Non Instructional School District Vote Passed

March 6, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW SUFFOLK COMMON SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

The New Suffolk Community passed a resolution yesterday to move to a non instructional school district. The vote represented a record turn out and resulted in a 83-14 margin in favor. After months of working with the community and neighboring schools districts the support was overwhelmingly in favor of the plan.

Beginning in the 24-25 school year The New Suffolk School District will tuition all of its students to Southold. New Suffolk will function as a non-instructional school district which will continue to advocate for and support the students of the community.

We thank everyone for attending meetings and becoming informed to help us offer the best education for our students.

-The New Suffolk School Board of Trustees

Letter from NS School Board re: District of Attendance for NS Students decided.

February 21, 2024

To Our Community:

 

The New Suffolk Common School is pleased to inform our community that after much consideration, the Board of Trustees has chosen to select Southold Union Free Schools as the District of attendance for New Suffolk students.  The Board of Trustees will act to formalize this selection at its next regularly scheduled board of education meeting on March 12, 2024. Should the community vote in favor of the move to a non-instruction district on March 5th the selection will apply to our elementary students as well as secondary.  

 

We thank all parents, students, community members and any other stakeholders who have provided input for the Board’s consideration as it relates to a selection of the District of attendance.  Given the prior relationship with Southold, and in consideration of Southold’s academic and athletic offerings, we believe it to be in the best interests of District students to continue our agreement with Southold to educate New Suffolk students.

We are working with Southold to provide our parents a few dates/times where they will be able to tour the school facilities, and will communicate those to all as soon as possible.

 

We encourage the community to attend the special meeting on February 27th, 7pm, at the New Suffolk School. This meeting will solely focus on the upcoming vote on March 5th regarding the Non-Instructional School District. If you cannot attend in person, the Google Meet access information can be found below and on the website, www.newsuffolkschool.com. 

Meeting link meet.google.com/fri-eyog-ghb | Join by phone (US) +1 443-671-4772 PIN: 738685272

 

As a reminder to parents within the District, we will need to provide Southold with definitive attendance numbers for the 2024/2025 school year.  We ask that you please reach out and inform us of your household enrollment within the district by April 1st. You can email this information to our Superintendent  Joe Vasile-Cozzo (jvas@newsuffolkschool.com).

 

Please do pass this email along to other members of the community, we will be posting the announcement on our website, and will be reaching out to the Civic Association to help us get the word out.

 

Sincerely,

The Board of Trustees

Lisa Zissel, Brooke Dailey and Deborah Carroll

New Suffolk Common School Non-Instructional District Transition Information

New Suffolk Common School

Non-Instructional District Transition Information:

The New Suffolk School Board has updated their website with information regarding transitioning New Suffolk to a non-instructional school district. This includes the timeline for the non-instructional vote, as well as FAQs.
https://www.newsuffolkschool.com/faqs-1

This VOTE will be on TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024: from 3pm- 9pm at New Suffolk School
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There is also a SURVEY for any community members on the website. Please complete the survey to help the school board and community.

All New Suffolk community members are encouraged to attend, as these issues affect us all!

Information will also be mailed to all residents with a PO Box in New Suffolk.

For the School Board Meetings, a Google Meet link will be available if you would like to attend virtually - this link will be located on the school website's event when you click on the specific date and open it.

For more information:

https://www.newsuffolkschool.com/events

Timeline

  • February 13, 2024 | School Board Meeting 7p @ New Suffolk School

  • February 27, 2024 | Community Meeting re: Non-Instructional District 7p @ New Suffolk School

  • March 5, 2024 | COMMUNITY VOTE for Non-Instruction District 3p - 9p @ New Suffolk School

  • April 1, 2024 | Designation of Receiving School Districts by Board of Education

  • April 9, 2024 | School Board Meeting, Budget Discussion Meeting 7p @ New Suffolk School

  • May 14, 2024 | School Board Meeting 7p @ New Suffolk School

  • May 21, 2024 | Budget Vote / Board Elections 3p -9p @ New Suffolk School

Check the website for updates! That is the designated source of community information, as well as Board Meetings.

www.newsuffolkschool.com

Southold Town Fall Leaf Cleanup starts 12/1/23

•    The Highway Department will begin collecting BAGGED LEAVES ONLY (in biodegradable paper leaf bags). There will be NO collection of brush/branches. Therefore, as of December 1st all residents should have their leaf bags ready at curbside.

•    Crews will only travel through an area ONE TIME, place bags in a conspicuous curbside area.

•    Only brush and branches brought in residential vehicles will be accepted free of charge from Wednesday, November 1st thru Thursday, November 30th

•    Leaves loose or in leaf bags will be accepted at the compost facility free of charge the months of Nov. and Dec.

•    Brush brought in commercial vehicles (i.e., those with commercial disposal permits or those with a capacity greater than one ton) will be charged the regular applicable rates.

•    All yard waste must be free from any plastic, garbage or other debris as it will not be picked up or accepted at the Transfer Station compost site.

•    Single-entry fees for vehicles without permits are not waived and WILL STILL BE CHARGED!

More information : 2023 Fall Leaf Cleanup Info:

Public Hearing for Southold Town Community Housing Plan on 9/26/23

Announcement from the Southold Town Housing Advisory Commission:

Please be advised that the Southold Town Board will be holding a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 26th at Town Hall at 4:30 pm regarding the town’s new Southold Town Community Housing Plan. 

This new Plan centers on promoting opportunities for affordable and workforce housing in this town. The link below will take you to the Plan if you want to review it for yourself. Click on this link and scroll down to “Final Version of the Community Housing Plan.”  

http://southoldtownny.gov/1943/Community-Housing-Fund;

As a person who a member of a local Civic Associaton, we urge you to attend this public hearing. You may do so either in person (preferably) or via Zoom. 

You may also email your comments on the plan to: housingplan@southoldtownny.gov.

SIDEWALK REPAIR UPDATE

In early 2023, the NSCA had contacted Dan Goodwin, Superintendent of Highways for Southold Town, regarding the extremely poor state of the sidewalks in New Suffolk.  Dan Goodwin agreed that this project was needed.  He was actively working on achieving funding for the repairs, however the project was initially unlikely to be done this year. Thankfully we found out recently that he was successful!  
As some of you may have seen, the town has already started repairs on the sidewalks.
Dan emailed us recently and explained the time frame for the repairs: " For this year we will be going [New Suffolk Rd] from King St to Main St then along Main Street to 1st Street. Construction on the replacement section should be completed in about a week and a half depending on weather. We will be doing some in house repairs in front of the school either this fall or in the spring. That section is very complicated due to the retaining wall and its proximity to the school property line as well as a few trees which would need to be removed. This approach will be far less disruptive to the area. "

Please be aware of the workers and traffic pattern changes in town from this project, as well as the PSEGLI pole repair work in both New Suffolk and Cutchogue.

We hope you are all enjoying the start of Fall in New Suffolk.

-The NSCA Board

Cutchogue Civic Association Meeting re: Cutchogue Firehouse Renovations

Thursday, June 22, 2023 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library

Take a sneak peek...

...at what the Cutchogue Fire Department has in store for us when firehouse renovations are completed!

Discussion:

• Timeline and status of the $16-million project

• How fire protection and emergency response will be handled during construction

• Expected long-term benefits to the community

Presenters:

CFD Fire Commissioner Mike Finnican

CFD Fire Chief Bill Brewer

Architect Ray Nemschick

All are welcome ~ Bring your questions!

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