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Riverhead district outlines DCIP priorities and flags chronic absenteeism in report card presentation
Summary
Riverhead Central School District presented its District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP) and district report card March 4, emphasizing attendance, literacy and social-emotional learning for targeted schools and noting a 26% chronic absenteeism rate in recent years.
Riverhead Central School District officials presented the district'wide District Comprehensive Improvement Plan and a summary of the district report card at the board of education meeting Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The presentation set priorities for three targeted schools and described state-linked supports and grant funding attached to improvement plans.
The DCIP presentation, led by Dr. Allen Baum and Dr. Gretchen Rodney, explained that Phillips Avenue, Roanoke Avenue and Riverhead Middle School are identified for additional state support and that federal and state resources are attached to each school's plan. "In addition to assisting us to create a plan, there are money attached to those plans," Rodney said, describing a Title I allocation the district reported as $525,000 this year and a distribution of that amount to district and school-level activities.
Why it matters: New York State identifies schools that need targeted, additional or comprehensive support and provides technical assistance and funding tied to improvement plans. District leaders said the DCIP and related funds are intended to raise…
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