Oysterponds Union Free School District

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.

Oysterponds Union Free School District
Location
Southold, New York

United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-k-6th
SuperintendentRichard C. Malone
Students and staff
TeachersDr.Daniel Goldfarb(School Psychologist),Amy Bennett(School Nurse),Melissa Palermo(Business Manager)
Other information
Websitewww.oysterponds.k12.ny.us

The total enrollment for the 2015–2016 school year was 80 students.[1] As of 2015, Oysterponds Union Free School District has 86 students. At the beginning of the 2013–2014 school year,the school district introduced Combined Grade Classes into their only school,Oysterponds Elementary School,combining Fifth and Sixth Grade students into the class of Intermediate II, Fourth and Third Grade students into the class of Intermediate I,First and Second Grade Students into the class of Primary II,and the Kindergarten and Pre-School classes into the class of Primary I.

The superintendent is Richard C.Malone, and the principal/teacher is Jennifer Wissemann.

Schools

The only school operated by the district is Oysterponds Elementary School (Grades K-6). Currently, 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  2. "Vote canceled for Oysterponds tuition contract". The Suffolk Times. Oct 8, 2009. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  3. Freedman, Mitchell (Apr 28, 1992). "On the North Fork, Six Would Equal One". Newsday.
  4. Hildebrand, John (Dec 2, 2008). "Call to combine school districts". Newsday.


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