04.13.2016 Education Shelter Island Board of Education to take another pass at cuts The Shelter Island Board of Education has another week before it adopts a budget proposal to submit to voters in May. Members have reduced a $11.08 million proposal to...
03.25.2016 Education Sparks fly over school budget It was a tense encounter between Shelter Island School District Business Manager Tim Laube and Board of Education Vice President Linda Eklund Monday night. At issue was what Ms....
02.11.2016 Education Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Piercing the cap Many times, when school district or government officials talk about spending, there’s an assumption they’re playing loose with public money and have no respect for hardworking taxpayers. That...
01.13.2016 Education Private Shelter Island Preschool struggling with finances Board members of the private Shelter Island Preschool (SIP) are trying to avoid a financial collapse. The crisis for the 37-year-old program is due to the loss of too...
12.22.2015 Education Socrates goes to class: New-old method excites students about learning What is justice? Most people can come up with a single word synonym. But Shelter Island English teacher James Bocca is certain that when students are asked to apply...