Riverhead schools plan further cuts to staff, class offerings

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The Riverhead School District will see significant cuts to class offerings, programs, teaching assistants, and support staff as a result of cutbacks proposed in the administration’s budget for the coming school year.

The district is planning to lay off 18 teacher assistants and reduce the size of its dual language program, in addition to eliminating nearly 38 faculty positions as announced last week, district officials said.An assistant principal position also would be cut, bringing the total to more than 56 positions.

School officials said the district must make the cuts because it added nearly 180 staff positions since 2018 and faces a "fiscal cliff" of nearly $20 million — the amount of COVID-19 recovery grant funding the district received over a three-year period that is set to run out this fall.

 

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