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PGCPS Facts & Figures

As of 2006, the district has an enrollment of almost 134,000 students and is the second largest school district in Maryland (after Montgomery County) and the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates 138 elementary schools, 32 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 9 special centers and 2 vocational centers, and serves students in Grades Pre-K through 12th grade employing over 16,000 people and 10,000 classroom teachers. The school system is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education. The FY2006 budget for PGCPS is almost $1.4 billion United States dollars. This is an increase of over $100 million from the previous year. PGCPS has a per pupil expenditure of $8,612. ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

The district is headed by a superintendent, currently referred to as the chief executive officer (CEO). Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources officer of the school district, was interim replacement CEO through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy took office on May 1, 2006. Dr. Deasy was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. In education, a superintendent is an individual that has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization. ... A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ... Human resources has at least two meanings depending on context. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is the school district for the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu, California. ...

In terms of racial demographics, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.35% followed by 13.60% Hispanic, 6.14% non-Hispanic white, 2.85% Asian, and 0.52% Native American.

PGCPS Magnet Programs/Contextual Learning Environments

Unlike many other school systems throughout the country, most PGCPS Magnet Programs, known as "Contextual Learning Environments", are operated as "School-Within-A-School" programs. There are no dedicated magnet schools at the high school level, but there are a few at the elementary and middle school level. The Creative & Performing Arts, French Immersion, and Montessori Programs are all housed in specialized dedicated centers, where all students who attend those schools take part in the program. The PGCPS magnet program underwent an extensive reorganization in 2003, after a court mandate which determined that race was no longer a justification for the then current structure of the magnet schools program, and that the system school move towards returning students to neighborhood schools to make schools more community oriented as well as reduce costs associated with cross-county busing of magnet students. As a result of the court ruling, PGCPS magnet programs went from one of the most largest specialized programs in the nation to one of the smallest. Nearly all magnet programs were slowly phased out since 2003 with the final programs slated for elimination ending at the end of the 2006-07 school year.

2007-2008 CLE/Magnet Programs

• Biomedical (HS)
• Biotechnology (HS)
• Center for the Visual & Performing Arts (HS)
• Creative & Performing Arts (ES/MS)
• Music & Technology (ES)
• Montessori (ES/MS)
• Science & Technology Center (HS)
• Talented & Gifted (ES/MS)

Eliminated Magnet Programs

• Academic Center (MS)
• Academic Center with Latin (ES)
• Academic Center with Mathematics & Science (HS)
• Academic Center with Professional Career Strands (HS)
• Academic Center with Spanish (ES)
• Center for the Enhancement of Thinking Skills Through Technology (MS)
• Communication & Academic Studies (ES)
• Computer Technology Center (HS)
• Science & Mathematics (HS)
• Science, Mathematics, & Technology (ES/MS)
• University High School (HS)

PGCPS Secondary Schools

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PGCPS Intermediate Schools

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PGCPS Elementary Schools

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External links

• Prince Georges County Public Schools Web Site