If you are from Long Island, what High School did you attend, and

what did you like about it?

Would you like you child/children to go there?

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Bayport, and yes my DS will be going there as the house we are buying is in that school district. I liked it. I hated it too. I hated the fact that the teachers lived in the area. A LOT of them I would run into in the supermarket or out. But it was a good school. We were on Austerity for my entire HS career. So, that put a damper on somethings, but overall it was good. We had our issues just like other schools.

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Ward Melville...3 village

I liked it

my kids wont go there b/c I would not move back to Suffolk/Setauket

but it has nothing to do with the school why I wouldn't want to live there

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Commack HS, I liked it, it was a GREAT town to grow up in IMO

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Seaford

i loved high school, a few years ago i would be on the fence about sending my children to the high school anyway, but it's making it's way back up. the elementary schools are still very good though. unfortunately because there isn't a lot of business in the town, taxes and houses are high priced, but i'd raise a family there if i could!

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I went to an all girls Catholic HS. Obviously my son won't go there, but I am not 100% sure I'd send my DD their either. I had a great HS experience, and I know it's a good school, but we've got a long way to go, so we'll see.

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Northport. I would send my child there, I think...don't know how it is now.

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Miller Place High School.

I'd love to send my son there, but I don't think we can move that far north with DH's commute

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Commack. I would defintely send my children there. There are tons of opportunities for students and I have a lot of friends who have been very successful graduates form there.

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I went to Smithtown High School when they were collaborated.
I loved the arts programs and the fact that they offered a ton of AP and honors courses.
I did not love the drug problems, the violence and the huge classes.
I would never send my child to either Smithtown high schools.

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I went to all Lynbrook schools on the south side.. I specifically bought my house in this district so my DD can go to the same schools.. I have to say we are a great district.. I have wonderful memories growing up.. I live 12 blocks from my mother and i have noticed that most of the people I grew up with didnt leave either!!

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I went to a coed catholic HS on LI although I lived in Queens.

I had a nice HS experience.

It would honestly depend on what type of student my child is.

Academically the school was not challenging enough for me and in college I paid catch up bc of it.

But it was a nice community.

ETA: I went to public school K-8; having had both experiences I prefer a public school K-12 education for my children.

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I went to Kings Park...

I loved it and would move back there if we could afford the taxes! It was a small town with only 220 kids in my graduating class. Everyone knew everyone and I thought it was great.

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I went to Commack, and I don't know if I'd want my kids to go there.
1 - it was extremely competitive. parents were INSANE, and that leaked over onto the kids.
2 - no diversity. I feel this is important.
3 - there were a lot of "rich" kids and there was a lot of pressure to keep up with the Joneses.

Overall, I enjoyed HS, and I certainly do not think its a bad place to live or go to school, but those three things always stand out to me.

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Floral Park Memorial - great school, could walk around everywhere and feel safe

Don't want to live there b/c my parents and DH's parents and almost all of his relatives live there(they are not the most welcoming people to put it nicely). Besides that, my DH and I want to find a town that suits us - we like the water so I think a beachy town might be more suited to us

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wantagh hs, if i still lived on li i would like my future children to go there

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Wantagh HS.

DH and I both liked that it was small. We also were able to take AP classes as well as college level classes for credit through Syracuse and CW Post for a huge discount. I graduated high school with 15 credits which transferred to Hofstra, so I started college with one semester already completed.

We live in the house DH grew up in and our dd will be starting kindergarten at the same elementary school DH did exactly 30 years before.

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Longwood! I hate Floyd and WOULD LOVE to have my DD in Longwood

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I went to West Babylon High School and wish I could raise my kids in that school district, but I'm stuck in one town because of DHs fire house. I feel that I received a great education from elementary through high school. The teachers were passionate and always went the extra mile to help us reach our potential.

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I went to Herricks High School. It was and is still rated very highly. If I could afford to live and pay the taxes in that district, I would in a heartbeat.

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Sachem
My kids now attend the same elementary and middle school I did. They will go to the same high school also.

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Sayville....in hindsight and from a teacher's viewpoint i would be thrilled to have my kids go there! Great district.

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Sachem - No I won't send DS there. It's not the same as it was when I went there and that's why we bought in Sayville.

I had a great experience in the Sachem SD but I just think things have changed, and as an educator I want a smaller school district for my son and I feel like there is more opportunity for him in Sayville.