Oysterponds Union Free School District

Oysterponds Union Free School District
Location
Southold Suffolk County, New York Southold, New York United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK-6th
Superintendent	Justin Cobis
Schools	1
Students and staff
Students	85-95 on average
Faculty	Dr.Daniel Goldfarb (School Psychologist), Amy Bennett (School Nurse), Melissa Palermo (Business Manager)
Teachers	17 as of 2023
Other information
Website	https://www.oysterponds.org

Oysterponds Union Free School District is a public school district located in the town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is the easternmost school district on the North Fork of Long Island. The district includes the census-designated places (CDPs) of East Marion and Orient. To the west, the district is bordered by the Greenport Union Free School District.

As of 2015^[update], Oysterponds Union Free School District had 86 students.^[1]

At the beginning of the 2013–2014 school year, the school district introduced combined grade classes into the only school, Oysterponds Elementary School, combining the kindergarten and preschool classes into the class of primary I; first- and second-grade students into the class of primary II; third- and fourth-grade students into the class of intermediate I; and the fifth- and sixth-grade students into the class of intermediate II.^{[citation needed]}

The superintendent and principal is Justin Cobis^[2]

Jennifer Wissemann is the principal's assistant^[3]

Schools

The only school operated by the district is Oysterponds Elementary School (grades K-6). Currently,^{[as of?]} the district pays for middle and high school students (grades 7–12) to be educated in the adjacent Greenport School District.^[4]

Proposals to merge the school district with its neighbors to the west have been discussed in the past, but have not been approved.^[5][6]

References

1. "Oysterponds Union Free School District: Our District and School". oysterponds.org. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
2. Azofeifa, Melissa (2023-03-22). "Oysterponds school board welcomes new district superintendent and principal". The Suffolk Times. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
3. "Faculty and staff directory - Oysterponds Union Free School District". www.oysterponds.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
4. "Vote canceled for Oysterponds tuition contract". The Suffolk Times. Oct 8, 2009. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
5. Freedman, Mitchell (Apr 28, 1992). "On the North Fork, Six Would Equal One". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
6. Hildebrand, John (Dec 2, 2008). "Call to combine school districts". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.

External links

• Official website