Last week, teachers in the Sag Harbor UFSD met outside both the elementary and high schools before school brandishing signs to protest the school board’s move to make public information pertaining to teacher contracts.
“Don’t Dismantle a Decade’s Progress in One Year,” “Keep the Excellence Going” and “Invest in Your Child’s Future,” read some of the [...]

In light of the current economic climate, the Sag Harbor school district has decided to begin delivering the expected budget for 2009-2010 to the community in chunks, prior to board of education meetings over the next few months.
There will be five or six budget meetings in total. The first of these meetings was on Monday [...]

On Tuesday the entire Bridgehampton School District met in the gymnasium to share a Christmas Feast together. As the younger children continued to learn in their classrooms, some of the older students were in the gym setting up tables with place settings, balloons and hot food.
Three years ago, the student council of the Bridgehampton [...]

The “Facilities Study” of both Sag Harbor Elementary School and Pierson Middle/High School in the Sag Harbor school district is a compilation of different tasks that need to be completed at the schools in order to comply with current codes and standards. At their most recent monthly meeting, however, the district’s Long Range Planning Committee [...]

Some parents look forward to the holiday season, scrambling to buy gifts for friends and family, buying decorations and spending money on yards of wrapping paper. For them, this is a fantastic time of the year. But for others, holiday shopping is a dreaded event. This year, especially, it has become difficult for those with [...]

By Marianna Levine
 
Euphoric and lengthy applause greeted the announcement that Bridgehampton Superintendent Dr. Youngblood had approved Bridgehampton principal Jack Pryor for tenure. In an otherwise tensely restrained meeting, the vocal approval came two years after Dr. Youngblood requested that Mr. Pryor be denied tenure at the school. At that time her announcement caused something of [...]

A few weeks ago, Jeff Nichols, the principal of Pierson High School, gave a presentation at a board of education meeting about Advanced Placement (AP) courses that the school currently offers. The presentation outlined how the students in the district compare with others taking similar courses around the world.
At this week’s board of education meeting, [...]

In an attempt to combine ideas from community members and faculty, the Sag Harbor School District held a forum last Thursday to ask for input on what could be changed in the school to make it better and offer ideas to cut costs. In a letter Superintendent Dr. John Gratto sent to possible participants, he [...]

In the wake of a disaster sometimes fear can erupt and in the country’s current economic climate some are terrified. But according to some experts this fear can — and should — be replaced by excitement and opportunity. Well, at least it has for those who attended a forum at the Stony Brook Southampton campus [...]

A new proposal coming from New York State has a number of school districts and administrators on the East End wondering what the future might hold for them.
While students and programs would be largely unaffected, administrations in school districts in the state with less than 1,000 students could face mandatory consolidation, according to a statement [...]