Poston Butte High School

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Poston Butte High School
Address
Poston Butte High School
32375 North Gantzel Road

San Tan Valley, Arizona
85143

United States
Coordinates 33°10′24″N111°32′40″W / 33.173222°N 111.544350°W / 33.173222; -111.544350
Information
Type Public High School
School district Florence Unified School District
CEEB code 030690
PrincipalEddie Lopez
Staff81.67 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,365 (2017–18) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.71 [1]
Color(s)Orange and blue
  
MascotTUFF The Bronco
Website www.fusdaz.com/pbhs

Poston Butte High School is a high school in San Tan Valley, Arizona in the Florence Unified School District. It opened July 20, 2009.

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One-to-one computing

Poston Butte High School does not employ textbooks. Instead, the school's one-to-one computing policy provides a laptop to each student in lieu of textbooks. [2]

The first school to use one-to-one computing in Arizona was Empire High School, which started doing so in 2005. Florence district officials worked with Empire to implement a similar program at Poston Butte in 2009. [3] After successful implementation at Poston Butte, it was expanded to Florence High School in 2010. [4]

First graduating class

The first class graduated from Poston Butte on May 30, 2012. [5] It had 253 students.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Poston Butte High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ http://www.fusdaz.org/OurDISTRICT/AboutUs/OnetoOneComputing/tabid/5114/Default%5B%5D
  3. ↑ https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/27/20090827postonbutte0827.html Poston Butte high-school students go digital
  4. ↑ "Santan Valley Today". Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2012/06/07/florence_reminder_blade_tribune/schools_and_education/doc4fcfddf3d72e8566591920.txt%5B%5D
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