Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
Address
106 Washington Avenue Plainview, New York United States
Information
Motto	"Excellence in Education"
Superintendent	Dr. Lorna Lewis
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	5200
Schools	7
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 as small parts of Farmingdale.

Schools

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District operates seven schools in seven buildings. POBCSD has one high school, two middle schools and four elementary schools.

Administration

Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Lorna R. Lewis

Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, Administration & Professional Development
Dr. Timothy Egan

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Ms. Jill Gierasch

Assistant Superintendent for Business
Mr. Richard Cunningham

Director of Technology
Dr. 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. Joseph Braico

Director of Music
Mr. Michael Rodgers

Director of Art and Digital Instruction
Mr. Ben Wiley

Director of School Facilities & Operations
Mr. Andrew Ward

Assistant to the Superintendent (Transportation and Safety)
Mr. Christopher Donarummo

Transportation Supervisor
Mr. Mark Donovan

Board of education

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.^[1]

President: Ms. Debbie Bernstein
Vice President: Ms. Ginger Lieberman
Trustees: Ms. Lauren Sackstein, Ms Susan Stewart, Mr. Seth Greenberg, Ms. Jodi Campagna, Ms. Ronelle Hershkowitz

DISTRICT CLERK: Jeanne Tyler
DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Guercio and Guercio

History

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 schools. Pasadena Elementary School was closed for 18 years until it was reopened when the POBCSD redistricted for the 2000-2001 school year.

References

External links

• Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
• Plainview-Old Bethpage Congress of Teachers
• Plainview-Old Bethpage Library