West Valley Central School

West Valley Central School, known locally as WVCS, is a K-12 school located in West Valley, an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Ashford, New York. Due to Ashford's relatively small population and the district's limited geographic size, the school serves only a few hundred students. There are separate wings for the elementary, middle, and high school, although some rooms in the school are shared, such as the cafeteria, gymnasium, and auditorium.

West Valley Central School
Location
5359 School Street West Valley, NY 14171
Information
School typePublic
School districtWest Valley Central School District
SuperintendentEric Lawton
PrincipalDan Amodeo
GradesK-12
Color(s)Purple and Gold
Athletics conferenceClass A
MascotWildcat
Websitehttp://www.wvalley.wnyric.org

There are many extracurricular activities. The school no longer has its own athletic department but has an agreement with Ellicottville Central School to allow student-athletes to play for their teams. This merger will end at the end of the 2019 school year.

Because of the school's small size and enrollment, the school has discussed the possibility of merging with neighboring districts, but a straw poll to gauge support for a merger with Ellicottville Central School returned a negative response in the late 2000s. Other neighboring districts have been suggested as possible merger partners for West Valley, but none have shown significant interest.

Board of Education

Stephen Kowalski, President

Dennis McCauley, Vice-President

Frances Engels

George Kazmierczak

Teaseleman Jackson-McCarty

C. Mark Pfeffer

William Welling

History

Selected former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

  • Mr. Kevin J. Eberle–1995-1997 (Guidance Counselor - Cattaraugus/Allegany BOCES, named Vice Principal of Lake Shore Central High School)
  • Dr. Warren F. Crouse–1997-1999 (Assistant Principal - Frontier High School, named Principal of Maryvale High School)
  • Mrs. Hillary Bowen–1997-2000 (unknown, named Principal of Pioneer Middle School)
  • Ms. Eva Dawn Bashaw
  • Mrs. Smith

Basketball Program

In 2008, West Valley's basketball team went on a 17-game winning streak, which was the longest in West Valley history. The only loss was to Pine Valley. Michael Hogenmiller was co-MVP of the league. Kyle Sutton, James Wangelin and Nick Casselman were first-team all-stars.

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