Hazelwood School District is a school district covering a large portion of north St. Louis County, Missouri

St. Louis County, Missouri

St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...

, including (portions of) the cities of Florissant, Hazelwood, Black Jack, Spanish Lake

Spanish Lake, Missouri

Spanish Lake is a census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 19,650 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Spanish Lake is located at ....

, Ferguson

Ferguson, Missouri

Ferguson is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 21,203 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Ferguson is located at ....

, Bellefontaine Neighbors

Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri

Bellefontaine ' Neighbors is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,860 at the 2010 census. At 22 letters, it has the longest name of any incorporated place in the United States.-Geography:...

, and Bridgeton

Bridgeton, Missouri

Bridgeton is a city in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri, serving as a suburb and transport hub within Greater St. Louis. The population at the 2010 census was 11,550. Portions of Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport are within Bridgeton.-Location:...

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The Hazelwood School District was involved in a landmark Supreme Court case in 1988 which ruled that public school curricular student newspaper

Newspaper

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s that have not been established as forum

Forum (legal)

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s for student expression are subject to a lower level of First Amendment

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...

 protection than independent student expression or newspapers established (by policy or practice) as forums for student expression.

Schools

The district contains 20 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 high schools.

Middle Schools Hazelwood Northwest Middle School Hazelwood West Middle School Hazelwood East Middle School Hazelwood East Middle School Hazelwood East Middle School is located in the Hazelwood School District in Saint Louis, Missouri. This building opened in the 1950s as the only high school in the school district, Hazelwood High School. In the 1960s, overcrowding issues led to the building of the much-larger Hazelwood Central... Hazelwood Southeast Middle School Hazelwood North Middle School Hazelwood Central Middle School

High Schools Hazelwood Central High School Hazelwood Central High School Hazelwood Central High School is located at 15875 New Halls Ferry Road in unincorporated St. Louis County, adjacent to the current northeast boundary of Florissant, MO. The school is one of three high schools in the district, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood East High School... Hazelwood East High School Hazelwood East High School Hazelwood East High School is located at 11300 Dunn Road in St. Louis County. The school is one of three high schools in the Hazelwood School District, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood Central High School.-History:... Hazelwood West High School Hazelwood West High School Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District located in North St. Louis County, Missouri.- History :Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High School in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West...

External links

• Hazelwood School District
• HSD District Map
• Statistical data about the Hazelwood School District from the Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education