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Katonah–Lewisboro School District

school district in New York, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ6241716 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Katonah–Lewisboro Union Free School District, or simply the Katonah–Lewisboro School District (KLSD) is a school district headquartered in South Salem, New York. The district has a Katonah, New York mailing address.

History

Paul Kreutzer was previously superintendent until he resigned unexpectedly in 2014.

In 2024, Raymond Blanch was appointed as superintendent.

Headquarters

The headquarters is located in the 1 Shady Lane building in South Salem. In August 2011 the headquarters moved from 1 Shady Lane to Increase Miller Elementary School in Goldens Bridge. In 2014 the district redistricted its elementary schools so it moved the headquarters back to South Salem. On March 26 of that year the district relocated the Human Resources Department. On March 31 the district moved its Business Office. On April 7 it moved its Superintendents Office.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Katonah–Lewisboro School District” as school district in New York, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Katonah, Lewisboro and School.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2024, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Katonah, Lewisboro and School providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Katonah–Lewisboro School District”, the useful work is to connect “school district in New York, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6241716. VIAF identifies the subject as 9865153653270655900007. The Library of Congress control number is no2018119110. Authority coordinates are 41.271, -73.611. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014, 2024 and 2011.

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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Katonah–Lewisboro School District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Katonah–Lewisboro School District primary sources, Katonah–Lewisboro School District archive and Katonah research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Katonah–Lewisboro School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.