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The district was created upon Pinellas County's split from Hillsborough County in 1912. Dixie M. Hollins was the county's first superintendent of schools. Like other school districts in Florida and elsewhere in the United States, Pinellas County has had to deal with issues of desegregation, court-ordered busing, and school choice. In 2000, the ...
Sensing momentum might be on their side, a coalition of Pinellas County parents and advocates is ramping up their demand for district schools to mandate masks as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Parents and students who do not comply with school policies are first given warnings, and if noncompliance continues, required to meet with the school-based Intervention and Appeal Committee (IAC), which may recommend alternatives and interventions for improvement, probation with stipulations, or removal from the school.
The foundation has raised over $140 million to support students and teachers in Pinellas County. [1] The Pinellas Education Foundation ranked first in an annual nationwide study and ranking of K-12 Education Foundations for three consecutive years, in 2014, 2015, and 2016. [2]
Pinellas schools to reopen this week following Hurricane Milton
www.lakewood-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us Lakewood High School is a public high school in St. Petersburg, Florida operated by Pinellas County Schools . It opened in 1966 with students previously attending St. Petersburg High School and Boca Ciega High School .
Before Gibbs opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for blacks past 6th grade. Families wishing for high school education had to enroll in private, mostly church-run black schools. Gibbs became the county's first public secondary school for blacks, occupying an eight-classroom building that cost $49,490 to build.
St. Petersburg High School, founded in 1898, is a secondary school in the Pinellas County School District in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school's current building, a historic landmark, was built in 1926. It was designed by Missouri architect William B. Ittner. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.