Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District is a public school district located on the North Fork

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 of Long Island

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, in Suffolk County

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, New York

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, United States

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. It primarily serves the western part of the Town of Southold

Southold, New York

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, as well as a small portion of the Town of Riverhead, and includes the census-designated places

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 of Mattituck

Mattituck, New York

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, Cutchogue

Cutchogue, New York

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 and Laurel

Laurel, New York

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, and portions of Jamesport

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 and Peconic

Peconic, New York

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. To the east, the district is bordered by the Southold Union Free School District

Southold Union Free School District

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; and on the west, the Riverhead Central School District

Riverhead Central School District

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.

The total enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year was 1,614 students.

The superintendent is James F. McKenna.

Schools

Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr/Sr High School (often referred to as Mattituck High School) caters to students in 7th grade-12th grade. It also operates an email service for these students. The high school building was originally built in 1934.

Officials include

• Superintendent- James Mckenna
• Assistant Superintendent- Anne Smith
• Principal- Shawn Petretti
• Vice principal- David. Smith
• Jr. High Dean- Pat Arslanian
• High school Dean- Frank Massa

Cutchogue East Elementary School caters to students in grades from kindergarten to 6th grade. They have a strict policy on kindness and grade students with a 1-4 grading system. Through the years this has been considered a very good school.

Officials include

• Principal- Anne Smith
• Vice principal- Deborah Guryn

History

The school district was formed in the early 1970s when the Cutchogue and Mattituck school districts combined. After a vote in 1997, the 100-student Laurel school district was added.

In recent years, one of the major problems in this district has been the budget. It passed in 2007, but was turned down in 2005, leading to austerity. From there an organization was created, The Mattituck Cutchogue Fund For Students. They re-stored the sports and activities for that year but later said that they would not be doing this again. It was felt as a sort of threat to the community and from then on the budget has passed.