Comsewogue School District

Comsewogue School District
Comsewogue School District
Location
	Town of Brookhaven, New York United States
District information
Type	Public
Established	1874
Superintendent	Jennifer Quinn
Students and staff
District mascot	Warriors
Colors	Blue and Gold
Other information
Website	www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us

Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union School District (pronounced Kom-sah-wohg) is located in Port Jefferson Station, on the North Shore of Long Island, in Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

The district office is attached to Norwood^[2] Ave. Elementary School. Richard T. Brande retired as Superintendent after the 2005-06 school year and was replaced by deputy superintendent Shelley Saffer. The deputy superintendent was former Comsewogue High School principal, Dr. Joseph Rella until 2010, when Shelley Saffer retired and Joseph Rella became Superintendent. Former Comsewogue High School principal, Jennifer Reph, then became deputy superintendent.

Comsewogue comes from a language used by the Setalcott or Setauket Indians who were native to the area. It means place where several paths comes together.

^ Comsewogue Hamlet Comprehensive Plan, Town of Brookhaven (2008) Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (formed as the "Terryville-Comsewogue School District", separated from Port Jefferson, in 1874)
^ Moraitis, George. "Forevermore on Cedar Hill" (PDF). Cedar Hill Cemetery. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

[1] Comsewogue Hamlet Comprehensive Plan, Town of Brookhaven (2008) Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (formed as the "Terryville-Comsewogue School District", separated from Port Jefferson, in 1874)

[2] Moraitis, George. "Forevermore on Cedar Hill" (PDF). Cedar Hill Cemetery. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

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