Berner High School

Alfred G. Berner High School was a high school that served Massapequa, New York from 1962 to 1987. The school was named after Alfred G. Berner, who served on the Board of Education from 1945 to 1954. The campus currently serves as Berner Middle School for 7th and 8th grade students that matriculate to Massapequa High School. Berner High School opened in January 1962 as a junior high school under principal Donald Woodworth. Half of that year's 9th and 10th grade students attending Massapequa High School were assigned to Berner High School for the 1962-1963 school year and the school's enrollment peaked in the early 1970s. After a decline in district enrollment from a high of 17,000 students in 1970 to 7,800 by 1986, Berner High School...