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Farmingdale High School

Coordinates: 40°42′27″N 73°26′39″W / 40.7076°N 73.4441°W / 40.7076; -73.4441
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Farmingdale High School
Address
Map
150 Lincoln Street

,
11735

United States
Coordinates40°42′27″N 73°26′39″W / 40.7076°N 73.4441°W / 40.7076; -73.4441
Information
School typePublic, high school
School districtFarmingdale Union Free School District
SuperintendentPaul Defendini
CEEB code331880
NCES School ID3610980[1]
PrincipalJed Herman
Faculty164.93 FTEs[1]
Grades912
GenderCoeducational [1]
Enrollment1,703 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.3[1]
CampusSuburb: Large
Color(s)   
Green and White
NicknameDalers
WebsiteFHS Website
Farmingdale High School

Farmingdale High School is a public high school located in Farmingdale, New York on Long Island. It is the only high school operated by the Farmingdale Union Free School District. The building opened in 1962.[2]
The school also serves East Farmingdale and a portion of North Amityville, Massapequa Park, and North Massapequa.

As of the 2022–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,703 students and 164.93 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3. There were 339 students (18.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Bus crash

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On September 21, 2023, a coach bus containing forty marching band students and four adults crashed in Wawayanda, New York on its way to a band camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania,[3] killing the band director and a retired teacher.[4][5] The bus involved had four random roadside inspections since 2021, passing each time.[6]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f School data for Farmingdale Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Korsavidis, Natalie. "LibGuides: Farmingdale Local History: Timelines". farmingdalelibrary.libguides.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "NY bus with high school band crashes on I-84; 2 dead and 5 critically injured". USA Today. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "'They were crying … asking for their parents': Trooper describes horror after bus falls down a ravine, killing 2 and injuring at least 18". CNN. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "NTSB investigation begins after bus tumbled 50 feet down slope in deadly crash". WABC-TV. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "More than a third of buses owned by company involved in fatal I-84 crash previously failed state inspections". News 12 Long Island. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Rock, Tom. "Danowski throws hat in ring for Duke job",Newsday, June 20, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2020. "When Matt Danowski committed to Duke out of Farmingdale High School, there. was speculation his father would follow him there."
  8. ^ Gussow, Mel. "William Gaddis, 75, Innovative Author Of Complex, Demanding Novels, Is Dead", The New York Times, December 17, 1998. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Mr. Gaddis was born in Manhattan on Dec. 29, 1922, grew up in Massapequa, N.Y., and went to boarding school in Connecticut and Farmingdale High School on Long Island."
  9. ^ Martin, Kimberley A. "Jets announce coaching changes", Newsday, February 5, 2013. Accessed December 23, 2020. "A Farmingdale High School graduate, Heller won Newsday's Thorp Award in 1979 as the best player in Nassau County."
  10. ^ Whitehouse, Beth. "Long Island native Tim Kubart nominated for 2015 Grammy"[dead link], Newsday, December 11, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Tim Kubart, who grew up in Farmingdale and graduated from Farmingdale High School, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Children’s Album category for his new CD entitled Home and will attend the Grammy Awards in California for the first time in February."
  11. ^ Nowlin, Bill. Jack Lamabe, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Lamabe, who earned the nickname “Tomatoes” when with the Red Sox due to his florid facial complexion, attended the Farmingdale schools and graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1954, where he captained both the basketball and football teams, and played baseball as well."