The Wheatley School
The Wheatley School is a public high school serving grades 8 through 12 located in Old Westbury, New York. It is the East Williston Union Free School District's sole high school. The school district encompasses all of East Williston and parts of Mineola, Albertson, Old Westbury, and Roslyn Heights.
History
The school opened in 1956 as East Williston Junior–Senior High School. It was designed by the Manhattan-based architectural firm, LaPierre, Litchfield & Partners. The single-story school was designed to allow for easy building expansion, should the need arise.Demographics
As of the 2018-19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 711 students and 63.87 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.13:1. There were 37 students eligible for free lunch and 1 student eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Notable alumni
- Carol Alt - model/actress/author
- Rick Berman - executive producer of several of the Star Trek television series
- Arthur Engoron - Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County
- Todd Glickman - radio meteorologist
- Rick Hoffman - actor
- Winnie Holzman - creator of My So Called Life, writer of thirtysomething and Wicked
- Anthony Katagas - Oscar-winning film producer
- Stephanie Klein - blogger and writer
- Katy Krassner - co-host of on SiriusXM
- Nicole Krauss - writer
- Stefan P. Kruszewski - clinical and forensic psychiatrist, fraud investigator
- Ned Lagin - musician
- Carol Leifer - Seinfeld writer, comedian
- Mike Masters - professional soccer player
- Carlos Mendes - professional soccer player
- Shep Messing - professional soccer player
- Larry Nagler – tennis player
- Dave Rothenberg - sports radio host, ESPN
- Steven Rubenstein - anthropologist
- Daniel Schwartz - CEO of Burger King
- Anita Silvers - philosopher, interested in medical ethics, bioethics, feminism, disability studies
- Ian H. Solomon - Dean of Frank Batten School at the University of Virginia, former Executive Director of the World Bank.
- Steven Starr - filmmaker, media activist
- Mitchell Stephens - journalist and professor of journalism and mass communications at New York University
- Todd Strasser - writer
- Dan Weiss - president of Haverford College