The Hyde Park Central School District is a public school district located in Hyde Park, New York. The district enrollment is estimated at 4,200 students at the end of the 2014/15 school year. [1] in six schools in grades K–12. The district superintendent is Greer F. Fischer, Ed.D. The seventh school in the district was Hyde Park Elementary School. However, due to declining student enrollment in the district, the school was closed after the end of the 2011/12 school year, [2] despite protests from other citizens. That school is currently used for the pupil personnel services; those offices moved into the building in December 2012. [3]
Census-designated places (counted in New York as Hamlets) in the school district include Haviland, Hyde Park, Marist College, Salt Point, and Staatsburg. The district includes most of the Town of Hyde Park and extends into the following towns: Clinton, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck. [4]
History
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Greer Rychcik was superintendent until 2020. Aviva Kafka, already an employee of the district, became its superintendent in 2020. [5]
Schools
- Elementary schools
- Netherwood Elementary School
- North Park Elementary School
- Ralph R. Smith Elementary School
- Violet Avenue Elementary School
- Middle school
- Haviland Middle School
- High school
References
- ^ District Website
- ^ [1] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine School Closing Letter to Families (8 June 2012)
- ^ [2] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Pupil Services Moves Offices to Former Hyde Park Elementary School (20 December 2012)
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dutchess County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 1, 3 (PDF p. 2, 4/7). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Santistevan, Ryan (20 April 2020). "Hyde Park school district names Kafka superintendent, succeeding Rychcik". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 16 December 2023.