Martin County School District

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Martin County School District
Address
500 East Ocean Boulevard Stuart , Martin , Florida 34994 United States
Information
Type	Public
Superintendent	Dr. John D. Millay[1]
Grades	K–12
Website	http://www.martinschools.org/

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]

The Superintendent of Martin County Public Schools is Dr. John D. Millay. The district is overseen by the Martin County School Board, a body of five elected officers.^[4] The position of superintendent is appointed by the school board.^[5]

Its former Superintendent, Laurie J. Gaylord, was first elected in 2012, with her second term ending in November 2020. Following a decision by voters in 2018, the next Superintendent was appointed rather than elected.

School Board[]

The district School Board is elected on a non-partisan basis. 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[]

• Jensen Beach High School
• Martin County High School
• South Fork High School

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 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[]

Further reading[]

• Gupta, Rani (May 16, 2004). "Transition difficult in Martin schools". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). p. 937.
• Van Meter, Christine (January 19, 1987). "King day stirs memories of segregation (Part 1)". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). p. 6.
• Van Meter, Christine (January 19, 1987). "Martin County fought to resolve segregation after Civil Rights Act (part 2)". Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). p. 13 (4B).

External links[]

• Official website