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Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse

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Jerusalem District Number 5 Schoolhouse; Levittown
Jerusalem District Number 5 Schoolhouse; Levittown

Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located at 3510 Old Jerusalem Rd, Wantagh, New York in Nassau County, New York. It is owned by Levittown Union Free School District #5. It was built in 1876 and enlarged to three rooms about 1920. It is a T-shaped building with the original section located at the rear. It is a long frame building on a poured concrete foundation and hipped roof with shallow overhanging eaves. The main entrance features a portico. It is now leased out to a private day care facility. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was also listed as a Town of Hempstead Historic Site.

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Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse
Old Jerusalem Road, Town of Hempstead

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Old Jerusalem Road 3510
11793 Town of Hempstead
New York, United States
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Jerusalem District Number 5 Schoolhouse; Levittown
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Levittown Union Free School District
Levittown Union Free School District

Levittown Union Free School District (LUFSD) is a school district in central Nassau County on Long Island, approximately ten miles east of New York City. The district approximately 5.5 square miles (14 km2) includes parts of the following hamlets; Levittown, North Wantagh, and Seaford. Currently, there are six elementary schools (K-5), two middle schools (6-8), two high schools (9-12) and one career & technical center. The school district sits on over 200 acres (0.81 km2) of property, and its facilities occupy over 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2). The district has a transportation complex of 5 buildings, a buildings and grounds complex of 4 buildings, a middle school leased to BOCES, 22 pump houses and storage sheds as well as vacant property on which once sat an elementary school. The district operates its own Transportation System, transporting over 4,000 students per day. Transportation is available for those students in Grades K-8 who live beyond 3/4 of a mile and 9-12 who live beyond 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from their respective school. The district implemented an all day Kindergarten program in 2011/12. The school district administration is headed by Dr. Tonie McDonald, the current Superintendent of Schools, appointed July 1, 2014. Her contract has been expanded expires on June 30, 2021. Dr. Tonie McDonald is a life long Levittown resident who taught and rose through the ranks of the district she now leads. The Board of Education President is Peggy Marenghi. She was elected to the Board of Education until June 30, 2019.