| Waterloo Central School District | |
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| Type and location | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1950 |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Waterloo, New York |
| District Info | |
| Superintendent | Terry S. MacNabb |
| Schools | 5 |
| Students and staff | |
| Teachers | 172 |
| Staff | 321 |
| Athletic Conference | Section V |
| District Mascot | Indians |
| Colors | Black and Orange |
| Other information | |
| Asst. Superintendent - Curriculum | Jonathan A. Nicoletti Ed.D. |
| Asst. Superintendent - Business | Patricia Johnson |
| Schedule | Block scheduling |
| Website | http://www.waterloocsd.org/ |
Waterloo Central School District is a school district in Waterloo, New York, United States. The superintendent is Terry MacNabb.
The district operates five schools: Waterloo High School, Waterloo Middle School, LaFayette Intermediate School, Skoi-Yase Primary School, and Main Street Multi-Age. In addition, the district formerly housed St. Mary's School, a PreK-8 Catholic school that closed in 2005. The district offices are located at 109 Washington Street. The current Superintendent is Terry MacNabb.
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Waterloo's school district began as individual schools located around the town's wards. Many of the schools were based in one-room schoolhouses, and totaled in 23 students. Following the advice of Waterloo Supervising Principal Albert Brown, voters approved the centralization of schools by a margin of 435 to 68 votes. All public schools from Waterloo and the nearby villages Seneca Falls, Tyre, Fayette, and Junius were brought in to the Waterloo Central district. The Central School was located at 202 West Main Streetuntil enrollment caused the school to expand to other campuses. Until these buildings were completed, schools located at 5 East River Street and on Mill Street in Waterloo served as additional school buildings[1].
| Waterloo Middle School | |
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Academics and Character Together - "A Class Act"
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| Address | |
| 65 Center Street |
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| Principal | Michael J. Ferrara |
| Asst. Principal | Susan L. Burgess |
| Staff | 70 |
| Faculty | 41 |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Website | Waterloo Middle School |
Waterloo Middle School is located at 65 Center Street and serves grades 6 through 8. The current principal is Mr. Michael Ferrara, and the current assistant principal is Mrs. Susan Burgess. Waterloo Middle School was awarded the first National School of Character Award in 2008[2].
Waterloo Middle School was part of the Waterloo Central School until 1961, when the senior high grades moved to Center Street, and grades 7-8 remained at the Junior High building at 202 West Main Street. Grade 6 would become part of the Middle School after the 1980s. In the fall of 2006, Waterloo Middle School moved to the former High School on Center Street and isnow adjacent to the new High School building.
| LaFayette Intermediate School | |
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"Working Together as a Team to be People of Good Character!"
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| Address | |
| 71 Inslee Street |
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| Information | |
| Principal | Sally Covert-Everts |
| Staff | 57 |
| Grades | 3-5 |
| Website | LaFayette Intermediate School |
Lafayette Intermediate School is located at 71 Inslee Street and serves grades 3 through 5. The current principal is Dr. Sally Everts.
LaFayette was built in 1951 and served Grades K-5 for students in the northern half of the canal district in Waterloo. In the 1980s, the school's grades changed to meet enrollment demands, now offering Grades 3-5 for all students.
The building originally held two stories. In 2000, another wing on the western side of the school was constructed to build a new gymnasium and four new classrooms. The current layout of the school has the third and fourth grades as well as art classes on the second floor, while the fifth grade, library, music classrooms, and computer labs are also located on the main wing of the first floor.
The school has been recognized as a High Performing/Closing Gap School by New York State for several years.[3]
| Skoi-Yase Primary School | |
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"Ready, Set, Grow"
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| Address | |
| 65 Fayette Street |
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| Information | |
| Principal | Elizabeth B. Springer |
| Staff | 62 |
| Grades | K-2 |
| Website | Skoi-Yase School |
Skoi-Yase School is located at 65 Fayette Street and serves grades K-2. The current principal is Mrs. Elizabeth Springer.
Skoi-Yase's construction was completed in 1953 and served grades 1-5 for Waterloo students located in the southern half of Waterloo's canal district. In the 1980s, the school changed to serve grades K through 2 for all Waterloo students. Originally, the building contained of a two story southern wing, and a western wing. The first floor of the southern wing contained the main office, gymnasium, art and music classrooms, library, and some kindergarten classrooms. The western wing contained more kindergarten classrooms, first grade classrooms, a large play room and a computer lab. The second floor held the entire second grade.
In 2000, a new wing was created off of the first floor of the southern wing. This wing contained kindergarten and first grade classrooms and a new gymnasium.
| Main Street Elementary | |
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"Children First"
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| Address | |
| 202 West Main Street |
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| Principal | Wendy Doyle |
| Staff | 26 |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Website | Main Street Elementary |
Main Street Elementary is a multi-age school located at 202 West Main Street and serves Grades K-5. The current principal is Mrs. Wendy Doyle. The school differs from LaFayette and Skoi Yase in that grades are instead known as "levels" in which students are placed based on their cognitive development.
The school was formerly known as Border City Multi-Age School and was located on 125 Border City Road in Border City, New York, a small region connecting Waterloo and Geneva, New York. It was annexed by the Waterloo School District in 1994. Before being integrated into Waterloo, the school was known as the Border City Union Free School and served nearby students living in the Border City region. It moved to its current Main Street location, previously the Middle School campus, in 2006.
The former Border City campus was sold by the Waterloo district is now used as headquarters for God's Church of Revealed Truth.
| St Mary's School | |
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| Address | |
| 35 Center Street |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Opened | c. 19th century |
| Closed | 2005 |
| Oversight | Diocese of Rochester |
| Grades | PK-8 |
| Mascot | Saints |
St. Mary's School was a Roman Catholic elementary and primary school located at 35 Center Street in Waterloo. Primarily serving grades PreK-8, the school was closed in 2005 and was merged into St. John Bosco School in Seneca Falls.
The school was founded in the late 19th century, and in 1904, the Sisters of St. Joseph began to teach in the school, with the enrollment around 100 pupils. In 1910, the main school building was completed, and classes began in January of the next year. An addition was completed in 1960[4]. For many years, the school served as a feeder school to DeSales High School and Waterloo High. The final few years of the school's existence saw a mysterious enrollment drop and a tightened budget. After many years of rumors, the Diocese of Rochester announced that the school would close following the 2004-2005 school year. It became part of a new school in the Seneca Falls Central School District, Saint John Bosco School, that was based out of the building that formerly housed Saint Patrick's School in Seneca Falls.
The former St. Mary's building is currently being used by St. Mary's parish as the headquarters of its religious education center and houses its religion classes within the building, as well as for other community service events.