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August 25th, 2006
The outstanding efforts of students and staff in Manatee County classrooms was rewarded in a big way Friday when the Florida Education Department presented district schools with more than $2.3 million in School Recognition Funds.
Part of the state's A+ Plan for Education, School Recognition Funds are based on student performance on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and are awarded to public schools that achieve an A from the state or improve by at least one letter grade from the previous year. The recognition funds amount to $100 per student at each school.
During the 2005-2006 academic year, 25 schools (50% of the schools graded in Manatee County) achieved an A grade from the state. In addition, 11 district schools improved their grades by one letter, and three district schools - Lee Middle, Myakka City Elementary and Palmetto Elementary - improved their grades by two letters. In total, 29 Manatee district schools received the recognition funds which amounted to $2,327,456; a sum which ranked 20th among Florida's 67 school districts.
Lakewood Ranch High, which improved from a B to an A, garnered the largest share of the district's school recognition funds at $222,132. Lincoln Middle School, which improved from a C to a B, received the second-highest total in the district at $120,266.
How the recognition funds are spent at each school is decided in collaboration with teachers, administrators, other staff and the School Advisory Council. The funds can be used for needed equipment, staff bonuses, hiring additional personnel or for other academic needs.
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $64,406
BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY $69,081
BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $59,250
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL $95,526
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL $92,200
ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL $92,776
FLORINE J. ABEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $58,470
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $62,423
GENE WITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $84,828
GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $73,520
IDA M. STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $47,929
JESSIE P. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $65,471
KINNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $76,513
LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL $222,132
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL $120,266
MARTHA B. KING MIDDLE SCHOOL $77,495
MYAKKA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $44,700
PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $61,283
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $80,413
R. DAN NOLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL $74,147
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $84,508
ROBERT WILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $32,046
ROWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $77,369
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $75,843
SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL $166,308
TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $82,489
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL $98,897
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$2,327,456