Island Trees Union Free School District is a

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in central Nassau County on

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, approximately 31 miles east of

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. The district includes parts of the following

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;

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, Bethpage,

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, and Seaford. The Island Trees School District gained notoriety in the

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case ''

Island Trees School District v. Pico ''Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico'', 457 U.S. 853 (1982), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court split on the First Amendment issue of local school boards removing library books from junior ...

'' regarding censorship of books in school libraries.

History

The School District dates back to 1902. In 1982, the district went to the US Supreme Court to defend banning books in ''

''.

Schools

Elementary schools (K-4)

* J. Fred Sparke Elementary * Michael F. Stokes Elementary Island Trees Memorial School, New York

Middle schools (5-8)

* Island Trees Memorial Middle School

High school (9-12)

Island Trees High School Island Trees High School is a coeducational public high school serving students in ninth grade through twelfth grade, in Levittown, New York, United States, 31.0 miles east of Manhattan. It is a part of the Island Trees Union Free School District. ...

Other

* Early Childhood Center at the Geneva Gallow School, Bethpage * Island Trees Public Library, Bethpage

Notable alumni

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, former

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contestant and actor. *

Tom Kapinos Tom Kapinos is an American television writer and screenwriter best known for his creation of the Showtime series '' Californication'' and the Fox series ''Lucifer''. Early life Kapinos attended Island Trees School District on Long Island, New ...

, American television executive producer and screenwriter best known for his creation of the television series Californication. * Donnie J. Klang of

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. * Edward Joseph Mahoney (1949 – 2019), known professionally as Eddie Money, American rock singer and songwriter *Steven Pico, student who first brought on the case on banning books to the Supreme Court in ''Island Trees School District v. Pico''.

References

External links

* Education in Nassau County, New York School districts in New York (state) School districts established in 1902 {{NewYork-school-stub