Middleburgh School District

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Location
Middleburgh Central School District

Middleburgh High School during a visit by former NY Governor Pataki
Middleburgh, New York United States
Information
School board	Middleburgh Central School Board of Education^[1]
Superintendent	Michele Weaver
Enrollment	996^[2] (2005-06)
Faculty	92.7 (on FTE basis)^[2]
Student:teacher ratio	10.7 ^[2]
Type	Public school district
Grades	K to 12
^[3]
Homepage	www.middleburgh.k12.ny.us

The Middleburgh School District is a public school district located in Middleburgh, New York, U.S. It is the second-largest school district in New York by land area.^[3]^{[not in citation given]} The district educates about 1,000 students in three schools.

1 Founding
2 School statistics
3 Current
4 School Board
5 References

[edit] Founding

Middleburgh's school district was serviced originally by a one-room school house. Where the current high school is situated was another school which existed until the current building was erected early in the twentieth century.

[edit] School statistics

The approximate grade size is about seventy students. Middleburgh is a high-performing school, which is considered the best-quality district in Schoharie County.^{[citation needed]}

Many places within the Schoharie Valley attend the school, including students from Livingstonville, Breakabeen, and Fultonham.

Middleburgh is known for small class sizes, many of which are under twenty students. The school is also the hub of local distance learning.

[edit] Current

The Superintendent is Michele Weaver. The elementary school principal is Amy Lennon. The chief counselor for the Home Run Program in the elementary school is Penny Avitabile. The middle school principal is Maura Green. The high school principal is Lori Petrosino.

[edit] School Board

The Middleburgh School Board meets in the school's library. In the 2008 School Board election, challenger Araxi Dutton Palmer was defeated by Kim Smith by a 405-329 margin.^[4]^[5] Members of the current board include Frank Herodes. The last previous president of the Board was Michael Richmond.