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The view of Mattituck Junior-Senior High School from Main Road. (Credit: Grant Parpan) In the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, six candidates are competing for three open seats on the Board of Education. Longtime school board member Doug Cooper and fellow incumbent Jeffrey Connolly are both seeking reelection. Current BOE president Barbara Wheaton chose not to seek another term. Mr. Connolly, 35, is a financial analyst who resides in Mattituck with his wife and chil...

The Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education is planning to appoint current high school principal Shawn Petretti as its next superintendent at a meeting June 10. (Courtesy photo) In their search for the next superintendent, the Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education didn’t have to look very far. Shawn Petretti, the principal at Mattituck Junior-Senior High School, will be formally appointed as superintendent at a meeting June 10, board of education president Barbara Wheat...

Long Island school elections, 2021-22 Print Email School district residents go to the polls on May 18 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts. Results will be posted here as they become available. Read our full coverage of the results here. The Great Neck, Lawrence, Hewlett-Woodmere and West Hempstead districts received permission from the state to hold voting on May 11, before the statewide date of...

The view of Mattituck Junior-Senior High School from Main Road. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Contested school board races have been announced in both the Mattituck-Cutchogue and Greenport school districts. And with an incumbent stepping down, there will be at least one new member in each district next school year. In Mattituck-Cutchogue, six candidates submitted petitions to run for the Board of Education prior to Monday’s deadline. Longtime school board member Doug Cooper an...

Mattituck Superintendent Jill Gierasch pictured at a 2019 meeting. (file photo) Mattituck-Cutchogue School District officials proposed a preliminary $42.2 million budget for the 2021-22 school year at last Thursday’s Board of Education meeting. According to Superintendent Jill Gierasch, the proposed spending plan maintains current programming levels with a few add-ons. Ms. Gierasch said priorities included safety and security, infrastructure upgrades and expansion of so...