What would you cut from a school that aims to increase its budget based only on non-discretionary spending like that tied to the cost of health care or retirement?
That is exactly what the Bridgehampton School hopes to learn on Wednesday, February 8 when it hosts a forum on its 2012-2013 budget.
The school board is hosting [...]

By Claire Walla

When Pierson Middle/High School teacher Susan Duff gets ready to go to school, she doesn’t just prepare her lunch and gather her books. She calls for her dog, Katrina.
Duff has brought Katrina, a fluffy, golden retriever/Labrador mix, to class with her since the beginning of the school year when the puppy was just [...]

By Claire Walla

For some, the case is closed.
For others, it’s hard to know where to begin.
But for administrators in the Sag Harbor School District, the discussion surrounding the future of the Bay Street Theatre carries on.
Recently, the theater announced it will not stay at its current location on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor when its [...]

By Claire Walla

Inspector Stuart Cameron held all the attention in the room. Standing straight and tall in a navy blue uniform adorned with a bright badge, which stood out against the rows of young adult novels that are usually the focal point in the Pierson Middle/High School library, Cameron faced the Sag Harbor Board of [...]

By Claire Walla
According to both Pierson Middle/High School Principal Jeff Nichols and Sag Harbor Elementary School Principal Matt Malone, the Sag Harbor School District’s anticipated instructional costs will remain relatively flat going into the 2012-2013 school year.
At a budget presentation on Monday, January 23, Nichols and Malone reported projected budgets that will see district totals [...]

By Claire Walla

Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to incite change. For the William Floyd School District in 2009, it took the loss of one of its star athletes — who died of a heroine overdose — for the school to finally crack-down on substance abuse.
Here in Sag Harbor, however, administrators and school board members [...]

By Claire Walla

If your child injures his elbow after school on one of the campuses of the Sag Harbor School District and has to be hospitalized, you will have to pay the hospital bills on your own. That’s what the situation is now, anyway.
But, the topic of liability insurance is being revisited by the Sag [...]

By Claire Walla

The Sag Harbor School District can potentially save over $1 million on transportation expenses over the next 10 years, according to District Treasurer Janet Verneuille.
All it will take is six new buses.
At a budget hearing held on Monday, Verneuille unveiled a new plan for the district’s transportation department that would effectively make the [...]

By Claire Walla

Before the end of this school year, it’s quite possible the Sag Harbor School District will bring drug-sniffing dogs onto the Pierson campus.
“For years I was hesitant to pursue this angle, but I’m more inclined to do this now,” said Pierson Middle/High School Principal Jeff Nichols, who took a hard-lined stance against bringing [...]

By Andrew Rudansky

With eyes towards HarborFrost 2012 and their first annual “Fun’raiser” event, the Sag Harbor Booster Foundation plans to kick off their first fundraising and membership drive at the beginning of the new year.
“The big thing with these fundraisers is to become solvent as an organization,” said the foundation’s president, Robert Evjen. “We wanted [...]