Amityville Union Free School District

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Amityville Union Free School District is a school district headquartered in Amityville, New York.

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In Suffolk County the district includes Amityville and parts of Copiague and North Amityville. [1] It also covers a portion of East Massapequa in Nassau County. [2] Part of the district is in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County and part is in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. [3]

History

In 1955 a three member board consisting of Donald E. Muncy, the Town of Babylon Supervisor; John P. McGuire, the Huntington District Supervisory School Superintendent; and Rowland Scott, the Babylon Town Clerk, reassigned a part of the Copiague Union Free School District to the Amityville district. The Copiague district planned to file an appeal with the New York State government. [4] A previous plan would have involved a piece of Amityville being in the Copiague district, and some residents wanted to, in return, ask for seceding from Amityville. [5]

In 1998 the school district began sorting elementary school students into classes by standardized test results. [6]

In 1998 the NAACP and the teacher's union stated that they wished to file a lawsuit in an attempt to stop this practice. [7] Circa 2000 the lawsuit was filed in federal court. In 2000, jury selection was in progress for the case. [6]

The New York State Comptroller's office had, in the 2020s, labeled the district as being in "significant" financial strain. In 2025 the office of the comptroller's office had reduced that label to "moderate". [8]

Athletics

Previously the school mascot used the "Warriors" as its athletic mascot. Ben Dickson of Newsday stated that the district was "long associated with its Warriors moniker". [9]

New York State ended the use of Native American mascots in schools in the state. [10] In 2024 the district leadership attempted to keep the "Warriors" mascot and sought permission from the New York State Board of Regents to retain such via a lawsuit. [11] In April 2025 the district chose a new mascot, the "hawks". However, in June, the school board instead adopted the "The Tide" as the mascot, replacing the hawks. [10]

Schools

References

  1. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 census - school district reference map: Suffolk County, NY (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 4 (PDF p. 5/6). Retrieved 2025-06-19. - Text list - 2010 Census index map for Suffolk County and page 4 showing the district.
  2. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Nassau County, NY (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved 2025-06-19. - Text list Archived July 21, 2022, at the Wayback Machine - 2010 Nassau County index map and page 4 showing the district.
  3. ↑ "Amityville Union Free School District Extra-Classroom Activity Fund" (PDF). New York State Office of the Comptroller. October 2021. p. 1 (3/14). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Special Board Approves School Boundary Change". Newsday Suffolk Edition. 1955-08-31. p.  S34 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "McGuire Rules Next Week On Amity-Copiague Dispute". Newsday Suffolk Edition. 1955-07-28. p.  S24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Tyrrell, Jodie (2000-06-05). "Court to Test District's Grouping". Newsday Suffolk Edition. p.  A21 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Ni, Ching-Ching (1998-10-29). "Amityville Schools Face Lawsuit". Newsday Suffolk Edition. p.  A36 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Hildebrand, John (2025-01-24). "New Suffolk, Amityville, East Meadow school districts under fiscal stress, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says". Newsday . Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  9. ↑ Dickson, Ben (2025-04-08). "As Amityville athletics adopts Hawks nickname, opinions vary on the change". Newsday . Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  10. 1 2 James, Carolyn (2025-06-05). "Amityville School Board approves new name and logo; gives its superintendent notice". Massapequa Herald Post . Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  11. ↑ Newsday Staff (2025-04-07). "Amityville school district sports teams have a new mascot: the Hawks". Newsday . Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  12. ↑ Grasso, Nicholas (2024-09-26). "Future of Amityville's Northeast Elementary remains uncertain after meeting". Newsday . Retrieved 2025-06-19.
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