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05.30.2020 Education

School Board completes budget hearings; voting by mail up to June 9

At its May 27 meeting, the Shelter Island Board of Education advanced the 2020-2021 budget toward a vote by the public. A public hearing, the second held by the...

05.12.2020 Education

Shelter Island Board of Education planning for fall school season

Superintendent of Schools Brian Doelger, Ed.D. reported at the May 11 Board of Education meeting on plans for the students expected to graduate in June, and the opening of...

05.11.2020 Education

Help for parents and teachers; author gives tips

With the Shelter Island School closed for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, parents are trying to keep their children up to date with their schoolwork. But unfortunately, according to the...

05.08.2020 Education

State faults school district on finances; Superintendent acknowledges concerns

The office of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has given the Shelter Island School district its financial report card, and it wants it to hit the books. In...

05.02.2020 Education

School budget votes will be held via mail on June 9

An executive order issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Friday has set school board elections and budget votes for Tuesday, June 9. The election will be conducted entirely via mail,...

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05.01.2020 Education

Cuomo: Schools to remain closed through rest of academic year

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced that schools will remain closed through the rest of the academic year. “The decisions on the education system are obviously critically important,” the...

04.30.2020 Education

Shelter Island School Honor Roll

Emma Gallagher has been named the valedictorian and Lyng Seay Coyne as the salutatorian for the High School Class of 2020. Congratulations to all. Secondary School Quarter 3 Honor...

04.21.2020 Education

Board of Ed reviews closure response: Superintendent: ‘We will move mountains’

The Shelter Island Board of Education met on Monday, April 20 using virtual technology. The board, led by President Kathleen Lynch, voted to approve several measures, including paying cafeteria...

04.20.2020 Education

Two students on staying home for final days of high school

Lyng Coyne is overloaded with homework, reading, working out and “even learning to cook,” the Shelter Island High School senior said, describing the new normal of life without a...

03.06.2020 Education

Reserve funding tightening for Shelter Island School budgets

The appropriated fund balance is that money left from previous years by managing to under-spend the planned budget. For the current school year, the district applied $746,008 from the...

03.02.2020 Education

Shelter Island students bring home medals from DECA competition

Five Shelter Island students went to Rochester last week and brought home three top 10 medals in the New York State DECA competition. The five were among 10 trophy...

02.29.2020 Education

No mandate on HPV vaccine for Shelter Island students

Shelter Island students face their own debate over immunizations, but at least for the moment, they’re not being required to show inoculations of the HPV vaccine. The vaccine is...

02.23.2020 Education

School board gets report on septic proposal

Members of the Board of Education got their first comprehensive report this month on what it could take to install a new septic system. The proposal outlines what the...

02.21.2020 Education

A rehearsal diary: Waltzing ‘Matilda’

John Kaasik has directed many successful Shelter Island school musicals, so of course he has a definite opinion about when to start practicing the elaborate dance routines that are...