Sagaponack Common School District is a public school district located in Sagaponack on Long Island , in Suffolk County , New York, United States. It is roughly co-extensive with the village of Sagaponack, which is part of the town of Southampton .
41-791: The district operates one school, the Sagaponack School , serving grades K through 3. Affectionally known as "the little red schoolhouse", the district had a total enrollment of 16 students for the 2019–2020 school year and 11 for 2021–22. It is believed to be one of the last remaining "one room" schoolhouses in America. Students then complete their education at either the Bridgehampton , Sag Harbor , or East Hampton schools. The school gets rave reviews from parents, whom cite its close community, excellent staffing, and extremely strong teacher to student ratio. The district's superintendent
82-648: A common practice of the mid-20th century. East of Speonk , the highway enters the Hamptons , the small-town, farming and summer resort communities especially popular with New York City summer vacationers. Montauk Highway forms the main street of most of the communities in the Hamptons, such as Westhampton , Quogue , and Hampton Bays . CR 80 ends west of the village of Southampton at Knoll Road, at which point Montauk Highway becomes state-maintained again as NY 900W, an unsigned reference route . This ends at
123-621: A consortium that also includes Pierson Middle-High School in Sag Harbor, New York . The school also sends athletes from some other sports to play at Pierson. In 2018 and 2019, the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor consortium instead played at Southampton High School due to low enrollment in East Hampton. During the 1990s basketball victory run, the mascot for the team changed from the "Bridgies." The away jerseys for
164-504: A documentary history of the basketball team in connection with the 2015-2016 season titled Killer Bees which was the project of Orson and Ben Cummings. Included in the movie was Joe Zucker , an artist who is a volunteer assistant coach for the team. Montauk Highway Montauk Highway is an east–west road extending for 95 miles (153 km) across the southern shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York , in
205-444: A narrow hilly road next to the shoreline. Other significant realignments include the aforementioned rerouting between East Patchogue and Brookhaven and another in the vicinity of Eastport , where CR 71 (Old Country Road) was part of Montauk Highway between the current road and Eastport–Manor Road ( CR 55 ). From there, Montauk Highway turned south along CR 55 to reconnect to its modern routing. Another former section
246-501: A new site off Church Lane. The new two-story building opened as a middle school on January 6, 1908, adding a high school program two years later. In 1911, the district became the Bridgehampton Union Free School District and graduated its first student. This school was later known as the "School Street School" due to its location at the corner of Church Lane and School Street, the current site of
287-549: A new, parallel highway to Merrick Road and Montauk Highway between the New York City line and Massapequa and several local roads from Massapequa to Montauk Highway at Oakdale. The former routing of NY 27 on Montauk Highway from Massapequa to Oakdale became NY 27A , which connected to NY 27 in Massapequa by way of County Line Road. NY 27A was extended eastward along Montauk Highway to Patchogue in
328-624: Is Merrick Road , with the Montauk Highway designation picking up in Amityville . The designations assigned to the road have also changed over time: Montauk Highway was the original route of NY 27 until most of it was superseded in purpose by Sunrise Highway , and for a brief time all of Montauk Highway west of Southampton was signed as NY 27A. It is still the southernmost through route on Long Island, although it has been realigned in several locations. Montauk Highway begins at
369-522: Is John (Jay) Finello. He replaced the prior superintendent, Alan Van Cott, in July 2021. Finello previously served as superintendent in three other Long Island districts – East Islip , Huntington , and Springs . Sagaponack is bordered by the Wainscott school district to the east, the Sag Harbor district to the north, and the Bridgehampton district to the west. Sagaponack was originally District 10,
410-479: Is a two-to-four lane highway with traffic lights known as Merrick Road . This name is derived from the community of Merrick , through which the road passes. As such, the Montauk Highway name now applies to the section that lies within Suffolk County . Montauk Highway and Merrick Road were designated as NY 27 from the New York City line to Amagansett in the mid-1920s. From East Patchogue to Brookhaven , NY 27 followed South Country Road instead, which
451-585: Is mostly county-maintained as County Route 80 and County Route 85 ( CR 80 and CR 85 , respectively). The highway was one of the original through highways of Long Island, initially extending from Jamaica in the New York City borough of Queens to Montauk Point. Within Queens, the road is now known as Merrick Boulevard , and for its entire run in Nassau County, the road
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#1732790984546492-618: Is often called Main Street. In addition to being called Montauk Highway and Main Street in Suffolk County, it is also historically known as South Country Road, a name that is only used by former segments today. NY 27A ends at NY 27 exit 46A in Oakdale, giving way to CR 85 along Montauk Highway. As CR 85, Montauk Highway runs through the hamlets of Oakdale, West Sayville , Sayville, Bayport , and Blue Point to
533-532: Is one of the 30 smallest in the state of New York. Proposals to close the high school and send students to larger nearby high schools have failed. The district's superintendent, Mary Kelly, began her tenure in July 2021. Bridgehampton is bordered by the Southampton school district to the west, the Sag Harbor district to the north, and the Sagaponack district to the west. In 2010, Bridgehampton
574-575: Is roughly co-extensive with the hamlet of Bridgehampton , but also serves parts of Noyack , unincorporated Sag Harbor , and unincorporated Sagaponack . The district operates one school, the Bridgehampton School serving grades Pre-K through 12. The total enrollment for the 2019–2020 school year was 223 students. Its high school, which also serves students from the Sagaponack Common School District ,
615-770: The Amityville School District. In April 2023, the district announced that Assistant Principal Michael Cox would become principal effective July 1, 2023. This followed the announcement that current principal Michael Miller, would be moving to the Superintendent/Principal role at East Quogue Union Free School District . The sports teams are known as the "Killer Bees," and the basketball team has won nine small-school (Class D) state championships as of 2016, including in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015. Bridgehampton students play football at East Hampton High School in
656-619: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the district to lease an additional classroom at the former Most Holy Trinity School in East Hampton . The classroom housed the 2nd and 3rd grade classes for the 2020–2021 school year. Bridgehampton Union Free School District Bridgehampton Union Free School District is a public school district located in the Town of Southampton on Long Island , in Suffolk County , New York , United States . It
697-576: The Nassau – Suffolk county line, where it connects to Merrick Road . It heads east along the southern shore of Long Island , carrying NY 27A from Amityville to Oakdale . The highway generally narrows to two lanes in most places, especially through communities of which it forms the main street, such as Amityville, the village of Babylon , West Islip , Bay Shore , the hamlet of Islip , East Islip , Great River , Oakdale , Sayville , Patchogue , and Center Moriches . In these places, Montauk Highway
738-490: The village of Southampton was now maintained by the county, NY 27A continued to follow the road eastward to NY 27 northeast of Southampton. It was finally cut back to its current eastern terminus in Oakdale on March 29, 1972, after ownership and maintenance of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and CR 19 in Patchogue was transferred from the state to the county. The new 8.24-mile (13.26 km) county road
779-424: The 2020–2021 school year as part of a $ 29 million expansion to the school. Carl Yastrzemski broke the local high basketball scoring record before graduating in 1957 (628). He attended University of Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship after graduating the school. He also hit .512 while playing high school baseball and led the team to two straight Suffolk County championships. Shaquille O'Neal produced
820-600: The Bridgehampton Fire Department. Outgrowing this facility, construction broke ground on the current Montauk Highway building, the area's fifth school building, in September 1930. The building was designed by the architectural firm Tooker and Marsh and opened in 1931. For a period that lasted through most of the 1990s, the school had a primarily African-American enrollment, but a 2004 New York Times article detailed large demographic changes in
861-494: The Southampton village line, leaving Montauk Highway as a village-maintained street until it reconnects to NY 27 northeast of the village center. Now part of NY 27, Montauk Highway is the major, and occasionally the only through road in the area, passing through Bridgehampton , East Hampton , and Amagansett to reach Montauk . The highway and NY 27 end at a loop in the road at Montauk Point . Montauk Highway
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#1732790984546902-661: The United States. It extends from the Amityville/Copiague village/hamlet line in Amityville , where it continues as Merrick Road , to Montauk Point State Park at the very eastern end of Long Island in Montauk . The highway is known by several designations along its routing, primarily New York State Route 27A (NY 27A) from the county line to Oakdale and NY 27 east of Southampton . The portion of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and Southampton
943-405: The community and the school. Due to its small size, some have proposed that the high school portion of the school should be closed and students sent to larger nearby high schools in adjacent districts. A ballot to close the high school during the 1987-88 school year narrowly succeeded, but was later overturned. A 2009 initiative was also defeated. In 2003, the district signed a contract with
984-577: The early 1950s, after NY 27 was realigned to follow a new highway between Oakdale and Patchogue. A limited-access highway extension of NY 27 to Shirley opened to traffic in the late 1950s, at which time NY 27A was extended eastward along NY 27's former routing to meet NY 27 in Shirley. Construction on a new alignment for NY 27 between NY 24 in Hampton Bays and Montauk Highway near Water Mill began by 1961 and
1025-483: The easternmost school district in the town of Southampton in 1720. The first schoolhouse, opened in 1776, was a one-story building on the site of Caleb Pierson's property on Sagg Main Street. A second schoolhouse was described as standing "in the street between the two roads", and was later sold to a farm on the nearby Parsonage Lane, which in turn sold the building to the Wainscott School . The current building
1066-428: The existing 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m ) building and was originally expected to be completed by December 2020. The project included a new gym and athletic facilities, new cafeteria, new technology room, renovated library, and renovated classrooms. Construction was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , but some renovated classrooms were available for use in the second half of the 2020–2021 school year. The project
1107-530: The nearby private Ross School to provide breakfast and lunch at a cost of $ 3.12 per student. The district does not have its own kitchen. It was the first public school-private school partnership for school lunch in New York State. A $ 29.4 million extensive renovation and expansion of the school was approved by voters in December 2016. The expansion was to add over 35,000 square feet (3,300 m ) to
1148-590: The shore through Suffolk County , ending at Montauk Point , the easternmost point of land on the South Fork of the island. As an all-weather road, Montauk Highway has rarely been breached by even serious storms; however, portions in the Hamptons were flooded out by the New England Hurricane of 1938 . The current road is no longer a single route-designated road. In Queens, it is a city street known as Merrick Boulevard . Through Nassau County, it
1189-569: The team still has the name "Bridgies" on it although the home jerseys have the "Bees" on them. The school's original basketball court, which opened in 1931, was dubbed the Bee Hive or Matchbox. It was smaller than regulation size, 13 feet (4.0 m) shorter sideline to sideline and 19 feet (5.8 m) shorter from baseline to baseline. The last game played in The Hive was February 2, 2020, vs. Shelter Island . A new regulation-size gym opened for
1230-406: The town; Bridgehampton became District #9, and moved two a new building on the same site. This building was used until c. 1842 . The next schoolhouse was sold in an August 1907 action to Herbert Hedges, who moved the building to Wainscott , where it now stands as a chapel and community center. In 1907, the newly-formed Bridgehampton Union School District voted to build a new school on
1271-565: The vicinity of the west end of CR 71 , the Suffolk County Department of Public Works had once planned to widen the road from two lanes to four lanes. Over the years, Montauk Highway has been realigned in several locations. The former segments are now known by another name or as Old Montauk Highway, notably at Theodore Roosevelt County Park east of Montauk, where new Montauk Highway heads northeast through Montauk Point State Park while Old Montauk Highway heads east as
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1312-673: The village of Patchogue, where the designation ends at CR 19 . East of CR 19, Montauk Highway (known within the village as West and East Main streets) continues as a village-maintained street to the eastern village line, where it becomes CR 80, the designation that comprises most of Montauk Highway. Proceeding east from Patchogue, Montauk Highway runs through progressively less-densely populated communities. The segment east of Station Road in North Bellport and CR 36 in Brookhaven still contains old concrete pavement,
1353-509: Was also extended east to Hampton Bays at this time, connecting to the segment of NY 27A between Hampton Bays and Water Mill and creating an overlap with NY 27. Ownership and maintenance of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and the town of Southampton was gradually transferred from the state of New York to Suffolk County during the 1960s and 1970s. The portion from the Patchogue village line east to NY 24 in Hampton Bays
1394-564: Was built in 1885 by John B. Hedges. In 1920, a second room was added to the building, though it is still technically a one-room schoolhouse due to the second room's usage as a lunchroom and rainy day play area. The building is part of the Sagaponack Historic District , a collection of 131 buildings along Sagg Main Street listed on the National Register of Historic Places . An increase in enrollment during
1435-463: Was completed around 1962. The section of Montauk Highway between the two locations became part of NY 27A, even though it did not connect to any other part of the route. An extension of the Patchogue–Shirley limited-access highway to the vicinity of Eastport was completed as a realignment of NY 27 by 1964, allowing NY 27A to be extended once more along Montauk Highway. NY 27A
1476-535: Was fully completed in time for the 2021–2022 school year. Mary Kelly, the current superintendent was appointed in May 2021. She was nominated to succeed Robert Hauser, who had previously been superintendent since February 2018, and assistant superintendent prior to that. Kelly's appointment was challenged by the NAACP Eastern Long Island branch, citing an incident in her prior superintendent role at
1517-503: Was part of Montauk Highway at the time. The NY 27 designation was extended eastward along Montauk Highway to Montauk Point by 1930. On February 24, 1930, South Country Road was added to the Suffolk County highway system as CR 36 . NY 27 and Montauk Highway were realigned to directly connect East Patchogue and Brookhaven via North Bellport . NY 27 was realigned west of Oakdale c. 1931 to follow Sunrise Boulevard (the predecessor to Sunrise Highway ),
1558-530: Was planned as the southernmost all-weather road on Long Island . It began in Jamaica , the county seat of Queens County and an important railroad junction located in the east-central part of the county. Montauk Highway was routed in a southeasterly direction toward the Atlantic Ocean coastline of Long Island, turning in an east-northeasterly direction in current Nassau County to more or less parallel
1599-490: Was redesignated CR 85, a number used for the Smithtown Bypass until 1966, when that road was transferred to NYSDOT and designated NY 347. A 2.85-mile (4.59 km) section of Montauk Highway between Knoll Road to the west village line of Southampton at Tuckahoe Lane was retained by the state of New York and designated NY 900W, an unsigned reference route . Between the east end of CR 98 and
1640-667: Was the richest school district in New York State. Bridgehampton's first public school was the Two Chimney Schoolhouse, opened in 1720. The building was located at Bull's Head – later known as Triangle Common – the intersection of what is now Montauk Highway and the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike (about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the current school building). In 1820, Southampton Town school commissioners Abraham Rose, Rufus Foster, and William Herrick laid out school districts for
1681-672: Was turned over to the county on October 6, 1966, while the segment between NY 24 and Knoll Road was given to Suffolk County on February 15, 1968. This section of Montauk Highway became CR 80, a route 32.50 miles (52.30 km) in length. The CR 80 designation was previously used for the Nesconset–;Port Jefferson Highway, a road acquired by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and designated NY 347 in 1966. Although most of Montauk Highway between Patchogue and