Farmingdale High School

Farmingdale High School
Address
150 Lincoln Street Farmingdale , New York 11735 United States
Coordinates	40.7076°N 73.4441°W / 40.7076; -73.4441
Information
School type	Public, high school
School district	Farmingdale Union Free School District
Superintendent	Paul Defendini
CEEB code	331880
NCES School ID	3610980[1]
Principal	Jed Herman
Teaching staff	161.02 FTEs[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational [1]
Enrollment	1,690 (as of 2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.50[1]
Campus	Suburb: Large
Color(s)	Green and White
Nickname	Dalers
Website	FHS Website

Farmingdale High School

Farmingdale High School is a public high school located in Farmingdale, New York on Long Island. It is the only high school operated by the Farmingdale Union Free School District. The building opened in 1962.[2]
The school also serves East Farmingdale and a portion of North Amityville, Massapequa Park, and North Massapequa.

As of the 2022–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,703 students and 164.93 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3. There were 339 students (18.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Bus crash

On September 21, 2023, a coach bus containing forty marching band students and four adults crashed in Wawayanda, New York on its way to a band camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania,[3] killing the band director and a retired teacher.[4][5] The bus involved had four random roadside inspections since 2021, passing each time.[6]

Notable alumni

• Rob Bartlett (born 1957, class of 1975, actor, writer, and comedian, worked for 31 years on the Imus in the Morning Program, starred in 5 Broadway Shows, had recurring roles on Law & Order SVU, Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, and Elementary, and was one of the original hosts of WWF Monday Night Raw.
• Mark Mathew Braunstein (born 1951, class of 1969), author of Radical Vegetarianism and other books and nonfiction articles.
• Matt Danowski (born 1985, class of 2003), professional lacrosse player with the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.[7]
• Stu Feiner (born 1961, class of 1979), sports handicapper and media personality
• William Gaddis (1922–1998, class of 1941), author of The Recognitions and other works of postmodern fiction.[8]
• Ron Heller, (born 1962) American football player and later coach.[9]
• George Hincape (born 1973 class of 1991), former American road bicycle racer
• Tom Kennedy (born 1995, class of 2013), current NFL player for the Detroit Lions.
• Klayton (born 1969), musician
• Tim Kubart (born 1984, class of 2002), co-host of the Sunny Side Up on Sprout and 2016 Grammy Award Winner for Best Children's Album.[10]
• Jack Lamabe (1936–2007, class of 1954), former Major League Baseball pitcher.[11]
• Frank Nappi (born 1967, class of 1985), author of The Legend of Mickey Tussler series and other novels.
• Joe Pantorno (born 1991, class of 2009), sports editor for amNewYork newspaper.
• SallyAnn Salsano (born 1974, class of 1992), creator of Jersey Shore and owner of 495 Productions.
• Al Weis (born 1938, class of 1955), former Major League Baseball player

References

1. School data for Farmingdale Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
2. Korsavidis, Natalie. "LibGuides: Farmingdale Local History: Timelines". farmingdalelibrary.libguides.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
3. "NY bus with high school band crashes on I-84; 2 dead and 5 critically injured". USA Today. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
4. "'They were crying … asking for their parents': Trooper describes horror after bus falls down a ravine, killing 2 and injuring at least 18". CNN. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
5. "NTSB investigation begins after bus tumbled 50 feet down slope in deadly crash". WABC-TV. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
6. "More than a third of buses owned by company involved in fatal I-84 crash previously failed state inspections". News 12 Long Island. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
7. Rock, Tom. "Danowski throws hat in ring for Duke job",Newsday, June 20, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2020. "When Matt Danowski committed to Duke out of Farmingdale High School, there. was speculation his father would follow him there."
8. Gussow, Mel. "William Gaddis, 75, Innovative Author Of Complex, Demanding Novels, Is Dead", The New York Times, December 17, 1998. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Mr. Gaddis was born in Manhattan on Dec. 29, 1922, grew up in Massapequa, N.Y., and went to boarding school in Connecticut and Farmingdale High School on Long Island."
9. Martin, Kimberley A. "Jets announce coaching changes", Newsday, February 5, 2013. Accessed December 23, 2020. "A Farmingdale High School graduate, Heller won Newsday's Thorp Award in 1979 as the best player in Nassau County."
10. Whitehouse, Beth. "Long Island native Tim Kubart nominated for 2015 Grammy"^[dead link‍], Newsday, December 11, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Tim Kubart, who grew up in Farmingdale and graduated from Farmingdale High School, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Children’s Album category for his new CD entitled Home and will attend the Grammy Awards in California for the first time in February."
11. Nowlin, Bill. Jack Lamabe, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Lamabe, who earned the nickname “Tomatoes” when with the Red Sox due to his florid facial complexion, attended the Farmingdale schools and graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1954, where he captained both the basketball and football teams, and played baseball as well."