Pinellas County Schools
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Pinellas County Schools is a school district serving Pinellas County, Florida, USA and based in Largo, Florida.
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[edit] Organization
Pinellas County Schools has about 148,000 students and more than 13,000 employees. Dixie M. Hollins was the county's first superintendent of schools. The current superintendent of schools is Julie Mastry Janssen, Ed. D.
Students are assigned student numbers that begin with 52, followed by the two-digit year in which they entered the system, and a unique 6 digit number.
Like other Florida school districts, Pinellas County Schools has had to deal with issues of desegregation, court-ordered busing, and school choice. In 2000, the district received "unitary" (desegregated) status from the court which was monitoring integration issues, and from 2003 to 2007 was operating a "controlled choice" program which sets minimum and maximum percentages of black pupils in individual schools. In 2007 the "Choice program" was replaced with a "close to home school" program, where students go to the school that is nearest to their residence. Exceptions to this plan are the fundamental schools, and the High Schools with Academies of Excellence, both which require application and acceptance.
Pinellas County Schools announced, in March 2009, that all schools will be closing one hour earlier every Wednesday during the 2009-10 school year. Pinellas County Schools said that this controversial schedule change was to provide teachers with more planning period time.
[edit] High schools
- Bayside High School
- Boca Ciega High School
- Clearwater High School
- Countryside High School
- Dixie M. Hollins High School
- Dunedin Academy
- Dunedin High School
- East Lake High School
- Gibbs High School
- Lakewood High School
- Largo High School
- Northeast High School
- Norwood Secondary School
- Osceola High School
- Palm Harbor University High School
- Pinellas Park High School
- PTEC/Clearwater Team High School
- PTEC/St Petersburg Team
- Seminole High School
- St Petersburg Collegiate High School
- St. Petersburg High School
- St. Petersburg Secondary PTEC
- Tarpon Springs High School
[edit] Middle schools
- Azalea Middle School
- Bay Point Middle School
- Carwise Middle School
- Clearwater Intermediate
- Clearwater Fundamental Middle School
- Dunedin Highland Middle School
- John Hopkins Middle School
- Kennedy Middle School
- Largo Middle School
- Lealman Intermediate
- Madeira Beach Middle School]
- Meadowlawn Middle School
- Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School
- Oak Grove Middle School
- Osceola Middle School
- Palm Harbor Middle School
- Pinellas Park Middle School
- Safety Harbor Middle School
- Seminole Middle School
- Southside Fundamental Middle School
- Tarpon Springs Middle School
- Thurgood Marshall Fundamental
- Tyrone Middle School
[edit] Elementary schools
- Anona Elementary School
- Azalea Elementary School
- Bardmoor Elementary School
- Bauder Elementary School
- Bay Point Elementary School
- Bay Vista Fundamental
- Bear Creek Elementary School
- Belcher Elementary School
- Belleair Elementary School
- Blanton Elementary School
- Brooker Creek Elementary School
- Campbell Park Elementary School
- Clearview Avenue Elementary School
- Cross Bayou Elementary School
- Curlew Creek Elementary School
- Curtis Fundamental Elementary
- Cypress Woods Elementary School
- Dunedin Elementary School
- Eisenhower Elementary School
- Fairmount Park Elementary School
- Forest Lakes Elementary School
- Frontier Elementary School
- Fuguitt Elementary School
- Garrison-Jones Elementary School
- Gulf Beaches Elementary School
- Gulfport Elementary School, K-5, the first Montessori school in Pinellas County. Principal: Lisa Grant.
- High Point Elementary School
- Highland Lakes Elementary School
- Jamerson Elementary School
- Kings Highway Elementary School
- Lake St George Elementary School
- Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Lealman Avenue Elementary School
- Leila Davis Elementary School
- Lynch Elementary School
- Madeira Beach Elementary School
- Marjorie K Rawlings Elementary School
- Maximo Elementary School
- McMullen-Booth Elementary School
- Melrose Elementary School
- Mildred Helms Elementary School
- Mount Vernon Elementary School
- North Shore Elementary School
- North Ward Elementary School
- Northwest Elementary School
- Oakhurst Elementary School
- Oldsmar Elementary School
- Orange Grove Elementary School
- Ozona Elementary School
- Palm Harbor Elementary School
- Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School
- Perkins Elementary School
- Pinellas Central Elementary School
- Pinellas Park Elementary School
- Plumb Elementary School
- Ponce De Leon Elementary School
- Ridgecrest Elementary School
- Rio Vista Elementary School
- Safety Harbor Elementary School
- San Jose Elementary School
- Sanderlin Elementary School
- Sandy Lane Elementary School
- Sawgrass Lake Elementary School
- Seminole Elementary School
- Seventy-Fourth St Elementary School
- Sexton Elementary School
- Shore Acres Elementary School
- Skycrest Elementary School
- Skyview Elementary School
- Southern Oak Elementary School
- Starkey Elementary School
- Sunset Hills Elementary School
- Sutherland Elementary School
- Tarpon Springs Elementary School
- Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School
- Tyrone Elementary School
- Walsingham Elementary School
- Westgate Elementary School
- Woodlawn Elementary School
[edit] Charter schools
- Academie Da Vinci (Grades K-5)
- Alfred Adler Elementary (Grades K-1)
- Athenian Academy (Grades K-7)
- Imagine Charter (Grades PreK-5)
- Life Skills Center (Grades 9-12)
- Life Skills Center - North Pinellas, Inc. (Grades 9-12)
- St. Petersburg Collegiate High School (Grades 10-12)
- Pinellas Preparatory Academy (Grades 4-8)
- Plato Academy (Grades PreK-6)
[edit] Superintendents
- Dixie Hollins
- Floyd Christian
- Paul D. Bauder
- Gus Sakkis (1972-1981)
- Dr. Scott Rose (1981-1991)
- Howard Hinesley (1991-2004)
- Clayton M. Wilcox (2004-2008)[1]
- Julie Janssen (2008-Present)
[edit] See also
- WPDS-LP (Pinellas Schools' TV station)
- List of school districts in Florida
