Washingtonville Central School District is a
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school district
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in
New York
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Washingtonville High School
Washingtonville Senior High School is located on West Main Street (New York State Route 94) in the village of Washingtonville, New York. It is the high school for the Washingtonville Central School District.
The adjacent middle school was once t ...
* Washingtonville Middle School
* Little Britain Elementary School
* Taft Elementary School
* Round Hill Elementary School
History
In 1931, Washingtonville became the second school district in
Orange County, New York
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to centralize. Washingtonville Middle School was built on West Main Street between 1931 and 1933 and was originally called the "Washingtonville Central School." The Central School assembled children who had been attending
one-room school
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houses in
Hamptonburgh,
Blooming Grove and
New Windsor under one roof.
The Washingtonville Central School building later became the high school building and, until the 1990s, served as Washingtonville Junior High School. Little Britain Elementary School used to belong to
Stewart Air Force Base
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and was only for children of parents in the military. The base is still active today. The high school has undergone several renovations, the last completed in January 2007 and in addition to adding on classrooms, added on three computer labs including a Mac lab.
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External links
Official Website
School districts in New York (state)
Education in Orange County, New York
School districts established in 1931