The school serves students living in Salisbury, East Meadow, and Levittown, New York.

[3] W. T. Clarke High School opened in 1957 and was designed by Valley Stream, New York-based Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates.

The main question of controversy, the board said, was that on an earlier trip to the Soviet Union, Seeger had sung songs opposing the Vietnam War.

[6] The Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief to the Court of Appeals, playing a key role in the legal battle.

The principal, Timothy Voels, stated that his decision was motivated by concerns over student welfare, such as allergies.