Great Neck School District 2479573 223947145 2008-07-06T17:22:41Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other 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== <references/> ==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]] {{NewYork-school-stub}}