When most people are focused on winter school sports like basketball and volleyball, something else is going on as well: the Special Olympics. 

“A passionate gardener, baker, sailor, animal lover and advocate,” Nancy S. Cardoso “filled her life with reminders of the things she loved — nature, art, and speaking the truth,” according to those who knew her. She died on Feb. 27 at home in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

As school superintendents from around the East End discuss regionalization efforts, plans are in the works for a new shared special education program developed by the East Hampton, Amagansett, Springs, and Montauk Schools that will operate out of the Springs Youth Association building on the Springs campus starting in September.