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SAIL High School is a small public secondary school and a major magnet school located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school was formerly known as "School for Applied Individualized Learning" and is now called "A School for Arts and Innovative Learning".〔(Welcome to SAIL High School's website )〕 SAIL High School was founded in 1975, partially with the assistance of its former principal, Rosanne Wood. SAIL emphasizes free speech and learning through creativity, and has an academic focus on the various disciplines of the Humanities, particularly the visual and performing arts. SAIL runs on a block schedule and has a population of about 385 students and a substantial waiting list of students from other Leon County schools who wish to enroll. The school is known for high graduation rates and a very low dropout rate. SAIL was the first winner of the College Board Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts in the southern region,〔http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/114681849.html〕 and was recognized by former governor Jeb Bush for achieving the highest Science FCAT scores in Leon County. The primary criteria necessary for admission to SAIL is a stated desire on the student's part for a creative, nontraditional learning environment. ==History== When SAIL was founded in 1975, it was originally intended for students from grades 7–12 who found that they had difficulty achieving success in other public high schools. The school was brought up in such a way in Rosanne Wood's 1989 article "SAIL: A Pioneer For Schools of Choice in Florida", which was printed in a book called ''Public Schools by Choice'', edited by Joe Nathan.〔http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/rosi/rosi-book.html〕 The book described students who showed academic potential but struggled with a variety of personal issues that caused them to have difficulties in the social settings provided by mainstream public high schools. These were implied to be the students for whom SAIL High School was initially founded. However, SAIL gradually evolved into a school for students who had average or above-average success in public school but desired an alternative environment for any combination of reasons. Some preferred the idea of a smaller or more intellectual environment while others wanted a school that lacked the social isolation or excessively strict school policies found in a standard high school setting. As SAIL evolved through the late 1970s and 1980s, the school developed a higher focus on creativity and enrolled students in grades 9–12 rather than 7–12. The bean bag chairs with which it had originally been supplied were replaced by standard school chairs and long college desks at which groups of students could sit and assist each other with group projects. In 2007, in recognition of its changed purpose, SAIL changed its official name from "School for Applied Individualized Learning" to "School for Arts and Innovative Learning." 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「SAIL High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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