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Crooms Academy Of Information TechnologyCrooms Academy of Information Technology or CAIT, is a magnet school located in Sanford, Florida. History As Crooms Academy confronts the role of preparing students for a high tech world, it emerges on the grounds of one of the oldest high schools in Seminole County. Founded in 1926 by Professor Crooms as Seminole County's first high school for black students, Crooms has a rich and varied past. Professor Crooms and his wife, Wealthy, donated the land on which the school was constructed. Under their guidance and teaching, many doctors, lawyers, teachers, and business people graduated from Crooms. Notable graduates include U.S. Rep Alcee Hastings; George Allen, the first black graduate of the U of F Law School; Oswald Bronson Sr., president of Bethune-Cookman College; and Bob Thomas, Sanford's first black city commissioner. Professor Crooms led Crooms Academy until his retirement in 1953. In 1970 Seminole County was desegregated and Crooms lost its identity as a community high school. Its role changed several times and has included an administrative center, a school for students with behavior problems, and a place for pregnant teenagers. Most recently, it was a school for academically struggling students. In 1973 the original building burned and in the past years the other school buildings have deteriorated. In 2000, the U.S. Justice Department agreed to lift Seminole's desegregation order by 2003 if the county met certain conditions. Included in this is rebuilding Crooms Academy and turning it into an academy of information technology. Professor Crooms is remembered as a man ahead of his times as he broke educational boundaries for black students in Seminole County. Today, Crooms Academy remains in this tradition as it establishes new territory in technology education at the high school level. Crooms Academy of Information Technology is a dedicated magnet school that provides students with a wide range of educational choices. In addition to graduating with a regular high school diploma and a National Academy Foundation Certificate, every student will be afforded the opportunity to select from a wide variety of Information Technology Certifications. Some of the certifications offered are A+, MOUS, MCP, CCNA, MCSE and many more. Campus This facility was designed and built in response to SCPS's demand to raise the bar for technology education. Crooms houses state-of-the-art information and technology program unparalleled in Florida. It is a High School campus offering numerous nationally recognized computer certifications for its graduates. Certified training in multiple technology based fields with immediate career opportunities in addition to the standard preparation for post-secondary education. At this site a traditional high school has functioned for approximately 50 years. The project included the demolition of all of the older buildings with the exception of the Gymnasium which is recognized as a valuable landmark/community center for this urban neighborhood. Special care was taken to utilize appropriate building materials, design proportions, and material colors to ensure the integration of the new and old. Technology is the backbone of all the design elements for this campus. Open cable trays emanate from the Media Center through the entrance lobby and down the corridors with multi-colored strands of cable and wire serving the Network Labs, Computer Labs, and Classrooms. Incoming students are provided with laptop computers and the campus is entirely integrated with a fiber optic data network. Within the classrooms Smart Boards are used with digital projection capabilities wired into each space. Wireless technology is utilized within the whole school. External links *CAIT Home Page
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