Eastport-South Manor Central School District
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Manorville, New York Towns of Brookhaven and Southampton United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2003 |
| Superintendent | Peter C. Scordo |
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| District mascot | Sharks |
| Colors | Navy Silver |
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| Website | www |
Eastport-South Manor is a school district that serves parts of both Brookhaven and Southampton Townships in eastern Suffolk County, New York. Commonly known as "ESM", the district serves the hamlets of Manorville and Eastport, as well as portions of the hamlets of Speonk and Mastic.
The total enrollment for the 2015-2016 school year is 3,534 students.
The school district was formed in 2000 from the merger of two local districts, Eastport Union Free School District (UFSD) in Eastport, and South Manor UFSD in Manorville.
These two districts, along with several others, participated in a study in the mid-1990s to determine the feasibility of combining the many local districts into one centralized district. Proponents suggested that this would benefit the schools through lower central administration costs, and would allow significantly better programming for students, since a combined district would have a much higher enrollment than any of the individual districts. Further, the area covered in the scope of the study had experienced significant growth, particularly in Manorville, which had doubled the population in a span of only ten years. Finally, neither South Manor UFSD nor East Moriches UFSD (a nearby district that also participated in the study) had high schools of their own, and were paying costly tuition to send their students to other high schools.
Ultimately, only Eastport and South Manor decided to combine to create a new district.
The central administration office is located at 149 Dayton Avenue, Manorville, NY 11949.
A 2010 survey by Newsday reported that the Eastport-South Manor School District was one of twelve schools on Long Island that was "particularly well-run, with well-developed financial policies, effective internal controls, and well-managed operations".
Before the merger, Eastport's mascot was the Duck, paying tribute to the large local duck farming industry, due to which Eastport was commonly referred to as "the duck capital of the world". The mascot of the South Manor school district was the Mustang.
- Principal: Joseph Steimel
- Principal: Karen Koliadko
- Principal: Jane Ruthkowski
- Principal: John Christie
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