Eastport-South Manor Central School District

Eastport-South Manor Central School District is a school district that serves parts of both Brookhaven and Southampton Townships in eastern Suffolk County, New York.

The school district, commonly known as "ESM", serves the hamlets Manorville and Eastport, as well as portions of the hamlets of Speonk and Mastic.

History of the District

The school district was formed from the consolidation of two local districts, Eastport UFSD in Eastport, and South Manor UFSD in Manorville. These schools, along with several other area schools, participated in a study in the mid-1990s to determine the feasibility of combining the many local districts into one centralized district. This would benefit the schools through lower central administration costs, and would allow significantly better programming for students since a combined school would have a much higher enrollment than any of the individual schools. Further, the area covered in the scope of the study had experienced significant growth, particularly in Manorville, where constant development had doubled the population in a span of only ten years. Finally, neither South Manor UFSD nor East Moriches UFSD (a nearby district that also participated in the study) had high schools of their own, and were paying costly tuition to send their students to other high schools.

Ultimately, only Eastport and South Manor decided to combine to create a new district.

The central administration office is located at 149 Dayton Avenue, Manorville, NY 11949. The former district superintendent was B. Allen Mannella. Since his retirment in 2006, James Powers has assumed the role of interim superintendent while the district seeks candidates to fill the position.

Schools in the District

* Eastport Elementary (Grades K - 6)
**390 Montauk Highway, Eastport, NY
* South Street School (Grades K-2)
**130 South Street, Manorville, NY
* Dayton Avenue School (Grades 3-6)
**151 Dayton Avenue, Manorville, NY
* Eastport-South Manor Junior/Senior High School (Grades 7-12)
**543 Moriches-Middle Island Road, Manorville, NY

Eastport-South Manor Junior/Senior High School

The "ESM" Junior/Senior High School is a state-of-the-art building that was completed during the 2003-2004 school year. Its budget was $88 million, and it encompasses approximately 370,000 square feet. It was designed by Burton, Behrendt & Smith, an architecture firm based in Patchogue, New York. See the link below for pictures of the school, which the firm features on their website.

Before the two schools merged, South Street School and Dayton Avenue School were the two schools of South Manor UFSD, serving grades K-9. Eastport Elementary was known as Eastport High School, but served all thirteen grades in one building. It was the only school in the former Eastport UFSD.

External links

* [http://www.esmonline.org ESM School District]
* [http://www.bbsarch.com Burton, Behrendt & Smith (BBS)]
* [http://www.lischoolrant.com Long Island School Rant Forums]