On November 30, 1937, in the southern portion of Dutchess County, New York, there was a meeting held to determine the consolidation of area school districts.
The district was created after a September 1938 vote within all or portions of several communities in Dutchess and Putnam counties, including Wappinger, East Fishkill, Fishkill Town, and Poughkeepsie Town in Dutchess County and Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County, approved the establishment of the WCSD.
Towns in the school district include Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, and Wappinger.
Census-designated places (hamlets) in the district include Brinckerhoff, Hillside Lake, Hopewell Junction, Merritt Park, Myers Corner, New Hackensack, New Hamburg, and portions of Crown Heights, Red Oaks Mill, and Spackenkill.
[3] The district extends into Putnam County, with sections in Kent and Philipstown.