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29-524: The district includes the entirety of the communities of Oakdale and Ronkonkoma , and almost all of Bohemia , while it also serves parts of Islandia , Sayville , and West Sayville . Most parts of Sayville and West Sayville are zoned to the neighboring Sayville School District . The total enrollment of the 2022–2023 school year among Connetquot's ten schools was 5,393 students. Data from USN states that Connetquot District's students are 51% male and 49% female. The majority of students are white , with

58-400: A 69.4% majority. Furthermore, 19% of students are Hispanic , 6% are Asian , 3.2% are black , and 2% are of mixed race . The website also says that 16.6% of students are "economically disadvantaged". In 1960, with continuing suburban growth, voters in the existing Oakdale-Bohemia and Ronkonkoma school districts voted to consolidate their two districts, which paved the way for construction of

87-442: A brief stay during Prohibition by gangster Dutch Schultz . Around that time, cow stalls, pig pens and corn cribs on the farm portion of Idle Hour were converted into a short-lived bohemian artists' colony that included figures such as George Elmer Browne and Roman (Bon) Bonet-Sintas as well as sculptor Catherine Lawson, costume designer Olga Meervold, and pianist Claude Govier, and Francis Gow-Smith and his wife Carol. The estate

116-550: A high school. The name of the district was derived from the Connetquot river . In January 1962, the entire district was shuttered for a week due to an outbreak of scarlet fever . The district closed all of its schools on October 29, 2012 and the following days as a result of Hurricane Sandy . At the start of the 2018 school year, Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School faced widespread mold growth, leading to many parents' concern with their children's safety. Like most school districts in

145-551: A notebook left in a Bohemia parking lot, reportedly included a hit list of students and staff and how to ignite explosives. One of the teenagers involved in the plot, Christopher Franko, was arrested again in June 2010 for planning a similar attack. The plan failed when Franko and another conspirator were denied the purchase of a shotgun , and turned over to Suffolk County Police . In May 2019, three students of Connetquot High School were arrested for discussing plans to detonate explosives at

174-448: A subordinate-level legislature such as that of a state or province may be declared unconstitutional. However, governments do not only create laws but also enforce the laws set forth in the document defining the government, which is the constitution. When the proper court determines that a legislative act or law conflicts with the constitution, it finds that law unconstitutional and declares it void in whole or in part. Depending on

203-487: Is as good as his creek", a magazine writer declared in 1839 referring to the food and Connetquot River. The writer added: "and the two are only second to his mint juleps and champagne punch; whoever gainsays either fact deserves hanging without benefit of clergy." In 1866, as the railroad reached the area, Liff's wealthy patrons formed the South Side Sportsmen's Club , and soon the race was on to see who could create

232-481: Is the comprehensive high school of that district. The Long Island Rail Road provides service to Oakdale via the Montauk Branch . Suffolk County Transit buses also serve Oakdale via the 2 route which include stops adjacent to Oakdale's LIRR station . Unconstitutional In constitutional law , constitutionality is said to be the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution ;

261-520: The United Kingdom and New Zealand or because the constitution is codified, but no court has the authority to strike down laws on the basis of it like in the Netherlands and Switzerland . In many jurisdictions, the supreme court or constitutional court is the final legal arbiter that renders an opinion on whether a law or an action of a government official is constitutional. Constitutions define

290-571: The Bluepoint Oyster Co., which became the largest oyster producer and shipper in the country. Gilded Age estates were a feature of Oakdale's past toward the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century. In 1882, William Kissam Vanderbilt built the most noted one, Idle Hour , 900-acre (3.6 km ) on the Connetquot River. The lavish, wooden 110-room home was destroyed by fire on April 15, 1899, while his son, Willie K. II ,

319-509: The CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km ), of which 3.3 square miles (8.5 km ) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km ) 11.70%) is water. As of the 2020 United States Census , there were 7,430 people and 2,717 households residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.3% White , 6.4% African American , 0.6% Asian , 0.3% from other races , and 4.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of

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348-624: The United States, Connetquot temporarily closed its schools in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The district faced widespread protests both in and outside their schools, after it was believed by the community that they had ordered the resignation of Connetquot High School 's principal in March 2023. In January 2024, the Government of New York State mandated that all new school buses purchased by

377-470: The brothers converted the academy into a kindergarten-through-high-school "global learning community". In 2001, La Salle was closed and it was bought by St. John's University of New York. Oakdale is located at 40°44′23″N 73°8′23″W  /  40.73972°N 73.13972°W  / 40.73972; -73.13972 (40.739858, -73.139696). According to the United States Census Bureau ,

406-552: The conspirators' homes. The three were taken into custody and charged with conspiracy . The district filed a lawsuit against the New York State Board of Regents in October 2023, when the board tried to enforce a ban on the use of Native American folklore for school mascots. The district was ordered to remove all names, imagery and mascots relating to the thunderbird from its schools by June 2025. Connetquot schools had used

435-457: The district, from 2027 onward, be electric . The district was one of the beneficiaries of a government program that guarantees free school lunch for students, in February 2024. In July 2007, the school district received national attention when two teenagers who attended Connetquot High School were arrested for planning an attack on the school mirroring that of Columbine . The plans, discovered in

464-463: The mid-19th century. The community includes: St. John's Episcopal Church , built in 1765, is the third oldest church on Long Island. The community originated with a tavern owned by Eliphalet (Liff) Snedecor in what is now Connetquot River State Park Preserve . Soon after its founding in 1820, Snedecor's Tavern began drawing New York bluebloods and business barons who wined and dined in remote joy when they weren't fishing and hunting nearby. "Liff's food

493-643: The most superb spread in the thick forests adjoining Great South Bay. The most prominent were built by William K. Vanderbilt , grandson of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt ; Frederick G. Bourne , president of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. , and Christopher Robert II, an eccentric heir to a sugar fortune. Meanwhile, William Bayard Cutting , a lawyer, financier and railroad man, built his estate next door in Great River, New York which had once been west Oakdale. In 1912, Jacob Ockers of Oakdale organized

522-500: The population. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 14.7% under the age of 18, 4.3% under the age of five, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 112,464, while the per capita income for the CDP was $ 54,058. About 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line . It is within the Connetquot Central School District . Connetquot High School

551-589: The school. Oakdale, New York Oakdale is a hamlet (and census-designated place ) in Suffolk County , New York , United States. The population was 7,974 at the 2010 census. Oakdale is in the Town of Islip . It has been home to Gilded Age mansions, the South Side Sportsmen's Club , the main campus of Dowling College and the Long Island Sharks hockey team. TSPL, “Trampoline Soccer Premier League”

580-431: The school. The three were discussing their plans on a school bus, when another student heard them, and reported the conversation to an administrator. The administrator then reported the incident to Suffolk County Police, and the school was evacuated. The entire conversation was caught on the school bus's surveillance system. Police also found a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook , a book with bomb-making instructions, in one of

609-422: The status of a law, a procedure , or an act's accordance with the laws or set forth in the applicable constitution. When laws, procedures, or acts directly violate the constitution, they are unconstitutional . All others are considered constitutional unless the country in question has a mechanism for challenging laws as unconstitutional. An act or statute enacted as law either by a national legislature or by

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638-476: The thunderbird, or "T-Bird" as it is often called in Connetquot, as their school mascot since the 1960s. When the lawsuit was filed, the district argued the ban was unconstitutional . As of October 2024, there is an ongoing lawsuit against the school district as a result of their pride flag policy. The district's ban on displaying the flags in school had already caused controversy prior to the lawsuit. The lawsuit

667-429: The type of legal system, a statute may be declared unconstitutional by any court or only by special constitutional courts with authority to rule on the validity of a statute. In some countries, the legislature may create any law for any purpose, and there is no provision for courts to declare a law unconstitutional. That can occur either because the country has no codified constitution that laws must conform to like in

696-420: Was also created here. It is now home to Connetquot River State Park Preserve . Oakdale was founded around two Native American trade routes, where Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway currently lie. Oakdale was part of the royal land grant given to William Nicoll, who founded Islip Town in 1697. Local historian Charles P. Dickerson wrote in 1975 that Oakdale's name appeared to come from a Nicoll descendant in

725-606: Was generous to the local fire department. The eastern part of his estate now comprises the West Sayville County Golf Course and the Long Island Maritime Museum, while much of the middle portion is developed with homes. Bourne died in 1920. Six years later the mansion, on the western end, became the site of La Salle Military Academy , operated by the Christian Brothers, a Catholic order. In 1993,

754-527: Was honeymooning there. Willie and his new wife escaped. It was promptly rebuilt of red brick and gray stone, with exquisite furnishings, for $ 3 million. The building at the time was considered among the finest homes in America. His daughter Consuelo had also honeymooned there when she married the Duke of Marlborough in 1895. After Vanderbilt's death in 1920, the mansion went through several phases and visitors, including

783-481: Was initiated in January 2024 by an openly homosexual teacher of Connetquot High School, who claimed the district's policy regarding the flags was discriminatory against LGBT students, teachers and staff. One of the defendants named in the case was Connetquot High School's Principal, Michael Moran, despite it being widely believed that his resignation in March 2023 was a result of his support for displaying pride flags in

812-508: Was most recently the home of Dowling College , a struggling school which closed in August 2016. By 1888, Christopher R. Robert II (son of Christopher Robert ) built a spectacular castle just east of Idle Hour called Pepperidge Hall, furnished in the French style for his wife. But the pair didn't get along. On January 2, 1898, she told police she found Robert shot to death in his Manhattan apartment. It

841-473: Was ruled a suicide and she moved to Paris. The mansion featured in silent movies 1916–1920, fell into disrepair and was razed in 1941. In 1897, Frederick Gilbert Bourne , who began with 438 acres (1.77 km ) but later owned land reaching to West Sayville , completed his mansion, Indian Neck Hall , on the east side of Oakdale. Bourne was active locally, as commodore of the Sayville Yacht Club , and

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