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Plainedge High School | |
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Address | |
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241 Wyngate Drive , 11758 | |
Coordinates | 40°42′00″N 73°28′31″W / 40.69993°N 73.475389°W |
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Type | Public high school |
School district | Plainedge Union Free School District |
Principal | Robert Amster |
Teaching staff | 69.44 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 939 (2018–2019 [1]) |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.52 [1] |
Color(s) | Red, White and Black |
Mascot | Red Devils |
Newspaper | The Devils Tale |
Website | [1] |
Plainedge High School is an American public high school (and the only high school) in the hamlet of North Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is part of the Plainedge Union Free School District. [2]
Plainedge High School's football coach, Robert Shaver, was accused of running up the score in a game against South Side on 25 October 2019, which ended in a score of 61–13 in favor of Plainedge. [3] [4] As punishment, Shaver was suspended for one game, which resulted in widespread criticism from sports journalists, and an email to all on superintendent Edward Salina's mailing list in support of Shaver. [5] [6]
As a teenager, Mr. Guttenberg hung out and played arcade games at the pizzeria. In June 1976, two days after he graduated from Plainedge High School, 63rd out of 570 students, he headed for Hollywood.