assistant, got an award for teacher service, and Kristen Peterson, a school board member, was honored with a school board service award.
Recently, one of Emily O’Reilly’s many projects has kicked into action for eighth graders at Springs School. Mrs. O’Reilly is the eighth-grade English teacher, and she is revered for her creative project ideas. All eighth grade students composed a speech about a topic they were passionate about, tackling things like book banning, economic inequality, and teen mental health.
From tales of underwater archaeology off Montauk to a $2.5 million drug bust at the Tanger Outlet, it happened here.
