North Syracuse Central School District

North Syracuse Central School District
Location
North Syracuse Central New York Onondaga County, New York United States
Coordinates	43.1254°N 76.1454°W / 43.1254; -76.1454
District information
Type	Public School District
Grades	PK-12
Established	1952
Interim Superintendent	Michael A. Schiedo
Schools	11
Budget	$212,196,591 (for 2024-2025)
NCES District ID	3621210
Students and staff
Students	7,990 (as of 2022-2023)
Teachers	651 (as of 2022-2023)
Student–teacher ratio	12.27%
District mascot	Northstars
Colors	Royal Blue, Kelly Green and White
Other information
Website	https://www.nscsd.org/

The North Syracuse Central School District (NSCSD) is a public school district in Central New York in the United States. The district is located just outside Syracuse, New York. It serves the communities of North Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, Bridgeport, and Mattydale. The District covers 89 sq mi (230 km²) with approximately 5,600 residents.

In July 2019, Daniel D. Bowles became the Superintendent of Schools. Daniel has worked for the district since 1997, first as a school counselor at Cicero-North Syracuse High School, then became associate principal at Gillette Road Middle School, principal at Roxboro Road Elementary School in 2001, then became director of elementary education in 2008 and most recently, as the associate superintendent in 2012. He replaced Annette Speach as Superintendent of Schools.

The North Syracuse Central School District is the largest of the 23 component school districts in the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison (OCM) Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). As a component of the OCM BOCES, NSCSD participates in its career and technical, alternative and special education programs.

Board of education

Current board members are:

• Michael A. Mirizio, President
• Xavier Moody-Wusik, Vice President
• Robert Crabtree
• Paul Farfaglia
• Matthew Hermann
• Beth Kramer
• Joshua Ludden
• Amanda Sugrue
• Mark Thorne

Jillian Herrera is currently the District Clerk

Administrators

• Daniel D. Bowles, Superintendent of Schools
• Christopher R. Leahey, Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning
• Donald F.X. Keegan, Associate Superintendent for Business Services
• Jason Nephew, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources

Schools

Pre-Kindergarten

• Early Education Program at Main Street School
  • 205 South Main Street; Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Principal: Dawn Hussein

Elementary (Grades K-4)

• Allen Road Elementary
  • 803 Allen Road; Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Principal: Emily Lafountain
• Karl W. Saile Bear Road Elementary
  • 5590 Bear Road; Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Principal: John Cole
• Cicero Elementary
  • 5979 Route 31; Cicero, NY 13039
  • Principal: Kathleen Wheeler
• Lakeshore Road Elementary
  • 7180 Lakeshore Road; Cicero, NY 13039
  • Principal: Tina Chmielewski
• Roxboro Road Elementary
  • 200 Bernard Street; Syracuse, NY 13211
  • Principal: Matthew Motala
• Smith Road Elementary
  • 5959 Smith Road; Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Principal: Lyndsey Maloney

Middle Schools (Grades 5-7)

• Gillette Road Middle
  • 6150 South Bay Road, Cicero, NY 13039
  • Principal: David P. Cordone
  • Associate Principals: Shawn Akley & Sarah Jones
• Roxboro Road Middle
  • 300 Bernard Street, Mattydale, NY 13211
  • Principal: Ashley Carducci (Interim)
  • Associate Principal: Paula Kopp (Interim)

Junior High (Grades 8-9)

• North Syracuse Junior High
  • 5353 West Taft Road, North Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Principal: Constance L. Turose
  • Associate Principals:
    • Chuck Yonko
    • Kristen Hill

Senior High (Grades 10-12)

• Cicero – North Syracuse High School
  • 6002 Route 31, Cicero, NY 13039
  • Principal: Jamie Sullivan
  • House Principals:
    • Heather Puchta
    • Sara Kees
    • Ann Lorenzini

Logo

The District logo was redesigned in 1994. The district held a contest open to the community to design the new district logo. The current logo was designed by then Junior Joseph Byrns (class of 95) in a computer graphics course at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.