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mlny
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Riverhead High School
Would you send your child there? We are looking at houses on the east end and while all the elementary schools in the Riverhead SD have decent ratings.. the HS is what concerns me the most.
Anyone have any info/experience/pros/cons etc they could share?
Thanks!
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Posted 5/25/11 4:11 PM  |
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Re: Riverhead High School
I will say this...
My STBX's sister and BIL live there and they send their daughter to St. Anothny's in Huntington.
I know for a fact the kids are not allowed to wear bandanas and headbands due to gang affiliation.
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| Posted 5/25/11 4:25 PM |
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CouponKT
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Re: Riverhead High School
that is my district. I have heard mixed reviews, but the important thing is to be involved with your kids. If you aren't involved in their lives, it doesn't matter where the kids go.
I have heard of very successful people graduating from there.
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| Posted 5/25/11 4:28 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by CouponKT
that is my district. I have heard mixed reviews, but the important thing is to be involved with your kids. If you aren't involved in their lives, it doesn't matter where the kids go.
I have heard of very successful people graduating from there.
I do agree with this too. Said STBX's sister and BIL sent their older daughter to HS there and she did fine. Was an honor student and went onto college.
To be honest, their concern, as I understand it, wasn't so much academic as it was social. They were concerned about the other stuff that went on when they weren't around.
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| Posted 5/25/11 4:30 PM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by Jennie0898
I do agree with this too. Said STBX's sister and BIL sent their older daughter to HS there and she did fine. Was an honor student and went onto college.
To be honest, their concern, as I understand it, wasn't so much academic as it was social. They were concerned about the other stuff that went on when they weren't around.
I agree. I mean, I can't help to look at the positive since my kids will be at this school too. I, myself, graduated from a "desired" high school and even I was in school with druggies, slackers and dropouts. It's everywhere to some degree.
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| Posted 5/25/11 6:19 PM |
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ave1024
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Re: Riverhead High School
I have family members that go to the school and family members that work in the school.
No I wouldn't send my kids there.
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| Posted 5/25/11 6:23 PM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
I will be sending my kids there.
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| Posted 5/25/11 7:04 PM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
I know someone who is a counselor at the school, has been for several years now.
My former asst. principal worked there for years... the gang members would follow his car onto the LIE for several miles hoping to follow him home. Luckily, he lived in central Nassau at the time... a long commute, so after 15 or so miles they, luckily for him, they would give up and turn around.
To answer your question... me sending my kids? No way.
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Riverhead High School
I taught there for 2 years. If I lived out there, I would send my children there.
There are plenty of teachers in the district that have no problems sending their kids there. I am still in contact with many teachers there as well.
If you have specific questions you can FM me.
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| Posted 5/25/11 10:07 PM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
no way.
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| Posted 5/25/11 10:13 PM |
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mlny
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Re: Riverhead High School
Thank you so much for all your input! To those who say you wouldn't send your child there.. is there a specific reason? Quality of education, violence in the school, etc?
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| Posted 5/25/11 11:23 PM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
I would. I have a child that graduated HS 5 years ago and another graduating next year. I can tell you from personal experience that schools districts with stellar public reputations have very dirty little secrets. There is no perfect setting unfortunately.
I have a patient that is an administrator in Riverhead district, has been employed in the district for decades and he says he's never had any negative experiences that were any different from what his colleagues from other districts have told him about their own.
I also have many families of patients that live in Riverhead & their children attend the schools. In fact all of the HS kids I know that attend Riverhead HS are on track to go to a 4 year college.
Its a very diverse district and I understand there are some logistical issues due to the sudden increase in population. I'm assuming you kids are still pretty young, if so a new school will probably be built by then.
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| Posted 5/25/11 11:42 PM |
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ChrisDee
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Re: Riverhead High School
My girlfriend is a teacher in the district and after speaking with her, I would not send my kids there.
According to her, there is VERY LITTLE parent involvement. There are a lot of kids that have major issues because of the type of home life, they have parents in jail, rehab, just MIA parents. According to her this is not a rare kid, but more of a common theme. They are scoring very low on state testing(again, according to her)
ETA: she teaches 4th grade
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nov04libride
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by ChrisDee
My girlfriend is a teacher in the district and after speaking with her, I would not send my kids there.
According to her, there is VERY LITTLE parent involvement. There are a lot of kids that have major issues because of the type of home life, they have parents in jail, rehab, just MIA parents. According to her this is not a rare kid, but more of a common theme. They are scoring very low on state testing(again, according to her)
ETA: she teaches 4th grade
I've heard the same from friends who are teachers in the district. I would not send my child there.
They live in Mattituck/Cutchogue--I've heard great things about that district, and it is close to Riverhead.
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| Posted 5/26/11 8:41 AM |
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jes81276
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Re: Riverhead High School
It really is a personal decision...I grew up on the east end and went to Mattituck High School...at that time Riverhead was more ethnically diverse and larger than the other districts on the east end, and some people thought that made it a "bad district". On the flip side, with a larger hs, much more was offered to the students in terms of academics, sports, and clubs. Mind you, that was 15 or so years ago.
I do not know what goes on in Riverhead district these days, but I do know that there are problems in every district....I work in what many would consider a "good district" and although there are no gangs to be spoken of, there are major drug and alcohol issues....whether it's violence or drugs, both have the same potential deadly effects.
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| Posted 5/26/11 9:08 AM |
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by jes81276
It really is a personal decision...I grew up on the east end and went to Mattituck High School...at that time Riverhead was more ethnically diverse and larger than the other districts on the east end, and some people thought that made it a "bad district". On the flip side, with a larger hs, much more was offered to the students in terms of academics, sports, and clubs. Mind you, that was 15 or so years ago.
I do not know what goes on in Riverhead district these days, but I do know that there are problems in every district....I work in what many would consider a "good district" and although there are no gangs to be spoken of, there are major drug and alcohol issues....whether it's violence or drugs, both have the same potential deadly effects.
Well said. Riverhead is diverse. There are those with gorgeous houses and those that are homeless. Out of all the schools I worked at over the last 6 years that was my favorite. I had some really awesome students. I hope to return there in the near future if budgets ever improve.
They offer so much in terms of extra-curricular activities. The administration is all wonderful.
My 2 years there, I was never disrespected by students.
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| Posted 5/26/11 10:45 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by KellyFG
I can tell you from personal experience that schools districts with stellar public reputations have very dirty little secrets.
Its a very diverse district and I understand there are some logistical issues due to the sudden increase in population. I'm assuming you kids are still pretty young, if so a new school will probably be built by then.
I know you have posted in the past how you would never send your kids to great districts like Jericho, Syosset, etc. Your personal experience with stellar public schools doesn't discredit the fact that the actual performance from the "stellar" districts far outperforms Riverhead SD. I'll take a little dirty secrets over what goes on in Riverhead SD anyday.
The diverse thing isn't really the issue with Riverhead. In regards to logistical issues... they have a large portion of the school district teaching in TRAILERS. What kind of environment is this? Kids have to troop to trailers in during the hottest days in the spring/fall, as well as the coldest snowiest days in the winter. How about trooping to these trailers in the pouring rain?
My niece didn't even have textbooks at the start of her last school year and didn't have them for months. How do you expect to learn with no textbooks? What kind of a school doesn't hand out textbooks? Oh and they didn't even hand out pamphlets or dittos either. School said it doesn't have the money to do this.
Sorry but these are signs that this SD is in serious trouble.
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| Posted 5/26/11 11:53 AM |
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by ave1024
Posted by KellyFG
I can tell you from personal experience that schools districts with stellar public reputations have very dirty little secrets.
Its a very diverse district and I understand there are some logistical issues due to the sudden increase in population. I'm assuming you kids are still pretty young, if so a new school will probably be built by then.
I know you have posted in the past how you would never send your kids to great districts like Jericho, Syosset, etc. Your personal experience with stellar public schools doesn't discredit the fact that the actual performance from the "stellar" districts far outperforms Riverhead SD. I'll take a little dirty secrets over what goes on in Riverhead SD anyday.
The diverse thing isn't really the issue with Riverhead. In regards to logistical issues... they have a large portion of the school district teaching in TRAILERS. What kind of environment is this? Kids have to troop to trailers in during the hottest days in the spring/fall, as well as the coldest snowiest days in the winter. How about trooping to these trailers in the pouring rain?
My niece didn't even have textbooks at the start of her last school year and didn't have them for months. How do you expect to learn with no textbooks? What kind of a school doesn't hand out textbooks? Oh and they didn't even hand out pamphlets or dittos either. School said it doesn't have the money to do this.
Sorry but these are signs that this SD is in serious trouble.
I just wanted to add the trailers are actually very nice inside. They are nicer than my classroom was and they had AC, which my classroom did not.
Alot of schools do not hand out textbooks anymore. Many books are online.
Every district has financial problems and the fact that there are trailers should not change your mind one way or another, as many growing districts must use them to house the excessive numbers.
There is no perfect district - rich, poor or middle class.
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Re: Riverhead High School
No I would not send my children there. As previous posters said, every school district has their issues. Some more than others - which it mean is enough to sway me from the district.
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| Posted 5/26/11 2:23 PM |
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ave1024
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Re: Riverhead High School
Posted by MrsSchwags
I just wanted to add the trailers are actually very nice inside. They are nicer than my classroom was and they had AC, which my classroom did not.
Alot of schools do not hand out textbooks anymore. Many books are online.
Every district has financial problems and the fact that there are trailers should not change your mind one way or another, as many growing districts must use them to house the excessive numbers.
There is no perfect district - rich, poor or middle class.
Regardless of how nice you may think they are inside, the idea of trooping to a trailer to try to make a class is crazy.
The kids only get a couple of minutes in between classes to make their class otherwise they are late. Isn't it something like 4 minutes?
The use of these trailers is out of hand really. I don't see the appeal of these trailers in the middle of winter when it's freezing cold out and you have to either have to drag your coat around with you so you don't freeze, or you quickly run to get your coat from your locker to stay warm just to be late for class. Do you really think the kids are going to care if they are "nice"? It's a lousy situation and you can't say this is this ideal. It's not.
And it wasn't an issue if the textbooks being online. She didn't have any textbooks period. No online versions. No nothing. I know she was waiting for a Spanish softcover workbook. She didn't end up getting that for months.
The school is also very rough. Lots of problems. Fights. Gang issues. You can say that if the parent stays involved and you want to learn you will get a good education. However the environment at Riverhead does not help the fact at all.
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Riverhead High School
Well again...that's why it is just an opinion. I have first hand experience so I am speaking as an educator. You are speaking based on what "he said she said" which is fine. Everything is out there for the original poster to read and make their own decisions.
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Nope. I have heard noting but horrible things.
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| Posted 5/26/11 4:45 PM |
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Posted by ave1024
I know you have posted in the past how you would never send your kids to great districts like Jericho, Syosset, etc. Your personal experience with stellar public schools doesn't discredit the fact that the actual performance from the "stellar" districts far outperforms Riverhead SD. I'll take a little dirty secrets over what goes on in Riverhead SD anyday.
The diverse thing isn't really the issue with Riverhead. In regards to logistical issues... they have a large portion of the school district teaching in TRAILERS. What kind of environment is this? Kids have to troop to trailers in during the hottest days in the spring/fall, as well as the coldest snowiest days in the winter. How about trooping to these trailers in the pouring rain?
My niece didn't even have textbooks at the start of her last school year and didn't have them for months. How do you expect to learn with no textbooks? What kind of a school doesn't hand out textbooks? Oh and they didn't even hand out pamphlets or dittos either. School said it doesn't have the money to do this.
Sorry but these are signs that this SD is in serious trouble.
The trailers are not ideal, I agree with that but I don't think it makes a child destine for failure.
My BIL lives in a million dollar home in Florida and my nieces have been in trailers at school for years. His oldest daughter just got accepted to the honors program at University of South Florida.
As for children not having books things like that happen a lot. My son was in a computer class in a much "better" district and all of the students were expected to bring their own printer paper and ink cartridges. I'm sure there are plenty of teachers here that can chime in about various supply shortages in many districts.
I can tell you as a parent of two older children, I would not tolerate my child not having a textbook or workbook for months. I would be on the phone with the superintendent daily, I'd call the state Board of Ed and if that didn't get the book I'd buy it myself.
If your family lives there and its so terrible they either need to move, send the children to private school or get proactive.
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| Posted 5/26/11 7:57 PM |
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I can't comment on Riverhead specifically, but I can comment on trailers and no textbooks.
So not a big deal! As a teacher, I had to get to the trailer too. Teachers are not monsters who don't understand the nuances of getting around campus! Once I didn't even have to get to a trailer, but from the third floor on one end of the building to the first floor on the end.
As for textbooks, studies show that they are really not an effective way to learn. Readers tend tune out of non-fiction text (adults included - we look for info that interests us and skip a lot) and textbooks are notorious for being 2-3 reading levels too high. Teachers should be frontloading what's in textbooks to begin with. I think they are a crutch that former generations need to leave behind in the 20th century.
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