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The school opened as Forest Hill High School in 1959; [4] it is situated next to the West Palm Beach Country Club and I-95 in the southwestern corner of the City of West Palm Beach on a compact 17.38-acre (70,300 m 2) tract. A larger building replaced the original structure on the same site in 2004. The school was first accredited in 1961.
Established in 1909, the district was known as the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction until the mid-1980s. It is accredited by Cognia (formerly known as Advance-ED). [ 6 ] The district's headquarters are in the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center in Palm Springs .
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts (DSOA) is a public high school in West Palm Beach, Florida.Formerly named the Palm Beach County School of the Arts (also known as "School of the Arts" or "SOA"), the school was renamed in recognition of a 1997 donation of $1 million by Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., a West Palm Beach philanthropist.
That's about equal with the district's enrollment numbers from 2017, when188,778 students across Palm Beach County attended public schools. Enrollment trends at Palm Beach County public schools ...
Dr. Joaquín García High School, the first school in Palm Beach County to be named after a Hispanic community leader, will open its doors to its first class Thursday for the 2023-24 school year ...
In 1998, the high school was moved to the new campus, and the existing facility was renamed the Middle School of the Arts. In 2002, the school was renamed the Bak Middle School of the Arts. Mrs. Dora Bak of Palm Beach donated $1.5 million bequest to the school to honor her late husband, Dr. Richard Bak, who was an economist and statistician ...
The Palm Beach Post urges voters to vote YES to extend the school district's half-cent sales tax, which is set to end in December 2025. The extension would generate $2 billion over 10 years ...
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]