The Five Star School award is a symbol of achievement presented each year to those schools that have shown evidence of exemplary community involvement in five specific areas:  Business Partnerships, Family Involvement, Volunteers, Student Community Service, and School Advisory Councils.

In order to qualify for this award, a school must have double the number of volunteer hours compared to the number of students enrolled, achieve 100 percent of the criteria in each of the five categories, have a school grade of “C” or above, and also have a portfolio that documents the achievement of each criterion.

Schools meeting these qualifications annually will receive the highest designation for community involvement from the Florida Department of Education.

Both the letter and spirit of the school improvement and accountability legislation are built upon the active involvement of parents, guardians, business people, and other community members in efforts to improve Florida's schools. The legislative intent is to return the responsibility for education to those closest to the students. That is the schools, teachers, and parents. Recognizing community involvement is vital to student success, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner’s Community Involvement Council have established the Five Star School Award.  

18 Schools earned the Five-Star School Award.

Dawn Lengel, Coordinator of Community Involvement, will make this presentation to the Board.

Elementary Schools        Years Awarded

Abel                                      1st Year

Braden River                          10th Year

Daughtrey                              7th Year

Freedom                                 3rd Year

Gullett                                   1st Year

Tillman                                   9th* Year

McNeal                                    6th Year 

Miller                                      9th Year

Palma Sola                              5th Year

Wakeland                                13th * Year

Williams                                  2nd Year

Witt                                         8th Year

Middle Schools

Braden River                            5th Year

Harllee                                    5th Year

Johnson                                 1st Year

Nolan                                       4th Year

High Schools

Lakewood Ranch                       7th Year

Southeast High                         2ndYear

*Nonconsecutive Years

No action required by the Board.

No financial impact to the District.

Communtiy & Press Relations

Dawn Lengel/dg

10/25/10