Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education establishes policies and adopts regulations for the operation of the district's seven public schools.The building was replaced by a one-room schoolhouse built in 1899 that still stands today next to, and currently owned by the Mid-Island Y-JCC.This building was rented in the early 1950s by Plainview's school district and later used as an annex before being sold and demolished to home developers in 1974.In 1954, Old Bethpage was hit with a sudden population boom thanks to housing development Eileen Gardens.The year before, thankfully, residents of Old Bethpage voted to build a new grade school with a capacity of 660 students.In 1955, Central Park Road School opened to further meet student demands and yet another addition was added in 1956 to bring capacity to 660.In 1960, what was then called Plainview Junior High School opened, costing a whopping $3.4 million, and was later changed to Stratford Road Elementary in 1992.