East Williston Union Free School District

{{short description|School district in the U.S. state of New York}}

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{{Infobox school district

| name = {{PAGENAMEBASE}}

| address = 11 Bacon Road

| city = Old Westbury

| state = New York

| zipcode = 11568

| country = United States

| type = Public

| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|3610050 |district_name=East Williston Union Free School District |access_date=2022-03-05}}

| grades = K–12

| students = 1,666 (2020–2021)

| teachers = 193.47 {{FTE}}

| staff = 155.13 {{FTE}}

| ratio = 8.61:1

| website = {{URL2|https://www.ewsdonline.org}}

}}

The East Williston Union Free School District is a school district that serves all of East Williston and parts of Roslyn Heights, Albertson, Mineola, and Old Westbury in central Nassau County, New York.

Overview

The school district was established in 1955.{{Cite thesis |title=An Analysis of School District Consolidation of Nassau County, Long Island, New York |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED556985 |publisher=ProQuest LLC |date=2014 |language=en |first=Samuel Melton |last=Thompson}}{{Cite web |title=Wheatley School Twins |url=https://www.astroadventures.net/cohen/WHEATLEY/index.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.astroadventures.net}} As of 2024, the Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Danielle Gately.{{Cite web |title=Staff - |url=https://www.ewsdonline.org/apps/staff/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.ewsdonline.org}}

Schools

File:The Wheatley School Front Entrance.jpg]]The East Williston Union Free School District operates of three schools:{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |website=Long Island Index Maps |publisher=Long Island Index}}{{Cite web |title=Composite School District Boundaries Shapefiles |url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/DistrictBoundaries |access-date=October 23, 2020 |publisher=NCES}}

  • North Side Elementary School (grades K - 4)
  • Willets Road Middle School (grades 5-7)
  • The Wheatley School (grades 8-12)

Sports

Wheatley features many sports and extracurricular teams and clubs.{{Cite web |title=East Williston School District |url=https://www.ewsdonline.org/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.ewsdonline.org}} The football and lacrosse teams are shared with the neighboring Herricks Union Free School District for football and Carle Place Union Free School District for lacrosse.

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