{"id":130268,"date":"2025-11-25T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=130268"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:11:15","slug":"riverhead-highway-department-treats-elementary-kids-to-truck-show-and-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/11\/130268\/riverhead-highway-department-treats-elementary-kids-to-truck-show-and-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverhead highway department treats elementary kids to truck show-and-tell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students at Roanoke Avenue Elementary School<\/a> were overloaded with excitement while learning about the ins and outs of the Riverhead Highway Department and its trusty trucks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For nearly 15 years, Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski and his crew have visited local elementary schools to give them a close-up view of the vehicles, offer insight on the responsibilities of the highway department and teach them the importance of road safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My son had separation anxiety when he was a kid, and when he used to go to [this] school, the principal Mr. [Thomas] Payton used to come out and walk my son into school every single morning,” said Mr. Zaleski, the Riverhead News-Review’s 2024 Public Servants of the Year<\/a> partly for his outreach. “I never forgot something like that, so I always wanted to give back when I’m able to. What a better way than bringing these trucks for show-and-tell \u2014 the kids love it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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