Editing Glens Falls, New York (section)

==Education==
The city falls within two [[School Districts in New York|school districts]], both of which are independent of the city government.<ref name="LGH6publiceducation">{{cite web|url=http://www.dos.ny.gov/LG/publications/Local_Government_Handbook.pdf#page=85|format=PDF|title=Local Government Handbook: Public Education|year=2009|edition=6th|access-date=March 21, 2011|publisher=New York State Department of State|pages=75, 85|archive-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113233615/http://www.dos.ny.gov/LG/publications/Local_Government_Handbook.pdf#page=85|url-status=dead}}</ref> The majority of the city falls within the Glens Falls City School District,{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} which includes parts of the town of Queensbury.<ref name="QueensburySDmap">{{cite map|url=http://www.queensbury.net/GIS/school_dist.pdf|format=PDF|title=School Districts|publisher=Town of Queensbury|cartography=Queensbury Community Development Department|access-date=March 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609083034/http://www.queensbury.net/GIS/school_dist.pdf|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref>

The Glens Falls City School District operates [[Glens Falls High School]], a middle school and four neighborhood elementary schools (Sanford Street School, Big Cross School, Jackson Heights School and Kensington Road Elementary School).<ref name="gfc schools">{{cite web|url=http://gfsd.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=148918&sessionid=92ff9acf7166d5926875d0cc9eaa8779|title=Directory of Schools|publisher=Glens Falls City School District|access-date=March 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817051033/http://gfsd.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=148918&sessionid=92ff9acf7166d5926875d0cc9eaa8779|archive-date=August 17, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Sanford Street School was closed at the end of the 2010–2011 school year.<ref name="sanford close">{{cite news|url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_dacea6fc-5418-11e0-8dc8-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Glens Falls school board votes to close Sanford Street Elementary School|last=Aquije|first=Omar Ricardo|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=March 21, 2011|newspaper=The Post-Star|archive-date=March 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323033201/http://poststar.com/news/local/article_dacea6fc-5418-11e0-8dc8-001cc4c002e0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Glens Falls Common School District operates an independent public elementary school, Abraham Wing Elementary School, named for a founder of Glens Falls.<ref name="abe wing school">{{cite web|url=http://abewing.com/about_us.htm|title=About us|access-date=March 21, 2011|publisher=Abraham Wing School|year=2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811020909/http://abewing.com/about_us.htm|archive-date=August 11, 2011}}</ref>
[[Saint Mary's - Saint Alphonsus Regional Catholic School|Saint Mary's–Saint Alphonsus Regional Catholic School]] serves children in pre-kindergarten through grade eight as a regional [[parochial school]].