Editing Plainview, New York (section)

==Education==
{{Further|Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District}}The [[Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District]] services children from [[Kindergarten]] through [[Grade 12]]. This school district contains one [[High school (North America)|high school]], two [[middle schools]], and four [[elementary schools]]. Of these schools, all but one are in Plainview.

Small parts of Plainview are served by the [[Syosset Central School District]] and the [[Bethpage Union Free School District]].

There are multiple private schools in Plainview, and [[Farmingdale State College]] is located in nearby Farmingdale.

===Library===
The Plainview Library was first established in 1956 in the Jamaica Avenue School, and later opened as a separate facility in the Morton Village Shopping Center in 1958. Significant increases in population caused the library to outgrow this space. In March 1962, voters approved a $711,000 bond issue to pay for the purchase of a nearly three-acre parcel of land and development of a new library building directly across the street from Morton Village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/03/30/90163730.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=Plainview Library Voted|via=TimesMachine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/03/28/83220758.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=L.I. LIBRARY SEEKS $190,000 TO BUY SITE|via=TimesMachine}}</ref> Two years later, the library moved into its new facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/03/03/106942561.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0|title=Plainview Library to Be Closed|via=TimesMachine}}</ref> Since its construction, the building has had two major expansions to better serve the community's needs, including increased audio/visual and internet demands.<ref>[http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2001/10/12/news/ Expansion Planned at POB Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906133702/http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2001/10/12/news/ |date=2008-09-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2003/01/10/news/expansion.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204091126/http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2003/01/10/news/expansion.html|url-status=dead|title=Welcome To Anton News|archivedate=December 4, 2008}}</ref> In 2005, a 236-seat auditorium was built, and expanded Family Center and Media Center areas were added. In 2014, library space was added from funds received previously from the New York State Dormitory Authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2008/07/18/news/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821143625/http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/2008/07/18/news/|url-status=dead |title=Key Support Obtained for Plainview-Old Bethpage Library|archivedate=August 21, 2008|website=www.antonnews.com}}</ref>
The new space was updated and redesigned with additional study rooms/public meeting areas, along with self-checkout stations, an integrated Media Area and a new Technology Department. The Plainview-Old Bethpage Library is honored to be recognized by ''Library Journal'' as a "5 Star Library" for the past five years.

===Mid Island Y-JCC===
The Mid Island Y-Jewish Community Center, which opened in 1956,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.miyjcc.org/AboutUs/Index.cfm |title=MIYJCC.com:About |access-date=2014-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122235153/http://www.miyjcc.org/AboutUs/Index.cfm |archive-date=2015-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> serves residents of Plainview, [[Old Bethpage]], [[Syosset]] and surrounding areas.