Plainedge Union Free School District

The Plainedge Union Free School District is a school district located in the hamlet of Plainedge New York.

The school district is composed of 3 elementary schools, John H. West elementary, Eastplain elementary and Charles S. Schwarting elementary. The middle school is Plainedge Middle School and the high school is Plainedge High School. Former schools include Robert E. Picken elementary, which was sold to the Town of Oyster Bay to serve as a smaller town hall for the southern part of the town, Northedge Elementary(then Kindergarten), which was knocked down to make room for the new Middle School, Baldwin Drive Elementary and Southedge Junior High, which were demolished and the land sold for housing, and Sylvia Packard Middle School, which was shut down after the school, at 40 years of age, was deemed inefficient to serve the continuing needs of the community.

The current Superintendent is Edward Salina

The school board is currently composed of President Patricia Zinke, Vice President Cathy Flanagan and trustees Maryann Capone, Nancy Giris, Dennis Gustafson, Mary Lowe and Douglas Pascarella.^[1]

The principals of the elementary schools are Emily O'Brien (Eastplain), Carol Muscarella (John H. West) and Bethanne McCoy (Schwarting) with Vito Mannino serving as assistant principal at all elementary schools. The principal of the middle school is Anthony DeRiso and assistant principal Jennifer Wiesman. The deans of the middle school are Casey Kornharens and Brian Wipperman. The principal of the high school is Robert Amster and the assistant principals are Jennifer Vitale and John Reynolds.

Notable alumni

• Steve Guttenberg
• John Melendez
• Joey Boots
• Jim Hodder (musician)
• Mike ADHD (musician)

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