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The School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) is the tenth-largest public school district in the United States, [4] and the fifth largest school district in Florida. The district encompasses all of Palm Beach County. [5] For the beginning of the 2018–2019 academic year, enrollment totaled 192,533 students in Pre-K through 12th grades. [2]
The largest employer in Palm Beach County is the School District of Palm Beach County, with 27,168 employees, including more than 12,800 teachers. [99] Previously W. R. Grace and Company had its headquarters in unincorporated Palm Beach County, near Boca Raton, employing about 130 staff. [100]
Palm Beach State College's main campus is located in Palm Beach County, Florida. In addition to the Lake Worth campus, the largest (114 acre/51 building complex) and longest established campus (1956), the college also serves students at full-service locations in Belle Glade (1978), Palm Beach Gardens (1982), Boca Raton (1983) and Loxahatchee Groves (2017).
December 7, 2023 at 5:15 AM. Mark your calendars! Important dates for the 2024-25 school year have been approved by the Palm Beach County School Board. The next school year will begin on Monday ...
A school district employee participating in armed "guardian" certification accidentally shot themselves at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office gun range on Monday, June 10, according to the ...
Overall, the Palm Beach County School District was downgraded this year from an A-rated school district to a B-rated district. Miami-Dade remained an A, while Broward County schools remained a B.
The history of West Palm Beach, Florida, began more than 5,000 years ago with the arrival of the first aboriginal natives. Native American tribes such as the Jaegas inhabited the area. Though control of Florida changed among Spain, England, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, the area remained largely undeveloped until the ...
By 1984 IBM was Palm Beach County's largest corporate employer, with 8,500 Boca Raton employees. [56] Among other noteworthy IT accomplishments, such as the mass production of the System/360 and development of the Series/1 mainframe computers, IBM's main complex was the birthplace of the IBM PC , which later evolved into the IBM Personal System ...