Ithaca City School District

The Ithaca City School District (ICSD) is a public school district centered in Ithaca, Caroline, Danby, and Enfield. Approximately 500 teachers work in the district, along with 100 other professional staff members and 200 paraprofessionals.

Administration

The district's central offices are located on the Ithaca High School campus at 400 Lake Street in Ithaca. The 2011-2012 budget is $103,685,818.00, with approximately 67.3% coming from property taxes.

Dr. Luvelle Brown began as superintendent January 1, 2011. He took over from Dr. Judith C. Pastel who had been Superintendent of Schools since 1996. The district's administrative team now includes: Constance Evelyn, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction; Margaret Boice, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services; Robert Van Keuren, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources; and Lesli Myers, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.

Robert Ainslie is the President of the Board of Education; Seth Peacock is First Vice-President. There are nine members of the Board of Education elected at-large for three-year terms. Current members (with term expiration dates in parentheses) are:

• Robert Ainslie (2013)
• Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell (2012)
• Dr. Patricia Wasyliw (2014)
• Bradley Grainger (2013)
• Eldred Harris, J.D. (2012)
• Judith Maxwell (2013)
• Seth Peacock (2014)
• Jay True (2012)
• Christopher Malcolm (2014)

List of Schools

• High School (Grades 9-12):
  • Ithaca High School

• Middle Schools (Grades 6-8):
  • Boynton Middle School
  • DeWitt (pronounced dew-wit) Middle School

• Alternative Secondary School (Grades 6-12):
  • Lehman Alternative Community School

• Elementary Schools (Prekindergarten-5):
  • Belle Sherman Elementary School (founded in 1926 and named after Mary Isabella Sherman, a science and history teacher in Ithaca from 1875 to 1908)
  • Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (formerly Central Elementary, renamed "Beverly J. Martin Elementary School," in honor of a former student and principal in 1992)
  • Caroline Elementary School
  • Cayuga Heights Elementary School
  • Enfield Elementary School
  • Fall Creek Elementary School (see below on proposed closure)
  • Northeast Elementary School
  • South Hill Elementary School

Related links

• Frank David Boynton, Superintendent of Schools from 1900 to 1930
• Claude L. Kulp, Superintendent of Schools from 1930 to 1951

External links

• Ithaca City School District Web Site
• 2004-2005 ICSD Report Card from NYS Education Department
• NYS Education Department listing of ICSD administrators