School overview
The River School
What the available official school records show about governance, family funding, and public communications. Part of New York City Geographic District #2.
Who makes school-level decisions?
The River School is part of New York City Geographic District 2. Its School Leadership Team is the school-level body described on the official site as developing the annual Comprehensive Educational Plan and aligning the school budget with that plan.
District governance
NYC Public Schools governs the school through Geographic District 2; the school does not have a separate elected board.
Local leadership team
The school says the SLT has equal parent and staff representation and meets monthly on the last Tuesday at 5:00 pm.
Private fundraising
The school’s PTA says its Family Fund raises more than half of the PTA annual budget and supports programs the page says city funding does not cover, including technology instruction.
Public-record gap
The reviewed school pages do not publish current SLT agendas or minutes, and the linked public ParentSquare archive has no trailing-year notices.
The absence of current documents from these public pages does not establish that SLT meetings, school planning, or family communications did not occur.
What is on the public record
Major projects
PTA Family Fund
activeThe current official page asks families to support the PTA Family Fund, which it says funds major programs and raises more than half of the PTA annual budget.
- Official Family Fund page last modified
Funding
Family donations to the PTA Family Fund
The collected page does not state a dollar amount or school-wide budget.
Based on the complete public WordPress archive and its school-linked ParentSquare public feed, reviewed on August 24, 2026.
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