Neil Armstrong Elementary opened as the Lyell Road School in September 1968, serving students in kindergarten through grade six. On March 25, 1970, eight months after Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the moon, the Gates Chili Board of Education renamed the school Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
Currently, the school serves Gates Chili students in grades K-5 and hosts a BOCES UPK program.
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