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29-570: Communities in the district include Hewlett Neck and Hewlett Bay Park , as well as portions of Hewlett , Hewlett Harbor , Lynbrook , South Valley Stream , Valley Stream , Woodmere , and Woodsburgh . It also includes sections of North Woodmere , an unincorporated area of Valley Stream, and in Valley Stream it specifically includes the Gibson section. There are approximately 4,400 students enrolled in pre-K through 12th grade. The district

58-536: A high marginal product of labor realized through the increasing number of enslaved people. Plantings of the Pará rubber tree ( Hevea brasiliensis ) are usually called plantations. Oil palm agriculture rapidly expands across wet tropical regions and is usually developed at a plantation scale. Fruit orchards are sometimes considered to be plantations. These include tobacco , sugarcane , pineapple , bell pepper , and cotton , especially in historical usage. Before

87-508: A lack of natural regeneration. The tree species used in a plantation are also an important factor. Where non-native varieties or species are grown, few native faunas are adapted to exploit these, and further biodiversity loss occurs. However, even non-native tree species may serve as corridors for wildlife and act as a buffer for native forests, reducing edge effect . Once a plantation is established, managing it becomes an important environmental factor. The most critical aspect of management

116-507: A natural forest is cleared for a planted forest, then a reduction in biodiversity and loss of habitat will likely result. In some cases, their establishment may involve draining wetlands to replace mixed hardwoods that formerly predominated with pine species. If a plantation is established on abandoned agricultural land or highly degraded land, it can increase both habitat and biodiversity. A planted forest can be profitably established on lands that will not support agriculture or suffer from

145-630: A renovation in 1993, as they built five more classrooms due to the increased number of students. Because of the increased popularity in Hewlett Elementary, Ogden Elementary was constructed in 1954. Ogden was also a K-5 school. In 1983, Ogden traded K and Grade 1, for Grade 2 to Grade 6 students. In 1961, due to overcrowding, Woodmere Middle School was opened in 1961. In 1984, Woodmere gave their 9th graders to Hewlett High, and Hewlett and Ogden and Franklin gave them their sixth graders. A huge renovation happened in 2009, and Woodmere Middle School

174-667: A tool of environmental restoration . Sugar plantations were highly valued in the Caribbean by the British and French colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the use of sugar in Europe rose during this period. Sugarcane is still an important crop in Cuba. Sugar plantations also arose in countries such as Barbados and Cuba because of the natural endowments that they had. These natural endowments included soil conducive to growing sugar and

203-631: Is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County , on Long Island , in New York , United States. The population was 445 at the time of the 2010 census. The Incorporated Village of Hewlett Neck is included in the Five Towns , which is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst , as well as the hamlets of Woodmere , Inwood , and "The Hewletts," which consist of

232-621: Is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Hewlett-Woodmere School District . As such, all children who reside within the village and attend public schools go to Hewlett-Woodmere's schools. Hewlett Neck is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Hewlett-Woodmere Library District. As of the census of 2000, there were 504 people, 155 households, and 139 families residing in

261-535: Is open with 701 students in classes. George W, Hewlett High School was built in 1957, and in 1984, it added 9th grade from Woodmere Middle School, in 2021, Hewlett High School had a renovation and is still open today with 1,015 students in classes. The district consists of the following schools: On December 3, 2006, Newsday reported that of 3,327 students, 84.3% are white, 1.8% are black 6.2% are Hispanic and 7.7% are "other." Recent awards and achievements include: Hewlett Neck, New York Hewlett Neck

290-715: Is operated under the supervision of a seven-member Board of Education. The School District was created by the New York Legislature in 1898. As early as 1850 there was a one-room school house in the area. As the area grew rapidly in the postwar period, 4 schools were built between 1949 and 1961. Woodmere Education Center was originally Hewlett-Woodmere's Elementary, Middle and High School from Grades Kindergarten to Grade 12, and later, it just became Hewlett-Woodmere's Middle and High School which were grades 7 through 12. Franklin Early Childhood Center

319-420: Is the rotation period. Plantations harvested on more extended rotation periods (30 years or more) can provide similar benefits to a naturally regenerated forest managed for wood production on a similar rotation. This is especially true if native species are used. In the case of exotic species, the habitat can be improved significantly if the impact is mitigated by measures such as leaving blocks of native species in

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348-608: Is unique because its rural affluence is similar in character to the more well known Gold Coast of the North Shore instead of being more urbanized like the rest of the South Shore of Nassau County . According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ), of which 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ) is land and 4.35% is water. Hewlett Neck

377-646: The American Civil War . The mild temperate climate , plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils of the Southeastern United States allowed the flourishing of large plantations, where large numbers of enslaved Africans were held captive and forced to produce crops to create wealth for a white elite . When Newfoundland was colonized by England in 1610, the original colonists were called "planters", and their fishing rooms were known as "fishing plantations". These terms were used well into

406-784: The Roman Empire , which produced large quantities of grain, wine, and olive oil for export. Plantation agriculture proliferated with the increase in international trade and the development of a worldwide economy that followed the expansion of European colonialism . Tree plantations, in the United States often called tree farms , are established for the commercial production of timber or tree products such as palm oil , coffee , or rubber . Teak and bamboo plantations in India have given good results and an alternative crop solution to farmers of central India, where conventional farming

435-560: The Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century. The complex included everything from the main residence down to the pens for livestock . Until the abolition of slavery , such plantations were generally self-sufficient settlements that relied on the forced labor of enslaved people. Plantations are an important aspect of the history of the Southern United States , particularly before

464-497: The company store . In Brazil, a sugarcane plantation was termed an engenho ("engine"), and the 17th-century English usage for organized colonial production was "factory." Such colonial social and economic structures are discussed at Plantation economy . Sugar workers on plantations in Cuba and elsewhere in the Caribbean lived in company towns known as bateyes . Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in

493-421: The age of 18 living with them, 85.2% were married couples living together, 1.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.3% were non-families. 8.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.25 and the average family size was 3.39. In the village, the population was spread out, with 33.1% under

522-467: The age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $ 171,612, and the median income for a family was $ 181,530. Males had a median income of $ 100,000 versus $ 48,333 for females. The per capita income for

551-539: The low wages typically paid to plantation workers are the basis of plantation profitability in some areas. In more recent times, overt slavery has been replaced by para-slavery or slavery-in-kind , including the sharecropping system , and even that has been severely reduced. At its most extreme, workers are in " debt bondage ": they must work to pay off a debt at such punitive interest rates that it may never be paid off. Others work unreasonably long hours and are paid subsistence wages that (in practice) may only be spent in

580-597: The plantation or retaining corridors of natural forest. In Brazil, similar measures are required by government regulation. Plantation owners extensively used enslaved Africans to work on early plantations (such as tobacco, rice, cotton, hemp, and sugar plantations) in the American colonies and the United States, throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, and in European-occupied areas of Africa. In modern times,

609-528: The rise of cotton in the American South, indigo and rice were also sometimes called plantation crops. Probably the most critical factor a plantation has on the local environment is the site where the plantation is established. In Brazil, coffee plantations would use slash-and-burn agriculture, tearing down rainforests and planting coffee trees that depleted the nutrients in soil. Once the soil had been sapped, growers would move on to another place. If

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638-459: The term usually refers only to large-scale estates. Before about 1860, it was the usual term for a farm of any size in the southern parts of British North America , with, as Noah Webster noted, "farm" becoming the usual term from about Maryland northward. The enslavement of people was the norm in Maryland and states southward. The plantations there were forced-labor farms. The term "plantation"

667-712: The village was $ 88,049. None of the families and 1.2% of the population were living below the poverty line , including no under eighteens and 5.4% of those over 64. Plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house , grow crops including cotton , cannabis , coffee , tea , cocoa , sugar cane , opium , sisal , oil seeds , oil palms , fruits, rubber trees and forest trees. Protectionist policies and natural comparative advantage have sometimes contributed to determining where plantations are located. In modern use,

696-429: The village. The population density was 2,369.1 inhabitants per square mile (914.7/km ). There were 163 housing units at an average density of 766.2 per square mile (295.8/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 98.81% White , 0.79% African American , 0.20% Asian , 0.20% from other races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of the population. There were 155 households, out of which 51.0% had children under

725-475: The villages of Hewlett Bay Park , Hewlett Harbor , Hewlett Neck, and Woodsburgh , and the unincorporated hamlet of Hewlett . Hewlett Neck was incorporated as a village on April 14, 1927. Hewlett Neck consists of many large homes, mansions, villas and former plantations with very large property, a few dating back to the time of the American Revolution . The area, like Back/Old Lawrence ,

754-420: Was constructed with 12 classrooms altogether. This design stayed for 20 years. In 1949, Hewlett was renovated and built 21 more classrooms due to increased popularity. Hewlett was a kindergarten to Grade 5 school. In 1984, when Franklin became a Childhood Center, Hewlett's kindergarteners and first graders left and moved to Franklin. Franklin in return, gave Hewlett half of their second to sixth graders. Hewlett had

783-692: Was opened in 1903 as Franklin Elementary School, serving students K through 6th grades. In 1983, The Early Childhood Programs in Woodmere Education Center (which housed Pre-K), moved into Franklin Elementary School which changed the name to Franklin Early Childhood Center. In 1983, students from grades 2 through 6 were moved to Hewlett Elementary School or Ogden Elementary School. Hewlett and Ogden Elementary Schools also moved their kindergarteners and first graders to Franklin Early Childhood Center. In 1929, Hewlett Elementary School

812-465: Was used in most British colonies but very rarely in the United Kingdom itself in this sense. There it was used mainly for tree plantations , areas artificially planted with trees, whether purely for commercial forestry , or partly for ornamental effect in gardens and parks, when it might also cover plantings of garden shrubs. Among the earliest examples of plantations were the latifundia of

841-627: Was widespread. But due to the rising input costs of agriculture, many farmers have done teak and bamboo plantations, which require very little water (only during the first two years). Teak and bamboo have legal protection from theft. Bamboo, once planted, gives output for 50 years till flowering occurs. Teak requires 20 years to grow to full maturity and fetch returns. These may be established for watershed or soil protection. They are established for erosion control, landslide stabilization, and windbreaks. Such plantations are established to foster native species and promote forest regeneration on degraded lands as

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