Great Neck Public Schools

Great Neck Public Schools

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GNPS Superintendents

1990s

Superintendent Dr. William A. Shine and Former Superintendent Dr. John L. Miller.

2011

Former Superintendent Dr. William A. Shine, Superintendent Dr. Thomas P. Dolan, and Former Superintendent Dr. Ronald L. Friedman (on the occasion of a special Board of Education Tribute to Larry Gross and Donald Ashkenase, two long-serving Board Trustees).

2015

Former Superintendent William A. Shine, Former Superintendent Dr. Thomas P. Dolan, and Superintendent Dr. Teresa Prendergast (on the occasion of a Superintendent's Forum on the Past, Present, and Future of Education in Great Neck).

2016

Former Superintendent Dr. Thomas P. Dolan, Superintendent Dr. Teresa Prendergast, Former Superintendent Dr. Ronald L. Friedman, and Former Superintendent Dr. William A. Shine

Great Neck Public Schools

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GNPS Schools

1840-1869

Fairview Avenue School (Great Neck's third, one-room schoolhouse became Postill's Bootmaker Shop).

1866-Present

The Village School: Great Neck's Alternative High School (this school was originally the Union Chapel). 

1869-1892

Great Neck's First Two-Room Schoolhouse (located on Arrandale Avenue at the site of
the present senior apartment building). 

1905

Thomaston School, aka School No. 2 (this two-story, five-room schoolhouse was built on what was later referred to as the Kensington site).

1914

The Arrandale School (Great Neck's first high school was located on the corner of Middle Neck Road and Arrandale Avenue).

1916
 

The Phipps Estate Aerial Front View and Backyard View (before South Middle and South High Schools were built).

1921

Kensington Johnson School (this beloved elementary school faced Bond Street).

1928

Great Neck North High School Under Construction (now known as John L. Miller Great Neck North
High School, this school was built with a $1.5 million bond issue).

Undated

Saddle Rock School (staff photo, undated)