East Williston Union Free School District

East Williston Union Free School District
Address
11 Bacon Road
Old Westbury
, New York, 11568
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12[1]
NCES District ID3610050 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,666 (2020–2021)[1]
Teachers193.47 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Staff155.13 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.61:1[1]
Other information
Websitewww.ewsdonline.org

The East Williston Union Free School District (abbreviated as EWSD and also known as East Williston Union Free School District No. 2 – and known colloquially as Wheatley Schools) is a school district located within the south-central portion of the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

Overview

The East Williston Union Free School District serves all of the Incorporated Village of East Williston, along with portions of Roslyn Heights, the Village of East Hills, Village of Mineola, and the Village of Old Westbury.[2]

As of 2024, the Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Danielle Gately.[3]

History

The school district was established in its current form in 1949, after the East Williston Common School District's residents voted 196-to-16 in favor of re-establishing it as the as Union Free School District No 2.[4] The district subsequently grew in the 1950s.[5][6]

In 1955, The Wheatley School – the district's sole high school – was established.[7][8]

In 1960, a proposal to consolidate the East Williston Union Free School District and the adjacent Carle Place Union Free School District failed, due to a lack of support for the centralization.[9] This came after a previous attempt at consolidating the two with the Mineola and Herricks Union Free School Districts.[9]

In 1970, the district changed its name from Union Free School District No. 2 to East Williston Union Free School District No. 2, at the request of the New York State Department of Education, so to better distinguish it from the other districts throughout the state known as UFSD No. 2.[10] Although it initially submitted the name "Wheatley Union Free School District No. 2," given the large colloquial usage, NYSED rejected the name due to there being no community therein formally named Wheatley. In light of this decision, the district opted to use the East Williston Union Free School District No. 2 name.[10]

Schools

The East Williston Union Free School District operates of three schools:[2][11]

  • North Side Elementary School (grades K - 4)
  • Willets Road Middle School (grades 5-7)
  • The Wheatley School (grades 8-12)

Sports

Wheatley features many sports and extracurricular teams and clubs.[12] The football and lacrosse teams are shared with the neighboring Herricks Union Free School District for football and Carle Place Union Free School District for lacrosse.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for East Williston Union Free School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Long Island Zoning Atlas". www.longislandindexmaps.org. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Staff -". www.ewsdonline.org. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "2 Added to East Williston School Board". Newsday. November 23, 1949. p. 25 – via Newsday.
  5. ^ Thompson, Samuel Melton (2014). An Analysis of School District Consolidation of Nassau County, Long Island, New York (Thesis). ProQuest LLC.
  6. ^ "Wheatley School Twins". www.astroadventures.net. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Buder, Leonard (December 23, 1956). "Modern Schools Are Built to Fit Child Emotionally and Physcially; 'Candy Stick School' Increases the Youngsters' Appetite for Learning". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "LaPierre, Litchfield and Partners". Queens Modern. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Ask Two-District School Merger". Newsday. January 12, 1960. p. 23 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ a b "District Changes Name". Newsday. August 14, 1973. p. 24 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ "Composite School District Boundaries Shapefiles". NCES. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "East Williston School District". www.ewsdonline.org. Retrieved August 17, 2024.


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