Martin County School District

Martin County School District, also referred to officially as the School Board of Martin County, is a public school district that covers Martin County, Florida. In 2019, this school district was rated the #1 performing school district in Florida with excellent testing scores and graduation rates.[2][3]

For the school district in Kentucky, see Martin County School System.

Martin County School District
Address
500 East Ocean Boulevard

Stuart
,
Martin
,
Florida
34994

United States
Information
TypePublic
SuperintendentLaurie J. Gaylord[1]
GradesK–12
Websitehttp://www.martinschools.org/

Its Superintendent, Laurie J. Gaylord,[4] was first elected in 2012, with her second term ending in November 2020. Following a decision in 2018, the next Superintendent will be appointed rather than elected.[5]

School Board

The district School Board is elected on a non-partisan basis. The superintendent of schools is a partisan elected position. Members of the board are:[6][7]

  • District 1: Christia Li Roberts
  • District 2: Marsha Powers
  • District 3: Victoria Defenthaler
  • District 4: Anthony Anderson
  • District 5: Michael DiTerlizzi

Schools

The district operates the following public schools:

High schools

Middle schools
  • Dr. David L. Anderson Middle School
  • Hidden Oaks Middle School
  • Indiantown Middle School
  • Murray Middle School. Robert G. Murray, an African American, was a teacher from 1928 to 1937 and from 1945 to 1958 and was principal of Stuart Training School.[8]
  • Stuart Middle School

Elementary schools
  • Bessey Creek Elementary School
  • Citrus Grove Elementary School
  • Crystal Lake Elementary School
  • Felix A. Williams Elementary School
  • Hobe Sound Elementary School
  • Jensen Beach Elementary School
  • J.D. Parker School of Science, Math and Technology
  • Palm City Elementary School
  • Pinewood Elementary School
  • Port Salerno Elementary School
  • SeaWind Elementary School
  • Warfield Elementary School

Pre-K
  • Citrus Grove Elementary School
  • Felix A. Williams Elementary School
  • Perkins Center
  • Salerno Schoolhouse
  • Salerno Learning Center
  • Stuart Learning Center

Charter schools
  • The Clark Advanced Learning Center
  • The Hope Charter Center for Autism

Other programs

The district operates the following other programs:

  • Career and Technical Education
  • Willoughby Learning Center
  • Environmental Studies Center
  • Martin Virtual School
  • Spectrum
  • Teenage Parent Center – Florida First Start Resource Center Indiantown
  • Teenage Parent Center – Spectrum

Former segregated (negro) schools
  • Booker Park Elementary School, Indiantown, closed 1970
  • Dunbar Elementary School, Hobe Sound, closed 1969
  • East Stuart Elementary School, Stuart, closed 1970 (turned into county-wide kindergarten magnet)
  • Murray Junior/Senior High, Port Salerno (originally Carver Junior/Senior High, also called Carver Training School and Murray Training School), opened 1964 replacing Stuart Training School, closed 1967 (became county-wide 9th grade)[9]
  • Stuart Training School, Stuart, closed 1964
  • A "one-room schoolhouse in Jensen Beach".[10]

References
  1. "Superintendent". martinschools.org. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. "2019 Best School Districts in Florida". Niche. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. "Martin County School District Homepage". Martin County School District. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  4. "Martin County, FL Supervisor of Elections". www.martinvotes.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  5. "Martin County voters put an end to elected school superintendents; School Board now will appoint". TCPalm. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  6. "School Board Members / District 1". martinschools.org.
  7. "Martin County, FL Supervisor of Elections". www.martinvotes.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  8. "Schools named for area achievers". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). February 27, 2008. p. N016.
  9. Gupta, Rani (May 16, 2004). "Transition difficult in Martin schools". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). p. 937.
  10. "Martin County fought to resolve segregation after Civil Rights Act (part 2)". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). January 19, 1987. p. 13 (4B).

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