2 Stuart Gate
Massapequa, NY 11758

My child was only at Schwarting Elementary for 2 years.The teachers are great- I believed they truly care about their students both on an educational and emotional level.What I have a problem with is their administrative staff.We had an incident with one particular security guard telling us he knew we didn't live in the district and that we didn't belong at the school.This guard said this right to my child's face in my presence.We are not caucasian by the way but more importantly, shouldn't residency verification go through a school administrator following an accepted procedure and not handled by the school security guard? What investigation did he complete to arrive at this unfounded and incorrect conclusion that he blurted out like verbal diarrhea.When I complained in writing to the Principal, I got back a phone call that started with " I really don't believe he did that because he's been here so long and my office staff says otherwise and the guard was not racially being biased, etc, etc..."Right. Thanks for your unbiased investigation into my complaint.And did anyone from the school apologize to the student yet?Well of course not. Principal said the child looked happy to her and that suggests everything is A okay.Right. Thanks for ignoring my reports as a parent that my child wakes up not wanting to go to school and comes home saying the same.But the fact my child puts on a strong face while in school clearly means all in well.Thank goodness our plan was never to remain in the district.And yes security guard Doug, we very soon will not be in your district- we will be in much better one that is more racially diverse where 90% of the parents have a college education unlike your district.You can keep your district all to yourself.Some people undergo evolution in life.Others stay stagnant only to have their traits eventually go extinct- thank goodness for this.

This school has a lot to offer- AP, honors, after school clubs, SAT prep... New website with plenty of helpful links. Students and parents are contacted on a regular basis through email and Powerschool. Well worth the taxes.

I taught with this amazing staff when we were Packard, and yes I was lucky enough to come back when we became Plainedge Middle. The best thing about this school is and was the kids! I loved every one of them. It was a great time to be with this staff from 2002-2004 and then again in 2007 when the assistant principal brought me back after my mom passed away.