Pace High School is a public high school located in

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, United States. It was established in 1972 with 240 students, and now accommodates over 1900 students. Pace High School belongs to the

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Notable alumni

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, a former

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quarterback. * Bobby Cassevah, a former pitcher with the

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Extracurricular activities

The school's

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program won the 2019 national Most Outstanding Unit Award.

Academics

Pace High School is involved in school-based decision making and has utilized teacher committees to determine and implement decisions that affect the overall school program.

ACLU lawsuit

Pace High School was the subject of a religious freedom lawsuit from the ACLU in 2008.

COVID-19

The school was No. 1 on the list of 1,920 primary and secondary schools in the state of Florida for

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cases as of 10 October 2020.

References

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