The Lawrence Public Schools, Union Free School District 15, is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the southwest section of Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

 and borders the New York City

New York City

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 borough

Borough (New York City)

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 of Queens

Queens

Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

. Communities in the district include Lawrence

Lawrence, Nassau County, New York

Lawrence is a village in Nassau County, New York in the USA. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 6,483.The Village of Lawrence is in the southwest corner of the Town of Hempstead, adjoining the border with the New York City borough of Queens to the west and near the...

, Cedarhurst

Cedarhurst, New York

Cedarhurst is a village in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, in the USA. The population was 6,592 at the 2010 United States Census. The village is named after a grove of trees that once stood at the post office....

, Inwood

Inwood, New York

Inwood is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 9,792 at the 2010 census.Inwood is included among the Five Towns, an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the...

, and Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach, New York

Atlantic Beach is an affluent village off the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. It is located on Long Beach Barrier Island, one of the outer barrier islands which it shares with Long Beach, East Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Beach Estates, Lido Beach and Point...

, and sections of North Woodmere

North Woodmere, New York

North Woodmere is an unincorporated area section of Valley Stream, located in Nassau County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. North Woodmere is directly north of Woodmere, but separated from it by Mott's Creek. Access to Woodmere is available via Branch Boulevard and a footbridge over...

 and Woodmere

Woodmere, New York

Woodmere is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 17,121 at the 2010 census.Woodmere is one of the Long Island communities known as the Five Towns, which is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and...

.

Schools

The district consists of the following schools:
Preschool

• Number Four School

Elementary Schools

• Number Two School - grades 1-4
• Number Five School - grades 1-4

Middle School

• Lawrence Middle School - grades 5-8

High School

• Lawrence High School
  Lawrence High School (New York)
  Lawrence High School is a four-year public high school located in Cedarhurst on Long Island in New York, United States. It is a part of the Lawrence Public Schools, and is the district's only public high school.- Details :...
  
   - grades 9-12

Demographics

On December 3, 2006, Newsday

Newsday

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reported that of 3,692 students, 52.9% are white, 16.1% are black 25.5% are Hispanic and 5.6% are "other."

Administration

• John T. Fitzsimons, Ed.D. - Superintendent of Schools
• Gary Schall - Deputy Superintendent
• Elsie Friedman - Assistant Superintendent for Business

Board of Trustees

• Murray Forman
• Asher Mansdorf
• David Sussman
• Nachum Marcus
• Sol Blisko
• Abel Feldhamer
• Uri Kaufman

Notable alumni

• Lyle Alzado
  Lyle Alzado
  Lyle Martin Alzado was a professional American football defensive lineman of the National Football League famous for his intense and intimidating style of play....
  
  , late NFL defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders
  Oakland Raiders
  The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   and Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  .
• Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
  
  , Grateful Dead, attended 1957-1960.
• Alan Kalter
  Alan Kalter
  Alan Kalter is an American television announcer from New York City. He is best knownas the announcer for the Late Show with David Letterman since September 5, 1995.-Career:...
  
  , announcer/on camera personality, "The Late Show With David Letterman".
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb
  Aline Kominsky-Crumb
  Aline Kominsky-Crumb is an American underground comics artist best known as the wife of cartoonist R. Crumb....
  
  , comics artist
• Peggy Lipton
  Peggy Lipton
  Peggy Lipton is an American television actress. She played "Julie Barnes" in The Mod Squad, and Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks.- Personal life and background :...
  
  , actress
• Steve Madden
  Steve Madden
  Steve Madden is the founder and former CEO of Steve Madden Ltd., a footwear company.Born in Far Rockaway, Queens, Madden grew up in adjoining Lawrence in Nassau County, New York....
  
  , shoe designer
• Ira Magaziner
  Ira Magaziner
  Ira Magaziner was born in New York City, New York, USA. After being a student activist and business consultant, Magaziner became the senior advisor for policy development for President Clinton, especially as chief healthcare policy advisor. He now serves as chairman of the William J...
  
  , aide to President
  President of the United States
  The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
  
   Bill Clinton
  Bill Clinton
  William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
  
  
• Shane Olivea
  Shane Olivea
  -San Diego Chargers:Since being drafted in 2004, Olivea started 31 of 32 games in 2 seasons for the Chargers. In August 2006, The Chargers rewarded Olivea with a 6-year, $20 million extension. The deal made him the sixth highest-paid right tackle in the NFL at the time...
  
  , starting NFL offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
  San Diego Chargers
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  .
• Evan Roberts
  Evan Roberts (radio personality)
  Evan Roberts is an American sports radio personality. He currently hosts the midday show with Joe Benigno on WFAN in New York City.Roberts grew up in Cedarhurst, New York and graduated from Lawrence High School in 2001....
  
  , radio personality
• Michael Scarola
  Michael Scarola
  Michael "Mike" Scarola is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville....
  
  http://www.festivalopera.com/gallery/scarola05b.htm, Stage Director for the New York City Opera, Lincoln Center.

External links

• Lawrence Public Schools
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Lawrence Public Schools