Nyack Public Schools

Nyack Public Schools is a school district headquartered in the Town of Orangetown, New York, United States. It serves several areas in Orangetown and Clarkstown including the villages of Nyack, South Nyack, and Upper Nyack, Upper Grand View, and the hamlet of Valley Cottage. As of December 2004 the district had 2,881 students in all five schools.[1]

History

A February 1999 report released by a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Nyack Partners in Education stated that honors classes had nine times as many caucasians as African Americans, while the district that Nyack is a part of had two caucasians for one African Americans as a whole. This caused racial tension in the district.[2]

Aerial View of Upper Nyack Elementary School with Hudson River, March 2017

In 2001, Upper Nyack Elementary School, one of the three primary schools in the district, was the subject of "Kindergarten" an HBO documentary that explored the lives of 23 kindergarten students at the school in the 2001-2002 school year.[3] The 13 part series was produced by Emmy winning producers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Goodman said at the time she chose Upper Nyack Elementary School because she, "wanted a school that really could feel like it was anywhere." [4]

Schools

Secondary schools

Nyack High School (Upper Nyack)
Nyack Middle School (South Nyack)

Primary schools

Liberty Elementary School (previously known as Lake Road School) (Valley Cottage)
Upper Nyack School (Upper Nyack)
Valley Cottage School (Valley Cottage)

Upper Nyack Elementary School panorama, April 2020

References

Brenner, Elsa (2004-12-05). "A Trio of Villages Hugging the Hudson". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
Zenicke, Kate. "Racial Gap in Schools Splits A Town Proud of Diversity." The New York Times. Friday August 14, 2000. Retrieved on April 29, 2009.
"Now This Is Reality TV". Los Angeles Times. 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
Shattuck, Kathryn (2001-08-26). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; A Reality Series for the Hide-and-Seek Set". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

External links

Official website

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[trio-1] Brenner, Elsa (2004-12-05). "A Trio of Villages Hugging the Hudson". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

[2] Zenicke, Kate. "Racial Gap in Schools Splits A Town Proud of Diversity." The New York Times. Friday August 14, 2000. Retrieved on April 29, 2009.

[3] "Now This Is Reality TV". Los Angeles Times. 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

[4] Shattuck, Kathryn (2001-08-26). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; A Reality Series for the Hide-and-Seek Set". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-10.