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The Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) is the largest school system in Alabama, serving 59,000 students in 90 schools. It is also the largest employer in Mobile County - and the third-largest in Alabama - with 7,600 employees. The school system has 12 Blue Ribbon schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. In 2014, Mobile County had four of Alabama's six Torchbearer schools. The Blue Ribbon schools are: Anna Booth, Calcedeaver, Council Traditional, Dodge, George Hall, Mary B. Austin and Spencer-Westlawn elementary schools; Clark-Shaw Magnet and Phillips Preparatory middle schools; and Davidson, Murphy and Vigor high schools. The Torchbearer schools are: Anna Booth, George Hall, St. Elmo and Wilmer elementary schools. Mobile County Public Schools offers multiple pathways to graduation by providing more ways than ever before for students to earn classroom credits and eventually their high school diplomas. That includes Envision Virtual School, which is Alabama's first entirely online 6-12 grade school; evening school for students at risk of dropping out; credit recovery; Twilight School and other programs. The school system has Signature Academies in eight of its 12 high schools and will expand into the remaining four high schools in 2015. The Signature Academies are: Aviation and Aerospace at B.C. Rain; Manufacturing, Industry and Technology at Citronelle; Health at Blount; Teaching and Learning at Mary G. Montgomery; Coastal Studies at Bryant; International Studies at Murphy; Industry and Engineering at Theodore; and Maritime, Engineering and Entrepreneurship at Williamson. The Class of 2014 received $72 million worth of college scholarships. In the spring of 2014, a total of 144 students were named AP Scholars for scoring high enough on at least three AP exams to earn college credit. Students in career-technical education programs earned 7,307 career credentials in 2014. The school system was the first in Alabama to have all 90 of its schools meet the U.S. Healthier Schools Challenge by serving nutritious lunches and encouraging more physical activity. Mobile County Public Schools has outstanding programs for students with special needs, including Augusta Evans Special School and the Southwest Alabama Regional School for the Deaf and Blind. MCPSS has a top-notch infrastructure for technology, with very secure wireless Internet in all of its schools to support students using digital devices daily including laptops and tablets. All classrooms have interactive SMARTboards and students are being encouraged through a district-wide digital literacy program to use technology to research and complete projects and classroom activities. The school system operates on a $669 million annual budget and has received near-perfect audits from the Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts for the last several years. Mobile County Public Schools received a national award for its marketing campaign, "It Starts With Us." The district encourages everyone in the community - students, teachers, parents, taxpayers, business owners, community leaders - to be the "Us," to find out what the "It" means to them - academic excellence, workforce development, innovation, healthy living - and get involved. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mobile County Public School System」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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