09.04.2023 Community The North Fork back-to-school guide 2023 Parents and students are counting the days until the start of the 2023-24 school year. Administrators, faculty and staff at districts across the North Fork have completed summer updates...
08.23.2019 Oysterponds School District Oysterponds BOE to proceed with six members for 2019-20 Should the Oysterponds Board of Education downsize? The answer may be taking shape. The district will proceed this academic year with six board members as opposed to seven following...
06.08.2016 North Fork Profiles Oysterponds Elementary School celebrating 50 years While Southold Town was established more than 350 years ago, one of its public school districts is just now celebrating its 50th birthday this summer. The Oysterponds School District...
04.22.2016 Education Local superintendents’ predictions on the future of state testing For the past few years, parents and educators have rallied against the state’s latest system of so-called high-stakes testing, which ties teacher evaluations to the controversial Common Core standards....
03.01.2016 Oysterponds School District Oysterponds window project passes in a landslide The majority of Oysterponds School District voters approved a window project for the elementary school Tuesday night.
02.24.2016 Oysterponds School District Oysterponds School District’s window project up for a public vote The third and final phase of Oysterponds Elementary School’s window replacement project will go up for public vote March 1.
09.18.2015 Education Gov. Cuomo: ‘Common Core is not working’ It seems that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has heard the complaints of many superintendents and principals: Common Core, in its current form, has some problems, and it’s time to make...
04.01.2015 Oysterponds School District Oysterponds school board adopts $5.6 million budget The Oysterponds school board has adopted a $5.6 million budget carrying a 1.9 percent spending increase over the current year.
03.26.2014 Oysterponds School District $5.5 million Oysterponds budget set for vote The Oysterponds school board on Tuesday approved putting a proposed $5.5 million budget for the 2014-15 school year up for vote in May, along with two propositions. If approved...
02.26.2014 Oysterponds School District Oysterponds vets won’t get new exemption in 2014-15 The Oysterponds school board didn’t take any action on a veterans tax exemption program Tuesday night and decided to reopen the discussion in the spring, meaning the exemption will not...