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'''Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District''', also known as '''Floral Park-Bellerose School District 22''', is a school district headquartered in [[Floral Park, New York]], in the [[New York City metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpbsd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District|access-date=2023-12-16|quote=One Poppy Place, Floral Park, NY 11001}}</ref> Its boundary includes Floral Park, [[Bellerose, New York|Bellerose]], [[Bellerose Terrace, New York|Bellerose Terrace]], and a small portion of [[North New Hyde Park, New York|North New Hyde Park]]. The district includes sections of the following [[town (New York)|towns]]: [[Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]] and [[North Hempstead, New York|North Hempstead]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36059_nassau/DC20SD_C36059.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Nassau County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>
==History==
In September 1929, the Floral Park-Bellerose School began operations. It had 38 classrooms in 1956.<ref name=Nodebt1956>{{cite news|title=School District Alone In Owing No Debts|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|place=[[New York City]]|date=1956-12-21|page=4B}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136942333/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> Circa 1931, the John Lewis Childs School began a program for students with reduced vision.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teacher Pleads for Room For Semi-Blind Kids' Class|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|place=[[Melville, New York]]|date=1951-05-03|page=10}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136943079/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
In 1956 the district was the only Nassau County elementary school district that owed no debts.<ref name=Nodebt1956/>
In 2009 the district proposed an election for a new busing system and a bond in which new playgrounds would be built.<ref>{{cite news|title=School Voters Guide 2009 Floral Park-Bellerose|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|place=[[Melville, New York]]|date=2009-05-17|page=G25}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136942478/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|1=https://www.fpbsd.org/|2=Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District}}
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