Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District

Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District
Location
Southold, New York United States
District information
Type	Public School District
Established	early 1970s[1]
Superintendent	Shawn Petretti
Asst. superintendent(s)	Lisa Bieber
Schools	2
Students and staff
Teachers	45
Staff	149
Other information
Website	www.mufsd.com

Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District is a public school district located on the North Fork of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It primarily serves the western part of the Town of Southold, as well as a small portion of the Town of Riverhead, and includes the census-designated places of New Suffolk, including Mattituck, Cutchogue and Laurel. As well as portions of Jamesport and Peconic. To the east, the district is bordered by the Southold Union Free School District,and on the west, the Riverhead Central School District.

The district superintendent is Shawn Petretti, his assistant is Lisa Bieber.

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.^[2]

Officials include:^[3]

• Principal- Patrick Burke
• Assistant Principal- Heather Stewart

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.^[4]

Officials include:^[3]

• Principal- Amy Brennan
• Vice principal- Christina Zaweski

History

The school district was formed in the early 1970s when the Cutchogue and Mattituck school districts combined.^[1] After a vote in 1997, the 100-student Laurel school district was added.^[5]

In 2015, the Mattituck High School Varsity Baseball Team won the New York State Class B title, the first state championship in the program's 95-year history.^[6]

In 2021, the salutatorian Weronika Jachimowicz who dated Joseph Schoenstein, went mildly viral for her yearbook photo in which she wore a goth outfit.^[7]

In 2022, the school's gymnasium was hit by a tornado, striking need for renovations^[8]

Enrollment

The student total peaked in the 2007-2008 school year and has been steadily decreasing since.

Number of students per-year:^[9]

• 1998-1999: 1,496
• 1999-2000: 1,505
• 2000-2001: 1,526
• 2001-2002: 1,547
• 2002-2003: 1,562
• 2003-2004: 1,563
• 2004-2005: 1,581
• 2005-2006: 1,561
• 2006-2007: 1,588
• 2007-2008: 1,614
• 2008-2009: 1,505
• 2009-2010: 1,514
• 2010-2011: 1,492
• 2011-2012: 1,418
• 2012-2013: 1,388
• 2013-2014: 1,344
• 2014-2015: 1,304
• 2015-2016: 1,224
• 2016-2017: 1,197
• 2017-2018: 1,167
• 2018-2019: 1,128
• 2019-2020: 1,101
• 2020-2021: 1,089
• 2021-2022: 1,066

References

1. "SCHOOL ELECTIONS ARE HELD ON L. I". The New York Times. July 12, 1973.("A proposed $2,455,866 budget for the recently merged school district ...")
2. Ain, Stewart (March 21, 2004). "School Expansion Vote For Mattituck-Cutchogue". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
3. [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]}, mufsd.com, Accessed 2016-06-29
4. "2022 | MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE UFSD - Graduation Rate Data | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
5. Saslow, Linda (March 9, 1997). "Vote to Decide Merger of Two School Districts". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
6. Liepa, Bob (February 28, 2016). "Mattituck baseball won state title, Sports People of the Year: Video". The Suffolk Times. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
7. Tomassetti, Briella (2021-04-08). "Meet the goth teen from Long Island whose yearbook photo went viral". FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
8. Smith, Joe Werkmeister, Steve Wick and Tara (2022-09-26). "NWS confirms tornado touched down in Mattituck during thunderstorm". The Suffolk Times. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
9. "MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE UFSD | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

External links

• Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District