Oysterponds Union Free School District

Oysterponds Union Free School District
Type Public
Superintendent Stuart Rachlin
Location Town of Southold, NY, US
Website http://www.oysterponds.k12.ny.us/

Oysterponds Union Free School District is a public school district located in the Town of Southold Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is the easternmost school district on the North Fork of Long Island. The district includes the census-designated places(CDPs) of East Marion and Orient. To the west, the district is bordered by the Greenport Union Free School District.

The total enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year was 105 students.[1]

The superintendent is Stuart Rachlin.

Schools

The only school operated by the district is Oysterponds Elementary School (Grades K-6). The district pays for middle and high school students (grades 7-12) to be educated in the adjacent Greenport school district.[2]

Proposals to merge the school district with its neighbors to the west have been discussed in the past, but have not been approved.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ The New York State District Report Card, Accountability and Overview Report, 2007-08
  2. ^ "Vote canceled for Oysterponds tuition contract". The Suffolk Times. Oct. 8, 2009. http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/Stories/T100609_oysterponds_BH_tease. 
  3. ^ Freedman, Mitchell (Apr. 28, 1992). "On the North Fork, Six Would Equal One". Newsday. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77531597.html?dids=77531597:77531597&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+28%2C+1992&author=By+Mitchell+Freedman.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=On+the+North+Fork%2C+Six+Would+Equal+One&pqatl=google. 
  4. ^ Hildebrand, John (Dec. 2, 2008). "Call to combine school districts". Newsday. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/1604847421.html?dids=1604847421:1604847421&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+02%2C+2008&author=JOHN+HILDEBRAND%3B+MELISSA+MANSFIELD&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Call+to+combine+school+districts+State+commission+recommends+consolidating+those+with+fewer+than+1%2C000+students+in+effort+to+relieve+tax+burden+for+property+owners&pqatl=google. 

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