Pineywoods Community Academy, also known by the abbreviation PCA, is a PreK–

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grade

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district located in

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Curriculum

Pineywoods is a

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through

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. Students in

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and surrounding areas are open for enrollment. The student teacher ratio is 1 teacher per 15.86 students, and the graduation rate is 100%. Starting in the 2023–2024 school year students will only attend 4 days per week Overall, Pineywoods was rated "A" by the

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Academics

High school students are able to take dual-credit courses available through

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. Students are issued their own laptop that can be used at school as well as at home. The ECHS program allows for students to earn up to 60 college hours towards an associate degree. Pineywoods states that their curriculum goes beyond state-mandated TEKS.

Athletics

Athletic programs offered by the school include: *Swim & Dive *High School Boys Basketball *High School Girls Basketball *Middle School Boys Basketball *Middle School Girls Basketball

History

Pineywoods Community Academy opened in 1998. Merilyn Sessions-Netherly the principal for Pineywoods ECHS program was arrested was charged with theft. Sessions-Netherly was stealing college text books from the school and selling them to students at

. She resigned in June 2019. In November 2019, three students, inspired by the Columbine massacre, were arrested for plotting via text message to commit a

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on the campus.

Revenue

Pineywoods obtains $9,332,000 annually of which $531,000 is from the federal government, $475,000 from local government, and $8,326,000 is from the state government.

Staff and student body

Student body

There is a total of 1,020 students enrolled in the school in the 2017–2018 school year. The student body of Pineywoods is 54.1%

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, 25.6%

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, 16.4%

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, 1.4%

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, 0.1%

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, and 2.5% two or more races. 50.7% of students are

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and 49.3% are non-educationally disadvantaged. Of the 82 students with disabilities 50 or 61% have an

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, 18 or 22% have a

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, 7 or 8.5% have

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, and 7 or 8.5% have a behavioral disability.

Staff

Teachers at Pineywoods make $48,574, which is lower than the state of

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average. The school director is Dr. Ken Vaughn and the principal is Lacey Coleman.

School board

Members of the school board include: *J. Neal Naranjo, PhD (President) *Linda Robbins (vice-president) *Charlie E. Grumbles (Secretary) *Louise LaVane (Treasurer) *Joe Douglas, III *Dr. Josefa Santiago, M.D. *Sarah Strinden, PhD (Member Emeritus)

References

External links

{{Lufkin, Texas Schools in Angelina County, Texas Lufkin, Texas Educational institutions established in 1998 1998 establishments in Texas