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PiyoPika566
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Nassau school districts

where are considered good school districts in Nassau that is still affordable to live in?? FI and I both work in Manhattan and would really like to stay in Nassau... why does it have to be so darn expensive? I don't know how my parents did it.... (I grew up in W. Hempstead).

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Posted 8/24/05 7:48 PM
 
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danielleandscott
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Re: Nassau school districts

Lynbrook District 20
Oceanside
Rockville Center
Merrick / Bellmore
South Bellmore
Wantagh (Blue Ribbon)
Massapequa Dist 23
Levittown
Island Trees
Bethpage

Scott

Posted 8/24/05 7:59 PM
 

PiyoPika566
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Re: Nassau school districts

thanks Scott Chat Icon

Posted 8/24/05 8:08 PM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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Bellmore-Merrick is an excellent district. I have several colleagues (teachers) who bought their houses there for that reason. Actually I think all of the faculty members who live on the South Shore of Nassau bought in Bellmore-Merrick... I can think of 12 just off the top of my head and I teach in a relatively small high school.

Wantagh is good as well and its more towards the smaller side... about 800 kids in the high school. Not sure what their population growth projection is.

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Posted 8/24/05 8:19 PM
 

DjPiLL

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Re: Nassau school districts

Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH

Wantagh is good as well and its more towards the smaller side... about 800 kids in the high school. Not sure what their population growth projection is.




Is it really that possible for a school to grow that much in population?

Most of Nassau county is already built out. Its not like being out in the sticks where new houses are poping up left and right.

Posted 8/24/05 8:49 PM
 

justthe4ofus
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Re: Nassau school districts

Posted by DjPiLL

Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH

Wantagh is good as well and its more towards the smaller side... about 800 kids in the high school. Not sure what their population growth projection is.




Is it really that possible for a school to grow that much in population?

Most of Nassau county is already built out. Its not like being out in the sticks where new houses are poping up left and right.



Yes it is. As new families move in and older people move out populations can shift DRAMATICALLY. I teach in one of the districts on Scott's list and we have been through a huge change in population. We had previously closed down 3 schools that I am aware of. One was sold off, one was leased and one was just closed. We 5 years ago they needed a new school we were several HUNDRED over the max in my school around and needed to do something quick. They reopened the one school that they had left. We guess what- 5 years later we have now outgrown that school! They have brought in protables and built on an extension. As soon as the lease is up on the one school they are taking that back too. So yes populations can change DRAMATICALLY!

Posted 8/24/05 9:02 PM
 

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Also all of the above does not include the extra classrooms that are being built at other schools to accomodate the population increase and the kindergarten being moved out of one of the elementary schools and being bussed to another that didn't have as many.

Also going from the teachers sharing classrooms to having our own rooms and then back to sharing- all in a 10 year span

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Posted 8/24/05 9:10 PM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Nassau school districts

Posted by DjPiLL

Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH

Wantagh is good as well and its more towards the smaller side... about 800 kids in the high school. Not sure what their population growth projection is.




Is it really that possible for a school to grow that much in population?

Most of Nassau county is already built out. Its not like being out in the sticks where new houses are poping up left and right.



ABSOLUTELY!!!

The year I started in Seaford (97-98) my principal at the time told us that they needed to add two sections to the second grade. Keep in mind we are a small district with only two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school with less than 800 kids total in the high school. There are less than 3000 kids total in the district.

That population is now in tenth grade and the tenth, ninth and all other grades below them are about 30% larger in population. This causes big budget issues in a district that failed to pass a 6% budget increase (one of the lowest if not lowest in Nassau county) this year. so we now have to educate even more children with even less money. We have no more money to hire new teachers so it is not uncommon for students to be in classes of over 30. This causes electives to be cut, more wear on the physical plant of the building, not enough textbooks or students with different versions, teachers teaching 6 sections, overcrowded hallways and discipline problems. Once this starts happeneing in a district it takes years... often a decade to turn around. That's way too late for the kids. They only get one shot at their education.

Even for districts who build extra classrooms... someone has to pay the bond that was floated for that so taxes will go up and might go up a lot. Plainedge is facing that now because they built another building.

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Posted 8/24/05 9:26 PM
 

DjPiLL

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Re: Nassau school districts

Good information to know. Thanks.

Posted 8/24/05 9:29 PM
 

CathyB

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In the past 2 years all of the Wantagh elementary schools have been made larger to accomodate the increased population. I haven't seen work on the middle school or high school, but I imagine it will start in the next few years.

Posted 8/24/05 9:44 PM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Nassau school districts

You're welcome. We are staying in our current district but our elemntary school has changed. This might sound crazy but I visited the elementary school our kids would go to and asked to meet the principal. My FIL thought I was nuts as they aren't even born yet but my MIL was a teacher in Elwood and said she'd call over.

I want to know what their projected growth is and what if any they plan on doing about it, how much in-district training they provide for teachers, enrichment programs, the average number of years teachers have been in the district, the average number of years they are teaching. I have an appt. on Friday. I'll let you know. That does tell you a lot about a school and where they are headed.

Of course my kids will be brilliantChat Icon but a great school is VERY high up on life's priority list for me. If I have to eat Ramen noodles the rest of my life...

Posted 8/24/05 9:48 PM
 

MsG
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Re: Nassau school districts

I think Cold Spring Harbor is tops nationally. Sorry - you also asked for affordable - cross CSH off!

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Posted 8/25/05 10:12 AM
 

PiyoPika566
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Re: Nassau school districts

lol, hopefully we'll be able to afford something in that price range in a few years... it's good to have goals to look forward to Chat Icon

Posted 8/25/05 10:19 AM
 

HillandRon
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Re: Nassau school districts

syosset ( our school district)
Plainview- Old Bethpage
Jericho

Posted 8/25/05 10:37 AM
 

Moehick
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Re: Nassau school districts

East meadow and Carle Place

Posted 8/25/05 10:38 AM
 

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Re: Nassau school districts

RVC houses are sky-high.

Same for Jericho.

Posted 8/25/05 11:30 AM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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My Dad lives in Plainview and fixer upper capes are going for over 500K. A real estate agent just put a card on his door with recent sales on his street. The highest was over 700K and the lowest was 550K and he's on the "cheaper area" of Plainview near Hicksville. Houses in Syosset usually average more.

Good districts but prices are so high that most first time buyers are priced out of those areas.

Posted 8/25/05 5:44 PM
 

june262004
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Re: Nassau school districts

I remember when I was going to school, i heard wantagh was a great school but the kids were so so (attitude wise) Totally could have changed though.

I went to Island Trees. We had 600 kids in the high school I think. My graduating class was only 144

Posted 8/25/05 6:09 PM
 

paulandles912
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Re: Nassau school districts

No one mentioned where I grew up (Glen Head) -- North Shore school district.

I don't know what your definition of affordable is, but there are some not too expensive houses in Glen Head, Glenwood Landing and Sea Cliff.

North Shore Facts
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Ed Melnick
Size of District
2,793

Five Schools
Glen Head, 450; Glenwood Landing, 514; Sea Cliff, 388; middle school, 631;
high school, 810.

Areas Served
North Shore serves the hamlets of Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, and part of Greenvale, and the villages of Sea Cliff, most of Old Brookville, and part of Roslyn Harbor.

Opportunities
The schools provide a full range of services - REACH for the academically talented, speech, remedial reading and special education. They offer a broad range of athletic and extracurricular activities notable for the district’s small size. The high school fields over thirty teams and the award-winning music program features a residency by the New York Virtuosi (formerly the Brooklyn Philharmonic) and culminating joint concert with the Virtuosi and high school performing groups. The high school offers a strong drama program, school newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine, as well as a host of clubs and an international award-winning community service program.

The high school offers 17 Advanced Placement courses, research programs in math, science and the humanities, and a senior year internship/intensive research program. Exchange programs are offered with schools in Uckfield, England; St. Malo, France and Alicante, Spain.

Small Class Size
Classes are small, with an average of 19 students in elementary school classes, and afford the opportunity for individual attention.

Facilities
Four years ago, the community passed a $30 million bond, which allowed for the renovation and expansion of all five schools, the last of which was completed in fall, 2002. The libraries are state-of-the-art. There are computers in each classroom. All schools are handicapped-accessible.


Posted 8/30/05 12:08 PM
 

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Re: Nassau school districts

DH and I really want to move to Sea Cliff, but the train line isn't good for him. The off peak schedule is terrible. He takes an 8pm train home now, and on that line if he misses it, he'd be waiting like 1.5 hours in Penn. We're on the Babylon line now, so it's only 30 mins between trains.

Posted 8/30/05 12:13 PM
 

paulandles912
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Re: Nassau school districts

Posted by sarahsmommy

DH and I really want to move to Sea Cliff, but the train line isn't good for him. The off peak schedule is terrible. He takes an 8pm train home now, and on that line if he misses it, he'd be waiting like 1.5 hours in Penn. We're on the Babylon line now, so it's only 30 mins between trains.



That's true. The Oyster Bay train line isn't very desirable to say the least.

Posted 8/30/05 12:30 PM
 

BrunetteMom
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Re: Nassau school districts

I posted this on another thread and just wanted to post it on this one as well.

Good luck with your decision.

There really aren't any "blue ribbon" schools anymore. With this housing bubble, people(mostly younger people in fact) have had to move into more not so "good" communitites because it's more affordable and these towns are now are being occupied by people from "better" towns and from "better" backgrounds, which in turn will cause alot of towns to better and flourish with time.

I'm not saying to any of you who are looking for a house to go with something in an obvious horrid and unsafe neighborhood, but when you go looking at homes, look with an open mind and be realistic. Alot of people base their responses and their decisions on facts about a neighborhood that were formulated TODAY, and yet, this is something that for most of us, we won't have to consider until 12-15 years from now. Alot can happen in that time.

Posted 8/30/05 12:51 PM
 

MommyofG
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Re: Nassau school districts

Message edited 4/10/2006 12:40:27 AM.

Posted 8/30/05 1:14 PM
 

CathyB

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Re: Nassau school districts

girlygrl33: what year did you graduate WHS? DH and I were class of '93

Posted 8/30/05 1:31 PM
 

MommyofG
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Re: Nassau school districts

Posted by sarahsmommy

girlygrl33: what year did you graduate WHS? DH and I were class of '93

Message edited 4/10/2006 12:39:53 AM.

Posted 8/30/05 3:15 PM
 
 

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