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Could Oysterponds students soon have the option of attending junior and senior high school on Shelter Island?
Schools across Southold Town opened this week and many new faces greeted students as they got off the bus, most notably in the Greenport School District, which has more than 18 new faculty members.
While their peers across the North Fork tossed their caps Saturday, as has become tradition Greenport’s senior class had to wait an extra day to graduate. READ
Applications are being accepted for the William Steeple Davis artist in residency that starts Oct. 15. The program provides a temporary home for a person who has been actively engaged in artistic and cultural pursuits and can’t afford accommodations like this. The application deadline is June 15. Email [email protected] for more info.
Elsbeth Linn Dowd is traveling across the country from Oklahoma to return to Long Island to serve as Oysterponds Historical Society’s new director.
Local superintendents preparing next year’s school spending plans are describing the process as daunting because they’re bound to nearly zero percent tax levy growth for 2016-17.
In the center of the gymnasium at Oysterponds Elementary School Tuesday afternoon, a second-grader stood holding a plate that read “sun.” A few feet away, another student spun in circles while holding a sign reading “Earth.” READ
Should Oysterponds have a five or seven-member Board of Education?
The board’s current members discussed downsizing from seven to five at Tuesday’s meeting, saying community interest in running for school boards has dwindled around the region. READ
When Oysterponds Elementary School art teacher Laurie Sanders hoisted up a fish in front of a group of students last Friday, first-grader Mackenzie Thompson knew exactly what kind it was.