The Plainedge Union Free School District is a school district which serves the hamlets of Plainedge and North Massapequa. It includes Eastplain, John H. West, and Schwarting Elementary Schools; and Plainedge Middle and High Schools.
Administration
The current Superintendent is Edward A. Salina Jr.[2] The school board is currently composed of President Lynnda Nadien and Vice President Raymond Paris; and trustees Jennifer Maggio, Joseph Beyrouty, Joseph Netto, Sonny Spagnuolo, and Sisi Townson.[3]
The principals of the elementary schools are Mark Coccarelli (Eastplain),[4] Joseph A. Maisano (John H. West),[5] and Jennifer Thearle (Schwarting),[6] with Sara Azizollahoff serving as assistant principal at all elementary schools.[7] The principal of the middle school is Anthony DeRiso, the assistant principals are Jennifer Puelo and Vito Mannino, and the dean is Casey Kornahrens.[8][9] The principal of the high school is Lauren Iocco and the assistant principals are Jennifer Vitale and Kevin Burgoyne.[10][11]
The Plainedge Schoolhouse in the early 1950s
History
A kindergarten class' picture, taken in 1959 at the Temple Annex School.
The first Plainedge school was housed in a two-room, wood-frame schoolhouse that became known as the "Annex." It served the district until about 1952 when the John H. West elementary school was built. It was then updated and used as the school district's administration office.[citation needed]
On February 19, 1985, the Plainedge School Union's Board of Education was sued by Carl McCall for a refusal to promote her allegedly based on her gender.[12]
As a result of school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the district arranged a community effort to turn on stadium and porch lights between 8:20 and 8:40PM on May 1, 2020 to honor the graduating senior class.[13]
Organization
The school district is composed of 3 elementary schools, John H. West elementary, Eastplain elementary and Charles E. Schwarting elementary. The middle school is Plainedge Middle School and the high school is Plainedge High School. Former schools include Robert E. Picken elementary, which was sold to the Town of Oyster Bay to serve as a smaller town hall for the southern part of the town; Northedge Elementary (then a kindergarten), which was knocked down to make room for the new middle school; Baldwin Drive Elementary and Southedge Junior High, which were demolished and the land sold for housing; and Sylvia Packard Middle School, which was closed after 40 years.[14]
^Fischler, Marcelle S. (January 19, 2003). "Long Island Journal; A Cheese Slice and a Dose of South Shore". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2012. As a teenager, Mr. Guttenberg hung out and played arcade games at the pizzeria. In June 1976, two days after he graduated from Plainedge High School, 63rd out of 570 students, he headed for Hollywood.
