Crooms Academy of Information Technology

Crooms Academy of Information Technology (Crooms AoIT), locally called Crooms, is a technology magnet school located in Sanford, Florida, known for being one of the few schools in the U.S. that issues laptops to every student. Crooms is much smaller than many U.S. high schools, having a little more than 600 students The school is operated by Seminole County Public Schools.
History
Crooms Academy was originally founded in 1926 by Professor Joseph N.Crooms as the county's first high school for African-American students.
In 1970 Seminole County was desegregated and for several years Crooms served as the 9th Grade Center for Seminole High School. In 1973 the original building burned and in the past years the other school buildings have deteriorated. In the early 1980s, the 9th Grade Center was discontinued and the school lost its identity as a community high school. Its role changed several times and has included an administrative...