Great Neck School District

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The Great Neck School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Great Neck, New York, United States. About 6,000 students, grades K-12, attend the Great Neck Public Schools. On School Election Day, May 16, 2006, the voters of this district passed a budget of $162,315,000. ^[1].

Contents 1 List of Schools 2 Former Schools 2.1 Early Schools 2.2 Modern Day Schools 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] List of Schools

There are three high schools: North High School, with an alternative program, Community School; South High School; and The Village School, a small alternative high school. There are also two middle schools, four elementary schools, and a nursery school.

• High Schools:
  • Great Neck North High School
  • Great Neck South High School
  • Great Neck Village School (Alternative school)
• Middle Schools:
  • Great Neck North Middle School
  • Great Neck South Middle School
• Elementary Schools:
  • E. M. Baker Elementary School
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary School
  • Lakeville Elementary School
  • Saddle Rock Elementary School
• Nursery School:
  • Parkville School

[edit] Former Schools

Declining student population through the 1970s and 1980s[1] resulted in a reduction in the number of operating elementary schools from eleven in 1954 to only four today.^{[2] [3]}The previously operational schools included:

[edit] Early Schools

School Name	Opened	Closed	Notes
Woolley's Brook School	1814	1830
Second School (name unknown)	1830	1838	burned down
Fairview Avenue School	1840	1869	(photo)(another photo)
First Arrandale School	1869	1899	(photo)
Second Arrandale School	1900	1920 (burned down)	(photo)
"Second" School (Kensington)	1905		(photo)(another photo)

[edit] Modern Day Schools

School Name	Opened	Closed	Notes
Arrandale School	1914	1977	building on corner of Arrandale Ave. and Middleneck Rd. was demolished in 1976
Kensington-Johnson School	1921	1981	Demolished 1996 [2]
Cumberland School	1951	1981	Became Cumberland Adult Center [3] .view at Live.com
Cutter Mill School	1952	1978	Demolished
Clover Drive School	1954		became Clover Drive Adult Center[4]
Grace Avenue School	1954		became Great Neck Senior Center [5]
Cherry Lane School	1954	1976	sold to private religious school

[edit] See also

• List of school districts in New York

[edit] References

1. ^ 2006-07 Proposed Budget, accessed May 18, 2006
2. ^ History at Great Neck School District Official Page
3. ^ Great Neck History Online at the Great Neck Library

[edit] External links

• Great Neck School District
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Great Neck School District