District School Board of Collier County
The District School Board of Collier County, also known as Collier County Public Schools, is a school district in Collier County, Florida. The district has schools in four cities throughout the county: Everglades City, Immokalee, Marco Island, and Naples. The district employees approximately 3,200 teachers, 49% of whom have advanced degrees. The district includes 58 schools: 29 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 8 high schools, along with 7 charter schools, two technical schools educating adult or dually-enrolled high school students, and 5 alternative schools. The district has an 'A' overall grade. History. Gulfview  Middle School was the first school to open in Naples in 1938. Until the end of the 1950s, the school district did not provide a high school for African-American students in Naples. Students who wished to attend high school were bused to Fort Myers, and later to Immokalee, to get an education. In the 1950s, elementary schools for black children were opened, and by adding grades every year, eventually reached the high school level. In 1959, George Washington Carver High School was opened with two teachers. In the mid 1960s, the district moved Carver teacher Herbert Cambridge to Naples  High School, which was the districts first experience with integration. In 1968 the black students were reassigned to white schools and Carver was closed. *Partnership with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.