Hazelwood School District (HSD) is a
school district in suburban St. Louis, Missouri and is the second largest district in
St. Louis County. The District extends from I-70 on the west and the I-270 bridge on the east, covering 78 square miles, an area larger than the City of St. Louis. Its northern and southern boundaries are the two Great Rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi, and I-270.
The District covers a large portion of north
St. Louis County, Missouri
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Berkeley,
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The district is headquartered in an
unincorporated area.
Faculty and staff educate more than 18,000 students in the District's 20 elementary schools, six middle schools and three high schools, plus separate campuses for early childhood, gifted, and individualized learning.
The Hazelwood School District i
fully accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
History
The Hazelwood School district was involved in ''
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
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s for student expression are subject to a lower level of
First Amendment protection than independent student expression or newspapers established (by policy or practice) as forums for student expression. The school district was also involved in ''
Hazelwood School District v. United States'', a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case concerning
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In 1977 a history of the Hazelwood School District was published and compiled by Gregory M Franzwa.
In 2016 Hazelwood School District School Board announced a plan to save the district $6.6 million. Included in the plan was staff cuts to the elementary band and orchestra classes, reduced physical education classes for elementary students, and field trip funding will be eliminated. District officials said a 22 percent drop in assessed property values led to the cuts.
In 2022, radioactive materials including
lead-210,
polonium, and
radium, were found at the district's Jana Elementary School. It arose from dumps of munitions during
World War II at
St. Louis Lambert International Airport, and had flowed from there in
Cold Water Creek to the school which lies in its floodplain.
On October 18, it was announced that Jana Elementary School would be temporarily closed, and its classes will switch to online learning until the end of the semester, where the student body will be divided into other local schools until Jana is reopened.
Schools
The district contains 20 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 high schools.
;Elementary Schools
;Middle Schools
;High Schools
References
External links
Hazelwood School DistrictHSD District Map
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School districts in Missouri
Education in St. Louis County, Missouri