History
In 1922 the East Northport and Eatons Neck districts united with Northport, forming the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District, and in 1924, a new building opened on Laurel Avenue. It was designed to hold 500 students of all grades. That year, Marvin D. Losley was named the first superintendent of the Northport East Northport School District. In 1938 two elementary schools were constructed, Ocean Avenue School in Northport and Larkfield School in East Northport.
In the 1950s, tremendous population growth caused the construction of Dickinson Avenue Elementary School, as well as Fifth Avenue and Norwood Avenue Elementary schools, and East Northport Junior High School. In Addition, the Senior High School moved into a campus style school on Middleville Road, and the Laurel Avenue building became a Junior High School. The distance between the East Northport community and the high school caused difficulty for students. The high school became a three year high school with ninth grade moving down to the junior high schools. In 1962 Pulaski Road Elementary School opened its doors. Later, due to overcrowding, a new high school was constructed on Laurel Hill Road, which opened in 1966. Consequently, the Middleville Road building also became a middle school. This year, Bellerose Avenue School was also opened.
In 1970, a fire destroyed the upper floor of Ocean Avenue School. In 1982, Larkfield School closed, and the property was sold. In 1988, 9th graders were moved back to the high school, as part of an extensive grade restructuring. In 1991 Middleville Road Middle School Was closed, and in 1997 Northport Middle School relocated to the Middleville Road facility.
In 2003-2004, additions were made to Northport High School, Northport Middle School, and East Northport Middle School. More recently, in 2010, the school district has been threatened with potential budget cuts in the 2010-011 budget, potentially causing a loss of 40 teachers, and of the districtwide summer music program. However, the school budget has not yet been finalized. Most of the cuts are related to a significant decrease in state aid.
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