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School district in Southwest Florida From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Collier County Public Schools (or District School Board of Collier County) is a school district in Collier County, Florida. The district has schools in four cities throughout the county: Everglades City, Immokalee, Marco Island, and Naples. The district employees approximately 3,200 teachers, 49% of whom have advanced degrees. The district includes 58 schools: 29 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 8 high schools, along with 7 charter schools, two technical schools educating adult or dually-enrolled high school students, and 5 alternative schools. The district has an 'A' overall grade.[1]
Collier County Public Schools | |
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Address | |
5775 Osceola Trail
Naples , Florida, 34109 | |
District information | |
Grades | VPK - 12 (with adult education programs) |
Superintendent | Leslie Ricciardelli |
School board | Jerry Rutherford Stephanie Lucarelli Kelly Litchter Erick Carter Tim Moshier |
Students and staff | |
Students | 48,000 |
Teachers | 3,200 |
Other information | |
Telephone | (239) 377-0001 |
Website | https://www.collierschools.com |
Gulfview Middle School was the first school to open in Naples in 1938.
Until the end of the 1950s, the school district did not provide a high school for African-American students in Naples.[2] Students who wished to attend high school were bused to Fort Myers, and later to Immokalee, to get an education. In the 1950s, elementary schools for black children were opened, and by adding grades every year, eventually reached the high school level. In 1959, George Washington Carver High School was opened with two teachers. In the mid-1960s, the district moved Carver teacher Herbert Cambridge to Naples High School, which was the districts first experience with integration. In 1968 the black students were reassigned to white schools and Carver was closed.[3][4][5]
In February 2022, the school district placed warning labels on over 100 books in its libraries declaring them as "unsuitable for students" in response to a report issued by a far-right group.[6] The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, noted that the labels prevented teachers from exercising their "responsibility to decide what content is age-appropriate when they choose what to teach in class."[6]
On August 28, 2023, Collier County Public Schools banned more than 300 books from its school libraries.[7]
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