Beacon City Schools

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The Beacon City School District serves the City of Beacon and parts of the Town of Fishkill and Town of Wappinger; it is one of 57 small city school districts in New York State. It is located just about an hour, 59 miles, north of New York City, along the eastern bank of the Hudson River.

The district is composed of four elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, administration building as well as a transportation facility. It has a student enrollment of 3,700 students and a budget of 48.2 million dollars.

Its elementary schools currently provide pre-kindergarten through the 5th grade, while its middle school and high school serve 6th through 8th and 9th through 12th, respectively.

[edit] J. V. Forrestal Elementary School

Located at 125 Liberty Street, Beacon, New York 12508. Named for James Forrestal.

[edit] South Avenue Elementary School

Located at 60 South Avenue, Beacon, New York 12508. The school is the largest of all the Elementary Schools and serves as the city's magnet school.

[edit] Glenham Elementary School

Located at 20 Chase Drive, Glenham, New York 12524.

[edit] Sargent Elementary School

Sargent Elementary School is located at 29 Education Drive, Beacon, New York 12508.

[edit] Rombout Middle School

Rombout Middle School is located at 84 Matteawan Road, Beacon, New York, 12508. The school has recently experienced major construction resulting in a new addition to school, and more classrooms.

[edit] Former Beacon High School

The old Beacon High School was shut down in order to make a proper transaction from the old high school to the New Beacon High School. The school was then turned into an alternative high school for several years. It served as the city's high school since 1913, before being closed in 2002. The school was sold to an art group in 2002 who defaulted on the mortgage in 2006. The school is now back in the hands of the district who maintains it for the art group until they make a decision of what they will do with the building.

[edit] New Beacon High School

The new Beacon High School was finished in 2001 and was opened in 2002. The school currently educates about 1,000 students. Beacon High has several wings and features such amenities as an indoor swimming pool, and the largest theatre north of North Rockland, and south of Albany.

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