Pensacola School Of Liberal Arts
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Pensacola School Of Liberal Arts
1550 North 13th Avenue
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...
32503
1969
Private secondary
Nonsectarian
Nonsectarian
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Coeducational
7 to 12
Pensacola School Of Liberal Arts is a private
Private school
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secondary school
Secondary school
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in Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...
, established by William Holston to be an alternative to area public schools
Escambia County School District
The Escambia County School District is the organization responsible for the administration of public schools in Escambia County, Florida, in the United States...
. Bill Holston, along with previous Alumni, operate in the School as both office staff and as teachers, assisting a wide array of students of all ages and of various ethnic and financial backgrounds. The house itself has belonged to the Bill Holston for several years, but was converted into a school, and then into an office when a secondary building was constructed near it that houses much of the class activities.
The school's history is somewhat different than that of many other local schools, as William Holston founded the school on the premise of bettering students who could not function, or were rejected, from other area schools. Holston, who was originally a principal at a nearby High School in the town of Pensacola, however, he left the school for various reasons, the chief being the way the school was conducted. This decision to leave the school set in motion the events that brought the Pensacola School of Liberal Arts into what it is today, a haven for students to excel in an environment where they are in close contact with knowledgeable instructors.