Ferguson-Florissant School District
{{Short description|School district in Missouri, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox school district
| name = Ferguson-Florissant School District
| logo = File:Ferguson-Florissant SD logo.png
| address = 8855 Dunn Rd
| city = Hazelwood
| state = Missouri
| county = St. Louis County
| zipcode = 63042
| country = United States
| coordinates =
| type =
| motto =
| grades = PK-12
| established =
| closed =
| superintendent = Dr. Joseph S. Davis{{cite web|url=https://www.fergflor.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=3379|title=Superintendent's Corner / About Dr. Davis|accessdate=2019-12-16}}
| governing_agency = Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
| schools = 24
| budget = $131.96 million (2015-2016)
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|2912010|district_name=Ferguson-florissant R-ii|access_date=2019-12-16}}
| students = 10,562 (2017-2018)
| teachers = 723.87 (2017-2018)
| website = {{URL2|https://www.fergflor.org/}}
}}
The Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD) is a public school district located in Greater St. Louis and in Missouri. Its headquarters are in Hazelwood.{{cite web|url=https://www.fergflor.org/|title=Home|publisher=Ferguson-Florissant School District|accessdate=2019-11-10|quote=8855 Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO 63042 }} The district covers all or part of 11 municipalities, serving more than 11,000 students from preschool through 12th grade.
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.
File:Mrs. Bush and Missouri Governor John Ashcroft attend a Parents as Teachers parent-child group at the... - NARA - 186437.jpg 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.Bosenbecker, Ray. So Where'd You Go to High School? Virginia Publishing Corporation. 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GJf3dxtJpz0C&dq=%22Berkeley+School+District%22+Missouri&pg=PT101 94]. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
In 2004, Berkeley High School closed, replaced by McCluer South-Berkeley High School.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=232100&catid=3 |title=Art McCoy to become next Ferguson-Florissant School District Superintendent |publisher=KSDK |date=December 9, 2010 |accessdate=2013-10-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127113532/http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=232100&catid=3 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=live }}
On Jan. 30, 2015, the Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Joseph Davis as superintendent of schools, effective July 1.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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.{{cite web|author=Benchaabane, Nassim |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/ferguson-florissant-picks-redistricting-plan-mccluer-south-berkeley-will-be/article_1556cff9-9e3b-575b-b750-54d0b41c2f6d.html|title=Ferguson-Florissant picks redistricting plan; McCluer South-Berkeley will be special academy, Vogt Elementary to close |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2018-10-11|accessdate=2019-11-10}}
Operations
Previously the district headquarters were in Florissant.{{cite web|url=http://www.fergflor.k12.mo.us/contact.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971011163516/http://www.fergflor.k12.mo.us/contact.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1997-10-11|title=Contact|publisher=Ferguson-Florissant School District|date=1997-10-11|accessdate=2019-11-10|quote=Superintendent's Office 1005 Waterford Drive Florissant, MO 63033-3694 }}
Schools
; High schools
- McCluer High School
- McCluer North High School
- STEAM Academy at McCluer South-Berkeley, formerly McCluer South-Berkeley High School
; 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
; Former schools:
- Airport Elementary School - Closed 2019
- Berkeley Middle School
- Cool Valley Elementary School
- Vogt Elementary School - Closed 2019
Students with disabilities are referred to the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) facilities. Ferguson-Florrisant residents are zoned to Ackerman School (ages 5–13) and Northview High School (ages 14–21) in Florissant. The SSD district also maintains North Technical High School in Florissant.{{cite web|url=https://www.ssdmo.org/ssd_services/schools.html|title=All SSD Schools|publisher=Special School District of St. Louis County|accessdate=2022-07-23}} - [https://www.ssdmo.org/domain/323 Ackerman Profile], [https://www.ssdmo.org/domain/325 Northview Profile]
References
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External links
{{Portal|Missouri|Schools}}
- [http://www.fergflor.org/ Ferguson-Florissant School District]
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fergflor.k12.mo.us|title=Ferguson-Florissant School District (fergflor.k12.mo.us)}} - Archive of the school district's previous domain
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