Longwood Central School District
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Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1959 |
| Superintendent | Michael R. Lonergan, DSW |
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| District mascot | Longwood Lion |
| Colors | Green, White, Gold |
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| Website | www |
Longwood Central School District covers 53 square miles (140 km2) in central Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It serves the hamlets of Ridge, Gordon Heights, Middle Island, Coram, and Yaphank, and parts of Shoreham, Shirley, Medford, Miller Place, Mount Sinai, and Upton (Brookhaven National Laboratory). During the 2005–2006 school year, there were 9,518 students enrolled and 836 teachers employed at Longwood CSD.
Michael R. Lonergan, DSW., is the current Superintendent of Schools.
Longwood Central School District was formed from a merger of the Coram, Yaphank, West Yaphank, East Middle Island, West Middle Island, and Ridge school districts in 1959. It was originally called the "Middle Island Central School District" before the Longwood name was adopted in the 1980s. It is one of the largest school districts in the United States.
There are four primary schools in Longwood CSD, each serving grades 2, 3, and 4 in the main building and kindergarten through first in an annex:
There are three secondary schools in Longwood CSD:
The land on which the High School (now the JHS) was built was donated by Elbert Smith from the Longwood Estate.
During the 1999–2000 school year, fences went up surrounding each school property. Construction adding four new wings in the high school, two new wings in the junior high school, one new "house" in the middle school, and complete renovation of the primary buildings and various additions to the intermediate buildings of the elementary schools was underway. The new wings of the high, junior high, and middle schools and the intermediate buildings of the elementary schools were complete and ready for the 2000–2001 school year. During the 2000–2001 school year, construction crews demolished all but one hallway in each primary building of the elementary schools. Major additions were completed while school was in session. The hallways that were left ended up being gutted during the summer of 2001, and they were fully restored for the 2001–2002 school year.
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