The move was completed during the week of Aug. 13. The district's buses will also be stored there, taking them out of lots at the junior-senior high school. New paving was just completed at Cutchogue West to accommodate them. The changes at the Cutchogue West building for the administrative offices can be reconverted should the district ever need the classroom space, said Mr. Adsitt. But for the moment, it makes fine new offices, he said.
Work is under way at the high school to convert and equip additional science rooms.
That won't be completed in time for classes Sept. 5, but Mr. Adsitt said they'd manage while the work continues. He expects 1,550 students in district classes, a slight increase from last year. The state school aid will have no impact on the Mattituck-Cutchogue operation this year because board members had used the governor's numbers in calculating revenues, said Mr. Adsitt. Like all school district administrators, he was working up to the last minute to get his full complement of staff in place. He's expecting some challenges in the year ahead as new state testing is implemented.