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School District in New York, NY
| Name : |
Glens Falls City School District |
| Address : |
15 Quade Street Glens Falls, NY 12801 |
| Phone : |
518-792-1212 |
| Url : |
http://www.gfsd.org/index.cfm |
| State : |
New York |
| Email : |
dbarclay@gfsd.org |
| Fax : |
NA |
| Name : |
Horseheads Central Schools |
| Address : |
One Raider Lane, Horseheads, NY 14845 |
| Phone : |
(607)739-5601 |
| Url : |
http://www.horseheadsdistrict.com/ |
| State : |
New York |
| Email : |
NA |
| Fax : |
NA |
| Name : |
Johnson City Central School District |
| Address : |
666 Reynolds Road , Johnson City, New York, 13790 |
| Phone : |
(607) 763-1230 |
| Url : |
http://www.jcschools.com/ |
| State : |
New York |
| Email : |
NA |
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NA |
| Name : |
Keene Central School |
| Address : |
33 Market Street Keene Valley, NY 12943 |
| Phone : |
518.576.4555 |
| Url : |
http://www.kcs.neric.org/contactus.htm |
| State : |
New York |
| Email : |
NA |
| Fax : |
518.576.4599 |
| Name : |
Massapequa School District |
| Address : |
Massapequa Public Schools 4925 Merrick Road Massapequa NY 11758 |
| Phone : |
(516) 308-5000 |
| Url : |
http://www.msd.k12.ny.us/ |
| State : |
New York |
| Email : |
NA |
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NA |
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A School District is a geographic organization of public schools within a state or a county that carries out public educational
services for the state’s or county’s residents. Most local public primary and secondary schools are operated or managed by a school district. In some areas, school districts may be called or referred to as school divisions.
School Districts are governed by a legislative body usually referred to as school boards, or school committees, or board of trustees; wherein the members are elected by popular vote or by appointment of government officials where the district is located. These school boards are usually headed by a practiced public school administrator; who oversees the daily policy implementations, school functions and activities and employee/student matters.
Most school districts are capable of operating and supporting various business, media and research facilities such as school bus yards, school laundries, warehouses, kitchens, medical clinics, television stations, public libraries and even fully functioning police departments. There may also be several recreation areas within school districts such as national parks, conservatories and sports clinics and even shopping malls and centers. The impact of a school district to a certain state or county can distinctively vary in terms of size and management. Some school districts can be very much influential in local politics in a sense that properly managed and recognized school districts will attract and invite more students in the area. Thus, increasing the value of residency in its area and ultimately increasing the amount of revenue generated in its area, not only in terms of tax revenue but also revenue for the local business industries. In the same way, a poorly managed school district may result to a decline in population or recession on the area’s economic and political development. |
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