West Irondequoit Central School District


The West Irondequoit Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 4000 students in the western half of the town of Irondequoit in Monroe County, with over 600 employees and an operating budget of $74.4 million.
The average class size is 21 students and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1, 13.6:1.
The District motto is "Peak Performance".
Dr. Aaron Johnson is the Superintendent of Schools.

History

A high school building was erected in 1924 as the Irondequoit Free Union School, District Number 3. In 1953, District Number 3 and District Number 4 combined to become the West Irondequoit Central School District.
NameTenure
Alfred C. Hamilton– 1944
Franklyn S. Barry1945 – 1947
Floyd B. Rasbach1948 – 1960
Earle W. Helmer– 1973
William J. Early
Joseph R. Sproule–
Glenn F. Wachter1996 – 2003
Jeffrey B. CraneNovember 1, 2003 – December 31, 2018
Jon Hunter January 1, 2019 - March 5, 2019
Aaron JohnsonMarch 6, 2019 - present

Board of education

The Board of Education consists of 7 members who serve rotating 3-year terms. Elections are held each May for board members and to vote on the School District Budget. Two student representatives, elected by the student body for 1-year terms, also attend BOE meetings; their vote is unofficial.
Current board members are:

Elementary school

To improve K-3 achievement, the administration of the elementary schools changed in July 2007 one principal per school to one principal for each pair of schools: Briarwood/Colebrook, Brookview/Seneca and Listwood/Southlawn.