Billy Joel pledges $1M to save L.I. high school for the arts

November 19, 2014. Billy Joel, the latest recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, is honored during a tribute concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. (Reuters)

Billy Joel is pledging $1 million to help save Long Island High School for the Arts from closing.

A spokeswoman for the singer says he would donate the money if the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services vows to keep the school open for three years.

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School officials have said that the school is facing closure because of low enrollment. They say it has a deficit of about $400,000 for the current academic year.

Newsday says the money would come from his foundation.

The Syosset-based school was founded in 1973. It shares its campus with another school, the Doshi STEM Institute. Total enrollment at both schools is 138 students — less than half capacity.

Joel, a native of Hicksville, attended public schools and credited his music teachers for giving him the tools to succeed.