Yonkers Public Schools

Yonkers Public Schools is a school district that serves all of Yonkers, New York, United States. It is governed by a mayorally appointed Board of Trustees.

Yonkers Public Schools
(bottom) Headquarters for Yonkers Public Schools, also containing the Riverfront branch for the Yonkers Public Library
Location
1 Larkin Center, Yonkers (Westchester County) New York USA
Yonkers, New York

United States
Coordinates40.935003°N 73.900642°W / 40.935003; -73.900642
District information
TypePublic
MottoInnovation • Inspiration • Excellence for All
GradesPK–12
SuperintendentDr. Edwin M. Quezada
Asst. Superintendent(s)RoseAnne Collins-Judon, Dr. Andrea Coddett, Lissette M. Colón-Collins, Dr. Christopher Macaluso, Dr. Luis Rodriguez
Schools40
Budget$641,247,726 (2020 - 2021 school year) [1]
NCES District ID3631920[2].
Students and staff
Students25,128 [3]
Teachers1,404 [4]
Student–teacher ratio17.74 [2]
Other information
Websiteyonkerspublicschools.org

Organization

The school district is organized and governed according to New York State Education Law. The Board of Education is the governing body of the school district. It consists of nine unpaid trustees, appointed by the mayor for five year terms. The trustees submit a budget to the city government, but have no taxing authority of their own. The Superintendent of Schools serves "subject to the pleasure of the Board of Education" for up to five years (contract can be extended). As the chief executive of the school district, they supervise and direct all other employees, makes decisions regarding curriculum and examination, and has a non-voting seat on the Board.

The current superintendent is Dr. Edwin M. Quezada, named interim after the sudden resignation of Dr. Michael V. Yazurlo in November 2015. In March 2015, Dr. Quezada was appointed as the new Superintendent of Schools at a Board of Education meeting.

Current Board Members include Rev. Steve Lopez, President; Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio, Vice-President; Andrea Brown; Gail Burns; Kevin Cacace; Dr. John Castanaro; Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, Esq.; Dr. Edward Fergus; Sheila Greenwald; and Abdool Jamal. [5]

Schools

All schools are located in the city of Yonkers.

Every school also has its own special magnet.

Middle/High Schools (Grades 7-12)
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts
Hostos Micro-Society School

Elementary/Middle Schools (Grades PK-6/PK-8)
  • Casimir Pulaski School (PK-8)
  • Cesar E. Chavez School (PK-8; formerly known as Cedar Place School until 2018-19 school year) [6]
  • Cross Hill Academy (3-8)
  • Enrico Fermi School (PK-8)
  • Eugenio María de Hostos MicroSociety School (PK-8)
  • Family School 32 (PK-8)
  • Kahlil Gibran School (PK-8)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy (PK-8)
  • Montessori School 27 (PK-6)
  • Montessori School 31 (PK-6)
  • Museum School 25 (PK-5)
  • Paideia School 15 (PK-8)
  • Paideia School 24 (PK-6)
  • Patricia A. Dichiaro School (PK-8)
  • PEARLS Hawthorne School (PK-8)
  • Robert C. Dodson School (PK-8)
  • Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School (PK-6)
  • Scholastic Academy for Academic Excellence (PK-8)
  • School 13 (PK-8)
  • School 16 (PK-8)
  • School 17 (PK-5)
  • School 21 (PK-6)
  • School 22 (PK-6)
  • School 23 (PK-8)
  • School 30 (PK-8)
  • School 5 (PK-8)
  • School 9 (PK-6)
  • Thomas Cornell Academy (PK-6)
  • Westchester Hills School 29 (PK-8)
  • William Boyce Thompson School (PK-8; formerly known as Foxfire School until 2015)

Early Childhood Schools (PK-2)
  • Yonkers Early Childhood Academy (located in same building as Cross Hill Academy)

Adult Education (postsecondary)
  • VIVE School, home of Yonkers Pathways to Success

Former/Renamed Schools
  • P.S. 2 (built 1886) became Benjamin Franklin Jr. High School on Waverly Street. After being closed for years it was remodeled and became an apartment building.
  • Yonkers High School previously known as Benjamin Franklin Jr. High School, on Poplar St. became Enrico Fermi Middle School which is now Enrico Fermi School. The first Yonkers High School was originally on South Broadway and Nepperhan Avenue, across the street from City Hall.
  • Walt Whitman Jr. High School on Shore View Drive/105 Avondale Rd is now the Robert C. Dodson School.
  • Elizabeth Seton College on 1061 N. Broadway became Foxfire School and is now William Boyce Thompson School.
  • Saunders Trade and Technical High School on South Broadway (school relocated to Palmer Road [in former Board of Education Headquarters] and old building is now Yonkers Police Headquarters on S. Broadway)
  • School 4 on Trenchard Street (Now affordable housing)
  • School 3 on 15 Hamilton Avenue (Now apartment building)
  • School 26 on 150 Kings Cross is now Casimir Pulaski School.
  • School 33 on 135 Locust Hill Ave is now Martin Luther King, Jr. School.
  • School 19 on 75 Morris St is now Eugenio Maria de Hostos MicroSociety School.
  • School 19 on 70 Jackson St/Groshon Ave (demolished) [7]
  • School 12 on 164 Ashburton Avenue (Now Yonkers Community Action Program)
  • Emerson Jr. High School on 160 Bolmer Ave became Emerson Middle School and is now Cross Hill Academy and Yonkers Early Childhood Academy.
  • School 28 on 18 Rosedale Rd is now Kahlil Gibran School.
  • School 18 on 77 Park Hill Ave is now Scholastic Academy for Academic Excellence.
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne High School became Nathaniel Hawthorne Jr. High School on 350 Hawthorne Ave is now PEARLS Hawthorne School
  • Early Childhood Center/School 10 on 75 Riverdale Avenue became Hudson River Academy. It is now VIVE School/Yonkers Pathway to Success.
  • School 7 on 380 Walnut St (Campus is now used by the Andulusia School, a private Muslim school)
  • School 8 on 373 Bronxville Rd is now Patricia A. DiChiaro Elementary School.
  • Yonkers High School on 150 Rockland Ave became John Burroughs Middle School and is now Yonkers Middle High School
  • John Burroughs Junior High School on Palmer Road is now Saunders Trades and Technical High School
  • Museum Jr. High School on 565 Warburton Ave became Museum Middle School and is now Riverside High School
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. High School on 190 N Broadway/201 Palisade Ave became Yonkers High School of Commerce in 1938. It then became Commerce Middle School in 2000 and is now Palisade Preparatory School (as of 2008).
  • Mark Twain Middle School and Montessori School 11 on 99 Wakefield Ave/160 Woodlawn Ave combined into one school and is now Yonkers Montessori Academy.
  • School 6 on 33 Ashburton Ave, now apartment buildings known as "Schoolhouse Terrace"
  • Longfellow Jr. High School (previously known as P.S. 20 until 1938, when it moved from its previous location on 190 N Broadway) on 23 Mulberry St (will become a 40-unit apartment building)
  • School 13; added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[8] on 160 McLean Ave (New building is now located on 195 McLean Avenue). The 160 McLean Ave building is now an apartment building.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Adopted Budget (2020 - 2021). Retrieved 2021-1-24
  2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Yonkers City School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. Enrollment Data. Retrieved 2021-01-24
  4. District Report Card. Retrieved 2021-01-24
  5. "Meet the Trustees". Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. "Yonkers may rename school for labor leader Cesar Chavez". Journal News LoHud.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. "Developer files demolition permit for Yonkers school". Journal News LoHud.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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