The 1860's Marion Carll Farm, On Commack Road, Is Owned by the Commack School District

They repaired the old barn and schoolhouse with seed money from Governor Cuomo so a downstate Veterinary college could be established. According to the LIU farm manager veterinary students learn to examine and care for dairy cattle, chickens and goats on the Commack campus. In the 1990s, Boces ran an animal husbandry program, and the Wilson Tech carpentry students built a replica of a one room schoolhouse on the property. NY State grants of over half a million were used to previously reconstruct the 2 barns in the 1990s.

The district inherited this farm from former school board member and teacher Marion Carll after her death. It is a total of 9 acres. Many mementos from the Carll house were packed up and are in possession of the school district but are not on display anywhere in the district.

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Commack Community Association spearheaded a campaign to save the farm from a developer by informing residents of a potential sale by the school board. The district residents voted against selling the land to a developer for 38 condos, in 2010. A few years later, the heirs of Marion Carll, furious that the will's requirements for the farm were ignored, sued the school district to reclaim the property but lost due to a 30 year time limit to protest said issues. The current superintendent has recognized the educational value of the farm and added an agricultural program to the district . A 4th grade student was a NYS contest winner for growing the largest cabbage in the state. Cabbage was a major crop in Commack and Burr school was a cabbage patch prior to 1960.