The Hyde Park Central School District is a

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located in

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. The district enrollment is estimated at 4,200 students at the end of the 2014/15 school year. 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, despite protests from other citizens. That school is currently used for the pupil personnel services; those offices moved into the building in December 2012.

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(counted in New York as Hamlets) in the school district include Haviland,

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, Marist College, Salt Point, and Staatsburg. The district includes most of the Town of Hyde Park and extends into the following

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, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck.

History

Greer Rychcik was superintendent until 2020. Aviva Kafka, already an employee of the district, became its superintendent in 2020.

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 * Franklin D. Roosevelt High School

References

{{reflist Hyde Park, New York School districts in New York (state) Education in Dutchess County, New York