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Reporter Editorial: Reflection and celebration
It’s been a season of anniversaries for Shelter Island, of happy celebrations or solemn remembrances, linked by the idea of not letting special days associated with institutions and events pass...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Debate on banning smart phones from classrooms
So-called smart phones were not a problem for a teacher when I started out as a professor 45 years ago. The first cell phones, big and clunky, arrived in 1973, and the internet emerged a decade later,...
View ArticleShelter Island School colleagues honor Jacki Dunning: New cellphone policy...
School District Clerk Jacki Dunning, Shelter Island School’s Employee of the Month for September, was genuinely and happily surprised. There to celebrate at the Board of Education meeting last week...
View ArticleArea districts react to Gov. Hochul’s school cellphone ban: Shelter Island...
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D0 announced her plan to have “distraction-free” schools as part of the 2026 fiscal year executive budget recently. The policy outlines restricted use of smartphones and other...
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A Day in the Life of Shelter Island School
Here’s another chapter in our continuing series looking at the daily lives of Island institutions. At 7:30 a.m. on a winter January morning, you could walk down the middle of Bridge Street without...
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