Crooms Academy/info Technology High School - Sanford, Florida/FL

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Crooms Academy/info Technology High School

2200 W 13th Street, Sanford, FL, 32771-1636 -

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Definition of Terms

Crooms Academy/info Technology High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Seminole County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

540 students

% Male / % Female

67% / 33%

Total Classroom Teachers

34 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 179 students

Grade 10 - 152 students

Grade 11 - 122 students

Grade 12 - 87 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	17%	18%
% Black	26%	26%
% White	55%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

21%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

12%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Seminole County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	77	24
Number of Students Managed	67,513 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$529,073,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$534,139,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,837	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$7,912	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	92%	90%

Crooms Academy of Information Technology (CAIT), locally called Crooms, is a technology magnet school located in Sanford, Florida, known for being one of the few schools in the U.S. that issues laptops to every student. Crooms is much smaller than many U.S. high schools, having a little more than 600 students.
History
Crooms Academy was originally founded by Professor Joseph N.Crooms as the county's first high school for African-American students.
In 1970 Seminole County was desegregated and Crooms lost its identity as a community high school. Its role changed several times and has included an administrative center, a school for students with behavior problems, and a place for pregnant teenagers. Most recently, it was a school for academically struggling students. In 1973 the original building burned and in the past years the other school buildings have deteriorated. In 2000, the U.S. Justice Department agreed to lift Seminole's desegregation order by 2003 if the county met certain conditions. Included in this is rebuilding Crooms Academy and turning it into an academy of information technology.
The Buildings
The campus itself consists of a two story building consisting mostly of classrooms and computer labs (Building 1), a gym (Building 3), and a cafeteria (Building 2). The cafeteria building also houses four classrooms and a computer lab. The small size of the campus allows for a capacity of approximately 600 students.
The Technology
Dell is the number one supplier of the technology at Crooms. Each student is issued a laptop based on grade level and return condition of previously issued laptops.
Being a small, technology based school, it has many features that other high schools do not have. Because of the constant need to repair the students' laptops, the school has a repair location officially called Laptop Central, which is commonly called the Sickbay. While a student's laptop is in the Sickbay, there is usually a desktop computer for the student to use to do his/her work. Also, the school library is more technology based, with charging stations for the laptops, and only a few shelves of books and magazines. Because of this, it is called the Cyber Center. There is a Mac lab on campus which students use in conjunction with their core and elective classes to edit videos, create podcasts, and develop other multimedia projects while learning the Mac OS.
Students pay an insurance fee ($50) and a battery replacement/user fee ($60) to help cover the costs of upkeeping the laptops.
The school also features SMARTBoards in every classroom with the exception of computer labs. The SMARTBoards act like regular whiteboards except there is no ink or marker waste. Lessons "written" on the board can be saved to a computer, uploaded to BlackBoard, and easily accessed and downloaded by students from school or home.
Many students who are technologically savvy have shown their skills in various ways, some make programs, others build computers, and some have created websites.
Current
For the 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009 school years Crooms was rated an A.
Crooms Academy was also recently ranked as one of U.S. New's Top 100 Best High Schools in the country for 2008, moving from a bronze to silver medal.
"2005-2009 School Grades." Florida School Grades. June 2007. Florida Department of Education. 18 Jun 2009 http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/scpsnews/newsArchive/2009_0623L-2009SchlGrades.pdf
"Best High Schools." Crooms Academy of Information Technology: Best High Schools - USNews.com. 03 Jan 2009http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/florida/crooms_academy_of_information_technology

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