East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, and Springs have all hired construction crews for capital projects meant to improve the school facilities.

They took gifts for the villagers — soccer balls, Frisbees, Slinky toys, Uno — symbols of friendship and appreciation for their host families. But they got something so much greater in return.

A group of East Hampton High School students who traveled to Nepal several weeks ago to work with the organization buildOn, laying the foundation for a new school in a rural village, told the East Hampton School Board recently how the trip had changed their lives.

Michael Henery, the Springs School’s business administrator, began a presentation Monday by citing studies showing that “well-maintained facilities posit­ively impact student achievement” and “every dollar spent on maintenance will save $4 on capital spending later on.”

On Tuesday, the same day residents head to the polls to vote in the local primary contests, the Amagansett School District will hold a run-off election between two school board members who emerged in a tie in May.

Strawberries will be the sweet inspiration for a story time with crafts and snacks for kids 4 to 7 on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library.

For the second time this year, the New York State comptroller's office has come down hard on the Wainscott Common School District in an audit that school officials questioned as flawed.

Three members of Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council emerged as winners on Sunday at the Teeny Awards, the annual celebration of high school theater sponsored by East End Arts, based in Riverhead.

This weeks happenings for kids.

In what may be a first for a school district in New York State, the Amagansett School Board voted on Tuesday to ban the intentional release of helium balloons on school property.

Early education gave daycare center alums a leg up.