Sealey Elementary Math
and Science Magnet School
Sealey Elementary
School has a long and colorful history. It is the second Leon County School to
be named in recognition of a prior figure in Tallahassee educational history.
Romero Mitchell Sealey, served successfully as the Superintendent of Ft. Myers
City School (1917), State Supervisor of Secondary Education, and Secretary of
the Florida Education Association.
The school was
originally built in 1930 at 234 E. 7th Avenue, which is now the site of the
Tallahassee Police Department. It was rebuilt in 1969 in its current location
at 2815 Allen Road. The new building contained six open-design learning centers
housing kindergarten through fifth grades, a media center, music and art rooms,
cafeteria and an administrative suite. In 1983 walls were erected between
classrooms as sound and sight barriers. In 1989, four new buildings were added
to the original structure. The new buildings house an art and music suite, two
computer labs and exceptional student education classrooms.
In December, 2000,
Sealey Elementary was given the designation of Magnet School status from the
Leon County School Board. Sealey is the only math and science magnet school in
Leon County. The math and science curriculum was transformed from a traditional
curriculum into inquiry-based learning experiences through the use of hands-on
material and technology.
Principals who have
served Sealey
D.P. Folsom 1930-33
R.C. Moon 1933-38
W.B. Marshall 1938-42
M.O. Harrison 1942-58
J.M. Gilchrist 1958-66
J. MacElwee 1966-73
W. Ferrell 1973-80
F. Voran 1980-97
B. Innes 1997-99
K. Hamilton 1999-2000
T. Inserra 2000-2007
D. Clemons 2007-Present
Sealey's present
staff consists of principal, Demetria Clemons, assistant principal Leslie Moore,
secretary, registrar, bookkeeper, nineteen Pre-K through 5th teachers, four
exceptional education teachers, three educational resource teachers, one part-time
gifted teacher, a physical education teacher, a music teacher, an art teacher,
a school counselor, a media specialist, a fulltime school social worker, a full-time reading coach, and a speech-language
pathologist.
