Ferguson-Florissant School District

The Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD) is a public school district located in Greater St. Louis and in Missouri. Its headquarters are in Hazelwood.[3] The district covers all or part of 11 municipalities, serving more than 11,000 students from preschool through 12th grade.

Ferguson-Florissant School District
Address
8855 Dunn Rd
Hazelwood
, St. Louis County, Missouri, 63042
United States
District information
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentDr. Joseph S. Davis[1]
Governing agencyMissouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Schools24
Budget$131.96 million (2015-2016)[2]
NCES District ID2912010[2]
Students and staff
Students10,562 (2017-2018)[2]
Teachers723.87 (2017-2018)[2]
Staff2632 (2017-2018)[2]
Other information
Websitewww.fergflor.org

FFSD operates 17 elementary schools, four middle schools (one a STEAM and Gifted Academy), three A+ and NCA-CASI-accredited high schools and an alternative school. It also offers a comprehensive early education program, the Challenger Learning Center space education facility and the Little Creek Nature Area, a 97-acre nature preserve used for experiential learning on subjects such as biology, ecology and related areas of science.

Missouri Governor John Ashcroft and First Lady Barbara Bush with a Ferguson-Florissant "Parents as Teachers" group in October 1991. Mrs. Bush (in rocking chair) is reading Brown Bear Brown Bear to the children.

History

On June 7, 1975, a U.S. district court ordered FFSD to annex the Berkeley School District and the Kinloch School District; therefore, the Ferguson-Florissant district began to serve Berkeley and Kinloch.[4]

In 2004, Berkeley High School closed, replaced by McCluer South-Berkeley High School.[4]

On December 8, 2010, the Board of Education named Dr. Art J. McCoy, II as Superintendent. He was the first African-American superintendent for the school district and at age 33 was one of the youngest in the state of Missouri and nation.[5]

On Jan. 30, 2015, the Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Joseph Davis as superintendent of schools, effective July 1.

In 2018 the district formally closed its previous administration building, which it already moved out from. On a 4-2 vote, in which board members of different ethnic backgrounds voted different ways, the district closed or moved a different program into Airport Elementary, Mark Twain Alternative, and Vogt Elementary schools and converted McCluer South into a selective STEAM school.[6]

Operations

Previously the district headquarters were in Florissant.[7]

Schools
High schools
Middle schools
  • Cross Keys Middle School
  • Ferguson Middle School
  • STEAM Academy Middle School
Sixth grade centers
  • Johnson-Wabash Sixth Grade Center, formerly Johnson-Wabash Elementary School
  • Wedgewood Sixth Grade Center, formerly Wedgwood Elementary School
Intermediate schools (grades 3-5)
  • Berkeley Elementary School
  • Combs Elementary School
  • Griffith Elementary School
  • Halls Ferry Elementary School
  • Lee-Hamilton Elementary School
  • Robinwood Elementary School
Primary schools (grades PreK-2)
  • Bermuda Elementary School
  • Central Elementary School
  • Commons Lane Elementary School
  • Duchesne Elementary School
  • Holman Elementary School
  • Parker Road Elementary School
  • Walnut Grove Elementary School
Alternative Programs
  • Mark Twain Restoration and Re-Entry Center - Was Mark Twain Student Support Center until 2019[6]
Former schools
  • Airport Elementary School - Closed 2019[6]
  • Berkeley Middle School
  • Cool Valley Elementary School
  • Vogt Elementary School - Closed 2019[6]

References
  1. "Superintendent's Corner / About Dr. Davis". Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ferguson-florissant R-ii". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. "Home". Ferguson-Florissant School District. Retrieved 2019-11-10. 8855 Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO 63042
  4. Bosenbecker, Ray. So Where'd You Go to High School? Virginia Publishing Corporation. 2008. 94. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
  5. "Art McCoy to become next Ferguson-Florissant School District Superintendent". KSDK. December 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  6. Benchaabane, Nassim (2018-10-11). "Ferguson-Florissant picks redistricting plan; McCluer South-Berkeley will be special academy, Vogt Elementary to close". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  7. "Contact". Ferguson-Florissant School District. 1997-10-11. Archived from the original on 1997-10-11. Retrieved 2019-11-10. Superintendent's Office 1005 Waterford Drive Florissant, MO 63033-3694

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