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It's Back to School Time
for Staff and Students!

It's that time of year again - the time when kids turn in their remote controls, swim suits and skateboards for pencils, textbooks and squeaky new sneakers.

Dr. Till enjoys lunch at
North Andrews Gardens Elementary

On Monday, August 16th more than 240,000 students and 15,000 teachers headed back to class for the 2004/05 school year. Joining them was Superintendent Dr. Frank Till. On the first day, Dr. Till visited more than a dozen schools across the District and had lunch with Ms. Vanvonderen's 4th grade class at North Andrews Gardens Elementary. (Lunch was a chicken patty on a bun, fries, and oatmeal cookie and milk.)

This year, it is estimated that about 278,000 K-12 students will attend the District's 251 public schools. If that seems like more schools than last year, you're right - we've added seven new schools!

There were the normal first day glitches, but all and all everyone agreed that it was a very smooth opening of the school year.

2004/05 School Year By the Numbers

$3.94 Billion	District 2004/05 Budget
32.5 Million+	Square Footage Used
19 Million	Miles Driven Yearly by School Buses
276,000	Number of Students
106,000	Miles Driven Daily by School Buses
80,000	Number of Students Transported
30,000	Number of District Employees
19,473	Number of Student Stations Added
15,000	Number of Teachers
2,030+	New Teachers Hired
1,600	Number of School Buses
251	Number of Schools, Centers & Charter Schools
57	Number of miles the District's buses would cover if put bumber to bumper
7	Number of New Schools Opening

Supplying a New School

Students change classes on the first day of school at Coral Glades High

Just as students get ready for a new school year by buying crayons, pencils and notebooks, schools have supply lists too. Broward high schools built in recent years have included the following items on thier first year supply lists:

2,500 Desks
162 Mulitpurpose Tables
54 Cases of Toilet Tissue
185 File Cabinets
56 Cases of Soap
200 Trash Cans