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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 children is seeking a second term on the board.
He said his top priority is providing support to new incoming administrators a new superintendent, elementary principal and assistant principal are expected to begin soon and addressing the long-term issue of dropping enrollment.
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 May 18, which is also the date of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
Get more information on school district budget and tax plans here, and see last year s election results here. Sign up for The Classroom, Newsday s education newsletter, here.
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 and fellow incumbent Jeffrey Connolly will seek new terms when voters head to the polls May 18. Current board president Barbara Wheaton will not run again.
That leaves at least one of three open seats up for grabs with four newcomers seeking a spot. District residents Aleksandra Kardwell, Karen Letteriello, Edward Marlatt and Denise Taormina all submitted petitions.