Four Decades Old and Woodhull is Still Going Strong
The site where Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School was erected in 1966 was earlier considered for a junior high school. Instead, that school, which was eventually named after longtime Huntington School District administrator J. Taylor Finley, was built on Greenlawn Road.
Woodhull was built on a ten acre plot of land that was a southern neighbor to the old Huntington High School on Main Street. District officials thought the proximity of the two parcels might make for an interesting high school-junior high arrangement. Only a couple of years after the Woodhull Road land had been passed over as the site of the district’s third junior high school, an elementary school went up on the same piece of property.
Woodhull has been used for several grade configurations over the years, including as a stand alone kindergarten/administration center. During those years, it was known as the Woodhull Early Childhood Center. Today, the one story building serves students in grades 4-6.
According to a long range planning study completed by Western Suffolk BOCES last winter, Woodhull Intermediate School contains 21 self-contained instruction rooms and four support rooms used for computer instruction, choral music, reading and art. Smaller spaces are utilized for SEARCH/Math Olympiad, math, ESL, reading, special education, orchestra and band practice, speech therapy and psychological services.
The gym, which can be divided into two smaller areas, contains an auditorium allowing it to be used for drama productions and other performances. A large cafeteria provides space for breakfast and lunch programs and the library media center includes an extensive selection of books and computers.
Depending on the height of trees in the area, one can see far to the north while standing on Woodhull’s lower athletic field. At one time, it was possible to see Huntington Hospital and even all the way to the harbor/bay. Woodhull sits up high on the land and is bordered by many trees. The property contains ample parking. There are also two interior courtyard areas, including one that has been substantially improved and beautified.
Woodhull opened for the 1967-68 school year and immediately absorbed students from Roosevelt Elementary School, which was closed and demolished at that time as part of the Huntington Station Urban Renewal Project, making way for the construction of what is today Huntington Intermediate School.
According to the Western Suffolk BOCES planning study, Woodhull operated at 99 percent of its functional capacity of 519 students during the 2006-07 school year. 
Today, Woodhull Principal Dr. Kenneth Card provides faculty, staff and students with educational leadership and guidance. The school has breezed through four decades and appears well prepared to continue serving the community for many years to come.
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