| Connetquot School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1963 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Joseph Centamore |
| Students and staff | |
| District mascot | Thunderbirds |
| Colors | Red and white |
| Other information | |
| Website | ccsdli |
The Connetquot Central School District of Islip is a school district located in the Town of Islip of Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. There is one preschool, seven elementary schools, two middle schools, and one senior high school.
The district includes the entirety of the communities of Oakdale and Ronkonkoma, and almost all of Bohemia, while it also serves parts of Islandia, Sayville, and West Sayville. Most parts of Sayville and West Sayville are zoned to the neighboring Sayville School District. In approximately 2020, MAGA made it's way into the school board along with a ringing endorsement.of the Long Island Loud Majority, a SPLC designated anti-government group. In 2023, a Mom's For Liberty candidate was elected, giving the district a 3 to 2 anti-right wing extremist to pro-right wing extremist voting line. [1]
In 1960, with continuing suburban growth, voters in the existing Oakdale-Bohemia and Ronkonkoma school districts voted to consolidate their two districts, which paved the way for construction of a high school.[2]
In January 1962, the entire district was shuttered for a week due to an outbreak of scarlet fever.[3]
In July 2007, the school district received national attention when two teenagers who attended Connetquot High School were arrested for planning an attack on the school in the Connetquot High School Plot. The plans reportedly included a hit list of students and staff and how to ignite explosives.[4] According to a local radio station website, students interviewed said that they were not surprised of the arrests because of the many bomb scares in the 2006–2007 school year.[citation needed]