The Lakeland Central School District is a public school district in New York State, serving approximately 5200 students in 44 square miles (110 km2) of the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt and Somers in Westchester County; and the towns of Carmel, Philipstown, and Putnam Valley in Putnam County.

[3] The Board of Education (BOE) consists of 9 members who reside in the Lakeland Central School District.

Elections are held each May for board members and to vote on the School District Budget.

Walter Panas High School Girls Volleyball is the two-time Class A New York State Champion (2016, 2017).

Boyle, author, also taught at Lakeland High School from 1968 to 1972 Melissa Gonzalez, member of the United States Women's Field Hockey Team Lawrence Lindsey (1972), economist, former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, professor at Harvard University Jeffrey Herbst, Graduate Walter Panas High School, Former President, Colgate University