Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, Florida
From Sunshine Review
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[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Florida school district websites
[edit] The good
- Administrative officials listed with contact information.[1]
- Student progression plan posted.[2]
- Board members listed but contact information is not provided.[3]
[edit] The bad
- Site has a search function but it does not work.
- Does not provide information on taxes, budget, meetings, contracts, audits, how to make public records requests, and background checks.
[edit] School board
The school board controls school property, establishes, organizes, and operates the schools of the district, including: establishing schools, adopting enrollment plans, providing for school elimination and consolidation, cooperating with school boards of adjoining districts in maintaining schools, maintaining the school year schedule and other more specific duties as outlined in the Florida statute. [4]
It operates, controls and supervises the district's public schools as well as determines the rate of school district taxes, with the option of two or more school districts operating and financing educational programs together.
| Member | District |
|---|---|
| Mary Dillon, Chair | St. Johns County |
| Herschel Parrish, Vice-Chair | Orange County |
| Edgar Turner | Escambia County |
| Maria Rojas | Dade County |
| Christopher Wagner | Manatee County |
| Gerald Weedon | Duval County |
| Owen McCaul | Leon County |
[edit] Teacher contracts
No information available on teacher contracts for the district. However, in the 2006-2007 school year the Florida for the Deaf and Blind had a total of 157 classroom teachers and a student/teacher ratio of 4.8.[5]
[edit] School budget
No information available on the Florida School of the Deaf and Blind budget.
[edit] Academic performance
According to the Florida School Accountability Reports, the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind does not have any information regarding academic performance.[6]
[edit] Unions
The Florida Association of the Deaf is the teacher's union for this school district.[7] The statewide teachers union is the Florida Education Association.[8]
[edit] School choice
Florida School of the Deaf and Blind does not have any charter school options. The state of Florida has two enrollment policies: intradistrict and interdistrict policies. In other words, students can transfer to other schools within and outside of the district.[9]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ Contact
- ↑ Student Progression Plan
- ↑ Board of Trustees
- ↑ School board powers and duties, Florida statute
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics,"Florida School of the Deaf and Blind District Details," retrieved August 14, 2009
- ↑ Florida School Accountability Reports
- ↑ Florida Association of the Deaf, retrieved August 6, 2009
- ↑ Center for Union Facts,"Florida," retrieved July 31, 2009
- ↑ Education Commission of the States,"Open Enrollment: 50-State Report," retrieved August 5, 2009
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