Niskayuna Central School District
The Niskayuna Central School District is a public school district located in Niskayuna, New York. It has a total enrollment of 4,312 students in grades K–12 in 8 schools. The district superintendent was Susan Kay Salvaggio until 2014. After that, Dr. Cosimo Tangorra became the superintendent and is the current superintendent. Then Until Salvaggio was superintendent Kevin. S. Baughman held the prestigious note of being the second-highest school administrator in the State of NY, making over $200,000, nearly double the salary of the Governor.[1] The district primarily serves the Town of Niskayuna, but also covers a small section of the Town of Colonie, the Alplaus area of the Town of Glenville and the Rexford area of the Town of Clifton Park, both north of the Mohawk River.
Schools
- Birchwood Elementary School - 897 Birchwood Ln, Schenectady, NY 12309
Serves the southeastern portion of town, generally east of Pearse Rd., and the small part of the district that extends into Colonie.
- Craig Elementary School - 2566 Balltown Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309
Serves areas south and west of GE Global Research. Area is centered on Rt. 146/Providence/River Rds.
- Glencliff Elementary School - 961 Riverview Rd, Rexford, NY 12148
Located in Town of Clifton Park.
Serves Aqueduct area, Rexford (Clifton Park) area west of Appleton Rd., and a portion of East Glenville, Alplaus, near Glenridge Rd. and Maple Ave.
- Hillside Elementary School - 1100 Cornelius Ave, Schenectady, NY 12309
Serves the Niskayuna CDP area - west of the Schenectady city line and east of Balltown Rd.
- Rosendale Elementary School - 2445 Rosendale Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309
Serves the area north of Rt. 7 and sandwiched between the Mohawk Golf Club and Mohawk River State Park.
- Iroquois Middle School - 2495 Rosendale Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309
- Van Antwerp Middle School - 2253 Story Ave, Schenectady, NY 12309
- Niskayuna High School - 1626 Balltown Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309
Construction
In 2007, Niskayuna High School, as well as other Elementary schools, began a district-wide construction project to increase the quality of the environment in which students are exposed too.
- The High School, the biggest of the district projects, added a new Media Center and the extension of C-Hall. Also adding a new Geo-Thermal Heating system in the new areas of the school.
- Elementary Schools, Glencliff and Rosendale, received much needed new playground equipment and Glencliff had an addition to add more classroom space for the growing enrollment of students.
- Iroquois Middle School replaced old windows with permanent moisture trapped inside the two panes of the window.