West Irondequoit Central School District

West Irondequoit Central School District
Location
321 List Ave Rochester, NY 14617 Rochester, New York , Monroe County, New York , 14617 United States
Coordinates	43°12′59″N77°35′36″W / 43.2165°N 77.5932°W / 43.2165; -77.5932 (District office)
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Peak performance
Grades	Pre-K-12 and adult education
Established	July 1953 (1953-07)
Superintendent	Dr. Aaron Johnson
Asst. superintendent(s)	James Brennan, Michelle Cramer, Christina Miga
Schools	Six elementary schools (K–3) Two middle schools (4–6) One junior high school (7–8) One senior high school (9–12)
Budget	US$93.8 million (2024–2025 [1] )
NCES District ID	3615390 [2]
Students and staff
Students	3630 (2021–2022) [1]
Teachers	274 (2018–2019) [1]
Staff	345 (2018–2019) [1]
Other information
Unions	NYSUT, West Irondequoit Teachers' Association
Website	www.westirondequoit.org

The West Irondequoit Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 4000 students in the western half of the town of Irondequoit in Monroe County, with over 600 employees and an operating budget of $82.4 million (~$20,319 per student). ^[3]

The average class size is 21 students and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1(elementary), 13.6:1(middle-high school). ^[3]

The District motto is "Peak Performance".

Dr. Aaron Johnson is the Superintendent of Schools.

History

A high school building was erected in 1924 as the Irondequoit Free Union School, District Number 3. In 1953, District Number 3 and District Number 4 combined to become the West Irondequoit Central School District.

Superintendents

Name	Tenure
Alfred C. Hamilton	– 1944
Franklyn S. Barry	1945 – 1947
Floyd B. Rasbach	1948 – 1960
Earle W. Helmer	– 1973
William J. Early
Joseph R. Sproule	–
Glenn F. Wachter	1996 – 2003
Jeffrey B. Crane	November 1, 2003 – December 31, 2018
Jon Hunter (interim)	January 1, 2019 - March 5, 2019
Aaron Johnson	March 6, 2019 – present

Board of education

The Board of Education (BOE) consists of 7 members who serve rotating 3-year terms. Elections are held each May for board members and to vote on the School District Budget. Student representatives, elected by the student body for 1-year terms, also attend BOE meetings; their vote is unofficial.

Current board members are:

• Matthew Sullivan, President
• Victoria Bournival, Vice President
• Melissa Borher
• Kathryn Copeland
• Kevin Schoepfel
• John Vay
• Tamara Wall

Schools

To improve K-3 achievement, the administration of the elementary schools changed in July 2007 one principal per school to one principal for each pair of schools: Briarwood/Colebrook, Brookview/Seneca and Listwood/Southlawn.

Elementary school

• Briarwood Elementary School (K-3), Principal - Jennifer DeWitz
• Brookview Elementary School (K-3), Principal - Alicia Spitz
• Colebrook Elementary School (K-3), Principal - Jennifer DeWitz
• Listwood Elementary School (K-3), Principal - Jake Shirley
• Seneca Elementary (K-3), Principal - Alicia Spitz
• Southlawn Elementary (K-3), Principal - Jake Shirley

Middle school

• Iroquois Middle School (4-6), Principal - Christian Zwahlen
• Rogers Middle School (4-6), Principal - Nicholas DiMartino

High school

• Dake Junior High School (7-8), Principal - Tim Baker
• Irondequoit High School (9-12), Principal - Alecia Zipp-McLaughlin

References

1. "2024-2025 Budget Book" (PDF). District website. Irondequoit, New York: West Irondequoit Central School District. 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for West Irondequoit Central School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 14, 2012.
3. 2007 Facts & Figures booklet, Monroe County School Boards Association MCSBA

External links

• Official website
• York State School Boards Association