Tests not doing the job
While testing of students is mandated, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, one local school superintendent maintains that high scores on those tests aren’t necessarily a sign that real...
View ArticleSouthold teachers agree to give back $2,000 in salaries for two years
Southold teachers have agreed to give back $2,000 in salary a year for the next two years to help the school district control costs, it was announced at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Southold Board...
View ArticleSouthold schools to follow the ‘common core’
Southold has joined other local school districts in readying its teachers for a new set of state benchmarks, known as “common core standards,” designed to prepare students for college and 21st century...
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Guest Column: Hidden cost of destroying education
BETH YOUNG FILE PHOTO | Southold Superintendent David Gamberg. I invite you to think back, not to your favorite teacher, but to the one who was most effective. Chances are that despite our chosen paths...
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Guest Spot: Education in 2013 and beyond
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Southold Union Free School District superintendent David Gamberg at a board of education meeting earlier this year. As we embark on the start of a new school year,...
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Southold students plant tree at high school in memory of teen
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Southold students plant a redbud tree in honor of Ronan Guyer, the Southold teen who suffered a heart attack and died last year. Southold sophomore Billy Bucci recalled the things...
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Southold parents question move to share superintendent
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Greenport school board president Heather Wolf (left) and member Lisa Murray speaking with Southold Superintendent David Gamberg (right) after Tuesday night’s meeting. Two...
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