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|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. <ref>[http://greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/budget.html 2006-07 Proposed Budget], accessed [[May 18]], [[2006]]</ref>.
==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]]
==Former Schools==
Declining student population through the 1970s and 1980s[http://www.antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/1999/12/31/news/schoolboard.html] resulted in a reduction in the number of operating elementary schools from eleven in 1954 to only four today.<ref>[http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/history.html History at Great Neck School District Official Page]</ref> <ref>[http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/schlib.html Great Neck History Online at the Great Neck Library]</ref>The previously operational schools included:
===Early Schools===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School Name
! Opened
! Closed
! Notes
|-
|Woolley's Brook School
|1814
|1830
|
|-
|Second School (name unknown)
|1830
|1838
|burned down
|-
|Fairview Avenue School
|1840
|1869
|[http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/gnps/Photos/history/school3.1840.jpg (photo)][http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/lschlib1.html (another photo)]
|-
|First Arrandale School
|1869
|1899
|[http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/gnps/Photos/history/school1.1892.jpg (photo)]
|-
|Second Arrandale School
|1900
|1920 (burned down)
|[http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/lschlib2.html (photo)]
|-
|"Second" School (Kensington)
|1905
|
|[http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/lschlib3.html (photo)][http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/gnps/Photos/history/kensington.1905.jpg (another photo)]
|-
|}
===Modern Day Schools===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EED6163EF936A25751C1A960958260]
|-
|Cumberland School
|1951
|1981
|Became Cumberland Adult Center [http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/adult/adult.html] .[http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&ss=yp.great%20neck%20senior%20center&cp=qsx0288vqm14&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8101139&encType=1 view at Live.com]
|-
|Cutter Mill School
|1952
|1978
|Demolished
|-
|Clover Drive School
|1954
|
|became Clover Drive Adult Center[http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/Adult/pages/s06_aboutus.html]
|-
|Grace Avenue School
|1954
|
|became Great Neck Senior Center [http://greatneckseniorcenter.org/index.html]
|-
|Cherry Lane School
|1954
|1976
|sold to private religious school
|}
==See also==
* [[List of school districts in New York]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ Great Neck School District]
*[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3612510 National Center for Education Statistics data for the Great Neck School District]
[[Category:Great Neck Peninsula]]
[[Category:School districts in New York]]
[[Category:Education in Nassau County, New York]]
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