Hazelwood School District

Hazelwood School District (HSD) is a school district in suburban St. Louis, Missouri and is the second largest district in St. Louis County. The District extends from I-70 on the west and the I-270 bridge on the east, covering 78 square miles, an area larger than the City of St. Louis. Its northern and southern boundaries are the two Great Rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi, and I-270.[4] The District covers a large portion of north St. Louis County, Missouri, including (portions of) the cities of Florissant, Hazelwood, Black Jack, Spanish Lake, Ferguson, Bellefontaine Neighbors, and Bridgeton.

Hazelwood School District
Location
North St. Louis County, Missouri
United States
Coordinates38°49′49″N 90°18′55″W
District information
TypePublic School District
Motto"High Expectations for All!"
GradesK through 12
SuperintendentDr. Nettie Collins-Hart[1]
Budget$218,126,371 (2010)[2]
Students and staff
Students18,193 (2016-2017)
Staff1,392 (2006-07)[3]
Athletic conferenceSuburban XII (North)
Other information
District Map
Websitehttp://www.hazelwoodschools.org/

The district is headquartered in an unincorporated area.[5][6]

Faculty and staff educate more than 18,000 students in the District's 20 elementary schools, six middle schools and three high schools, plus separate campuses for early childhood, gifted, and individualized learning.[7]

The Hazelwood School District is fully accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

History

The Hazelwood School district was involved in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, a 1988 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which ruled that public school curricular student newspapers that have not been established as forums for student expression are subject to a lower level of First Amendment protection than independent student expression or newspapers established (by policy or practice) as forums for student expression.[8] The school district was also involved in Hazelwood School District v. United States, a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case concerning employment discrimination.

In 1977 a history of the Hazelwood School District was published and compiled by Gregory M Franzwa.[9]

In 2016 Hazelwood School District School Board announced a plan to save the district $6.6 million. Included in the plan was staff cuts to the elementary band and orchestra classes, reduced physical education classes for elementary students, and field trip funding will be eliminated. District officials said a 22 percent drop in assessed property values led to the cuts.[10][11]

Schools

The district contains 20 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 high schools.

Elementary Schools
  • Armstrong
  • Arrowpoint
  • Barrington
  • Brown
  • Cold Water
  • Garrett
  • Grannemann
  • Jamestown
  • Jana
  • Jury
  • Keeven
  • Larimore
  • Lawson
  • Lusher
  • McCurdy
  • McNair
  • Russell
  • Townsend
  • Twillman
  • Walker
Middle Schools
  • Hazelwood Northwest Middle School
  • Hazelwood West Middle School
  • Hazelwood East Middle School
  • Hazelwood Southeast Middle School
  • Hazelwood North Middle School
  • Hazelwood Central Middle School
High Schools

References
  1. "District Administration". Hazelwood School District. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  2. "Finance Report 2006-2010". MODESE Annual Report of School Data. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 2007-12-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  3. "Hazelwood". 2007 - 2008 Missouri School Directory. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 2008-05-27. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
  4. "About Us / About Our District". www.hazelwoodschools.org. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  5. Home. Hazelwood School District. Retrieved on November 29, 2017. "15955 New Halls Ferry Road Florissant, MO 63031 "
  6. "CITY OF FLORISSANT STREET GUIDE." City of Florissant. Retrieved on November 29, 2017. p. 75/134. Note 15955 New Halls Ferry Road is not included.
  7. "About Us / About Our District". www.hazelwoodschools.org. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  8. Hazelwood School District, et al. v. Kuhlmeier, et al., 484 U.S. 260 (Supreme Court of the United States 13 January 1988).
  9. https://www.hazelwoodschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=418&dataid=118&FileName=Hazelwood%20Book%20Scanned.pdf History of the Hazelwood School District
  10. Bock, Jessica (Feb 17, 2016). "Overflow crowd turns out to challenge Hazelwood school cuts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. Sells, George (Feb 9, 2016). "Hazelwood School District looking at massive budget cuts". Fox 2 now St. Louis. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.