The Wheatley School (historically known as East Williston Junior–Senior High 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.
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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 (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.13:1. There were 37 students (5.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 1 student (0.1% of students) 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
Steve Witkoff - real estate developer, US Special Envoy
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
Michael D. Ratner - entrepreneur and film producer
Stephanie Klein - blogger and writer
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 (born 1940) – 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 - CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art