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	{{Infobox school
	\| name = Village School
	\| address = 614 Middle Neck Road
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	\| zipcode = 11023
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	\| established = 1971<ref name=VILLAGESCHOOL>; URL accessed July 18, 2011.</ref>
	\| opened = 1970<ref>; URL accessed July 14, 2011.</ref>
	\| head_name = Principal
	\| head = Stephen Goldberg<ref>; URL accessed July 18, 2011.</ref>
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	'''Village School''' (also known as '''VS''')<ref name=VILLAGESCHOOL/> is an ] long-established public ].<ref name="villageref2">{{cite news\|last=Hu\|first=Winnie\|coauthors=\|title=Profile Rises at School Where Going Against the Grain Is the Norm \|pages=\|publisher=The New York Times\|date=2007-11-12\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/education/12village.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print\|accessdate=2007-11-26}}</ref> It is a member of ]<ref name=gnps> Great Neck Public Schools Web site, PDF document titled "Great Neck Public Schools: The Village School", accessed October 18, 2007.</ref> and is located in the village of ], serving students in grades 8 through 12.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/AOR-2011-280407030016.pdf \|title=The New York State School Report Card}}</ref> Village School is one of three high schools in the ], which includes ] and ].<ref>, accessed July 14, 2011</ref> Village School offers its 39 students<ref name=EnrollmentandDemographicFactors>; URL accessed August 15, 2012.</ref> an ],<ref>, accessed July 14, 2011</ref> college preparatory program,<ref>, accessed July 14, 2011</ref> and ] of students with disabilities.<ref>, accessed July 14, 2011</ref>

	Co-founder Arnie Langberg has been called "one of the most important pioneers in the field of public alternative education."<ref> The quote is from Jerry Mintz, founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization, in an interview Mintz conducted with Langberg, "Radio Interview With Arnie Langberg on the Night of the Littleton Tragedy" appearing in ''The Education Revolution Magazine'', Summer 1999, accessed March 1, 2007</ref>

	==Students==
	Students who enroll must be considered at risk academically for an array of reasons.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Rather\|first=John\|coauthors=\|title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Great Neck; Great Site for Schools, Parks and Trains \|pages=\|publisher=The New York Times\|date=2002-09-08\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03EFDF153EF93BA3575AC0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3\|accessdate=2012-08-15}}</ref> These include in danger of getting lost in Great Neck’s two large, comprehensive high schools or becoming overwhelmed by their large high schools.<ref name=Thefutureofhighschool>{{cite news\|last=Vail\|first=Kathleen\|coauthors=\|title=The future of high school \|pages=\|publisher=\|date=2007-08-31\|url=http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2007/08/the-future-of-high-school/\|accessdate=2012-08-15}}</ref> Other includes social and emotional problems.<ref name=Thefutureofhighschool/> The students may also face anxiety and difficulties with focus and organization.<ref name=Thefutureofhighschool/> In the Village School’s low-key approach, these issues can be dealt with easily.<ref name=Thefutureofhighschool/> In the 2010-2011 school year, 39 students attended Village School.<ref name=EnrollmentandDemographicFactors/> However, Village School can enroll up to 50 students.<ref>, accessed August 15, 2012</ref> About fifty percent of students qualify for special education.<ref name="villageref2"/>

	==Demographics==
	The student body in the school year of 2010-2011 consists of:<ref name=EnrollmentandDemographicFactors/>
	* 0 American Indian or Alaska Native students or 0% of the student body
	* 2 Black or African American students or 5% of the student body
	* 4 Hispanic or Latino students or 10% of the student body
	* 5 Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students or 13% of the student body
	* 28 White students or 72% of the student body
	* 0 Multiracial students or 0% of the student body

	== Notable alumni ==
	*], actress; transferred to the school in her sophomore year.<ref>Fischler, Marcelle S. , '']'', July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. "In her sophomore year, unable to find her niche, she switched from the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School to the Village School, the district’s alternative high school, with 50 students. After class, she joined the theater program at the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School..."</ref>
	* Jesse Friedman, who with his father Arnold was the subject of the child-molestation case documented in '']''.<ref>"An Uphill Fight to Shed a Lifelong Label," by Corey Kilgannon. ''The New York Times,'' September 10, 2006, section 14LI, page 1.</ref>

	==References==
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