Pinellas County Schools

In 2000, the district received "unitary" (desegregated) status from the court assigned to monitor integration issues, and from 2003 to 2007 operated a "controlled choice" program which set minimum and maximum percentages of black pupils in individual schools.In multiple editorials in 2007, the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times, urged the school district to abandon integration efforts in favor of "close to home" schools.[6][7][8][9][10] From 2007 and by 2015 student performance and behavior at five elementary schools in a mostly black area of St. Petersburg sharply declined.The district said that this schedule change was to provide teachers with more planning period time.With more than 17,000 teachers, administrators and support staff, the district is also Pinellas County's largest employer.
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