Editing Lake Worth Beach, Florida (section)

==Education==

[[Public education|Public schools]] in Lake Worth Beach are part of the [[School District of Palm Beach County]]. Elementary school students are served by four public schools, all located within the boundaries of Lake Worth Beach &ndash; Barton Elementary, Highland Elementary, North Grade Elementary, and South Grade Elementary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Elementary%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20ElementaryAttendanceBoundary.pdf|title=Elementary School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=[[School District of Palm Beach County]]|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>  Middle school students north of 12th Avenue South attend Lake Worth Middle School, while those living south of 12th Avenue South attend Lantana Community Middle School in Lantana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20%26%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Middle%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20MiddleAttendanceBoundary.pdf|title=Middle School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=School District of Palm Beach County|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521220423/https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20%26%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Middle%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20MiddleAttendanceBoundary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> All public high school students in the city are assigned to [[Lake Worth Community High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/High%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20HighAttendanceBoundary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521220436/https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/High%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20HighAttendanceBoundary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2021|title=High School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=School District of Palm Beach County|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Established in 1922, it is the oldest continuously operating high school in Palm Beach County.<ref name="100th jewels2"/>

Sacred Heart Catholic Church operates a separate [[Catholic school|private school]] (pre-K–8) in Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacredheartschoollakeworth.com/admissions/tuitionfees.cfm|title=Kindergarten through 8th Grade Tuition Rates and Fees 2021-2022|publisher=Sacred Heart School|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> There is also a charter school in the city, the Academy for Positive Learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/florida/academy-for-positive-learning-231194|title=Academy for Positive Learning|publisher=U.S. News|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>

Additionally, within the city's boundaries is the former Osborne School, also known as Osborne Elementary School. Constructed in 1948, the school served black elementary students in the formerly [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregated]] Osborne neighborhood until 1971.<ref name="Osborne School">{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/95a1feb4-1a8d-4694-a04f-63762bc35e23|title=Osborne School|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2003|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|8}} Subsequently, [[Desegregation busing|busing policies]] implemented in the early 1970s left the Osborne School vacant.<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|12}} Since 2003, the school building has been listed in both the NRHP and Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission.<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|8}}

The main campus of [[Palm Beach State College]] is located in unincorporated Lake Worth. It is the oldest [[community college]] in Florida, founded in 1933 as Palm Beach Junior College. It was at one time located on the campus of Palm Beach High School, at the present day [[Dreyfoos School of the Arts]] in downtown West Palm Beach. The school moved to its present location in 1956. The name was changed to Palm Beach Community College in 1988 and later renamed Palm Beach State College in 2010 to reflect that the school was offering four-year degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/history/default.aspx|title=History of Palm Beach State College|publisher=Palm Beach State College|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618121633/https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/history/default.aspx|archive-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref>

===Public libraries===

[[File:Lake Worth Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|The Lake Worth Beach Public Library]]
The Lake Worth Beach Public Library, located in the historic downtown area at 15 North M Street, is a Mediterranean-style architectural building, completed in 1941 at a cost of $66,000, an amount raised by the Lake Worth Library Association. A dedicatory service was held on August&nbsp;12, 1941. It is a part of the Library Cooperative of the Palm Beaches.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-library-0921-20160920-story.html|title=Lake Worth's 'quirky' library celebrates 75 years|author=Jan Engoren|date=April 17, 2019|newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> Annually, the library circulates approximately 65,000&nbsp;items, including 57,468&nbsp;books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/4322|title=Lake Worth Beach Public Library|publisher=Library Technology Guides|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref>

Efforts to organize a library date back to 1912, one year prior to the city's incorporation. Residents saw the need for a library and requested book donations via an advertisement in the ''Lucerne Herald'' newspaper in May&nbsp;1912. R.D. Strong and John L. McKissock then established the Lake Worth Library Association on November&nbsp;30. For several years, the library was housed inside a reading room located in City Hall. Although residents voted to officially establish the Lake Worth Public Library and allot $6,000 for the construction of a building in 1926, the funds remained insufficient.<ref name="library history"/>

Congress approved a bill allotting $60,000 to construct a building bearing the name Major General William Jenkins Worth Memorial Library in 1939, nearly 100&nbsp;years after the body of water was named in his honor. However, after President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] vetoed the bill, the residents of the community continued raising funds until the building was finally completed in 1941. James and William Strait also contributed $10,000 for an art museum wing, which is now the children's section.<ref name="library history">{{cite web|title=History of the Lake Worth Library|url=https://friendsoflwbl.org/history-of-the-library|publisher=Friends of the Lake Worth Library|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> The library also houses noted artist R. Sherman Winton's only known collection, which features historical Florida themes of the Spanish period, as well as wood carvings by Sam J. Schlappich, a local artist who was featured in the [[Century of Progress|Century of Progress Fair in 1933]] and the [[1939 New York World's Fair|World's Fair in 1939]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2012-11-09/pdf/CREC-2012-11-09-extensions.pdf|author=Hon. Alcee Hastings|title=Congressional Record&ndash;Extensions of Remarks|page=E1737|date=November 9, 2012|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>

In addition to the Lake Worth Beach Public Library, the city has more than 100&nbsp;[[Little Free Library]] book exchanges as of late 2020. The construction and maintenance of the Little Free Libraries began due to the efforts of resident Mary Lindsey and over 120&nbsp;voluneeters. By December&nbsp;2020, the Little Free Library system in Lake Worth Beach had distributed approximately 500,000&nbsp;books.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wptv.com/news/inspiring-south-florida/little-free-libraries-program-distributes-500-000-books-in-lake-worth-beach|title='Little Free Libraries' program distributes 500,000 books in Lake Worth Beach|date=December 30, 2020|newspaper=WPTV-TV|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref>