| Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District |
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"Excellence in Education"
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| 106 Washington Avenue Plainview, New York, United States |
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| Superintendent | Mr. Gerard W. Dempsey, Jr |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 5200 |
| Schools | 8 |
| Faculty | 525 |
| Support Staff | 350 |
| Mascot | Hawks |
| Colors | Blue & White |
| Website | http://pob.k12.ny.us |
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District is the public school district which serves the Nassau County, Long Island community of Plainview and Old Bethpage, as well a small part of Farmingdale.
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The mission of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District is "to provide an academically challenging and stimulating environment for all students, and to enable them to realize their full potential to be happy, ethical and analytical citizens of the world. We do this by: making tolerance, acceptance, respect, honesty, and kindness expectations for all students, and for members of the Plainview-Old Bethpage school community; identifying each student's academic, social-emotional, aesthetic and physical needs, and striving to meet those needs; and encouraging communication between and among students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members."[1]
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District operates eight schools in seven buildings. POBCSD has one high school, two middle schools, four elementary schools, and a unique kindergarten center, which serves all of the district's kindergarten students.
33 Bedford Road
Plainview, New York
Principal: Ms. Francine Leiboff
Assistant Principal: Ms. Hye-Sook Kang
1191 Round Swamp Road
Old Bethpage, NY
Principal: Mrs. Suzanne Gray
Assistant Principal: Ms. Jennifer Hoffman
300 Manetto Hill Road
Plainview, NY
Principal: Ms. Ronelle Hershkowitz
Assistant Principal: Ms. Joanne Spindler
3 Richard Court
Plainview, NY
Principal: Ms. Paulette Miller
Assistant Principal: Mr. Greg Scesney
33 Bedford Road
Plainview, NY
Principal: Ms. Alison Clark
Assistant Principal: Mr. Greg Scesney
100 Washington Avenue
Plainview, NY
Principal: Mr. Dean L. Mittleman
Assistant Principals: Mrs. Beth Torreano, Mr. Thomas Schwartz
121 Central Park Road
Plainview, NY
Principal: Mr. John McNamara
Assistant Principals: Mrs. Joan Wartell, Mrs. Angela M. DeLessio
50 Kennedy Drive
Plainview, NY
Grades: 9-12
Principal: Mr. James Murray
Associate Principal: Mr. Thomas Sena
Assistant Principals: Mr. Paul Dallara, Mrs. Sharon Lasher
Superintendent of Schools
Mr. Gerard W. Dempsey, Jr.
Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, Administration & Professional Development
Mr. Arthur Jonas
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Ms. Jill Gierasch
Assistant Superintendent for Business
Mr. Ryan J. Ruf
Director of Technology
Mr. Guy A. Lodico
Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Ms. Ellie Becker
Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services for Guidance
Ms. Laurie B. Lynn
Assistant Director of Special Ed Instruction
Ms. Catherine Maiman - Grades K-4
Ms. Dolores Binstock - Grades 5-8
Ms. Sandra Steinberg - Grades 9-12
Director of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics/Health
Mr. Kevin McDermott
Director of Music
Mr. Josh Golbert
Director of Art
Ms. Judith Chen
Director of School Facilities & Operations II Buildings & Grounds
Ms. Kim Parahus
Transportation Specialist/Safety Officer
Ms. Nadine Eiring
Transportation Supervisor
Mr. Mark Donovan
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education establishes policies and adopts regulations for the operation of the district's eight public schools. Its seven members serve without pay and are elected by the qualified voters of the district for a term of three years. Responsibility for administering Board policies is vested in the Superintendent.[2]
Mr. Gary Bettan, President Mrs. Amy Pierno, Vice President Trustees: Mrs. Debbie Bernstein Mr. Angel Cepeda Mrs. Ginger Lieberman Mrs. Evy Rothman Mrs. Emily Schulman Harriet Fischer, District Clerk
Guercio & Guercio, Attorney
The Plainview-Old Bethpage School District was referred to as Central School District #4 until the 1970s.
The original school in Plainview was a one room school house, built in 1899, called Manetto Hill Road School. This building, which still stands, is adjacent to the much larger school of the same name, which was built in the 1950s. Today, both buildings are owned by the Mid-Island Y-JCC. The original building is now owned by the Mid-Island Y-JCC. and houses additional Y offices. It is also rented to and serves as an office for the Nassau-Suffolk Region BBYO.
Old Bethpage had its own two room school house, built in 1919 nicknamed the Little Red Schoolhouse, located on Schoolhouse Road off of Round Swamp Road. It graduated its last two kindergarten classes in 1969. The building was torn down in the 1970s and the property was developed into several houses.
Plainview once had two high schools, Plainview-Old Bethpage High School (built 1960) and John F. Kennedy High School (built 1966). The schools were merged in 1991 into Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School. This new school kept John F. Kennedy High School's colors of blue and white and adapted the mascot of the Hawks to replace its abandoned Eagle mascot and Plainview-Old Bethpage High School's green and yellow Gulls. After the high school merger, Plainview Middle School became Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School and moved into the Plainview-Old Bethpage High School building, and Jamaica Avenue School was closed and Stratford Road Elementary School opened in the former Plainview Middle School building. At one point, the two middle schools had been junior high schools, going up to the 9th grade, in 1978 the 9th grade was moved to the high school's. Pasadena Elementary School was closed for 18 years until it was reopened when the POBCSD redistricted for the 2000-2001 school year.
Residents of certain parts of Plainview, NY, are served by Syosset Central School District and Bethpage Union Free School District.