{"id":103,"date":"2020-10-13T01:37:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookerpromise.org\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2020-11-10T22:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T22:22:23","slug":"about-booker-high-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookerpromise.org\/about-us\/about-booker-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"About Booker High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ten Things to Know About Booker High School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Booker High School is the most diverse school in Sarasota County with a demographic makeup of 39% Hispanic, 28% Caucasian, 27% African-American, 5% mixed ethnicity and less than 1% \u201cother.\u201d<\/li><li>Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the students are economically disadvantaged.<\/li><li>Booker High School\u2019s graduation rate has increased by 32% during the past eight years.\u00a0 This impressive achievement has been accomplished in spite of the majority of students entering the 9th grade at substantially below grade-level.<\/li><li>Booker High School has the only school-wide comprehensive college and career readiness program in Sarasota County which has been in existence for the past 15 years.<\/li><li> Booker High School is the only Sarasota county high school to offer college scholarships to eligible students.<\/li><li>Booker High School is second only to Pineview School in the number of submitted student applications for federal student financial aid.<\/li><li> Booker High School has the largest percentage of minority and economically challenged students who pursue post-secondary education.<\/li><li>Booker High School is the only Sarasota County high school to have formal college and career readiness partnerships with <a>University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee<\/a>, New College, State College of Florida, Suncoast Technical College and Ringing College of Art + Design.<\/li><li>Booker High School is the only Sarasota County high school with direct admission agreements with University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and New College of Florida.<\/li><li>Booker High School is led by its principal, Dr. Rachel Shelley &#8211; Florida\u2019s 2017 Principal of \u00a0 the Year, 2018 Principal of the Year &#8211; Florida Association of Secondary School Principals and 2019 Principal of the Year &#8211; Florida Arts Education Association.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Things to Know About Booker High School Booker High School is the most diverse school in Sarasota County with a demographic makeup of 39% Hispanic, 28% Caucasian, 27% African-American, 5% mixed ethnicity and less than 1% \u201cother.\u201d Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the students are economically disadvantaged. 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