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2021 Summer Driver Education registration starts Feb. 22

Feb. 17. 2021

Online registration for the 2021 Summer Driver Education camp will open 12 a.m., Monday, Feb. 22 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb 28. The online application can be accessed on the Pinellas County Schools website. Students will be selected for the Summer Driver Education Program through a lottery process. Every student who registers will have the same chances of being selected. Applications will not be accepted at the school sites. Students will be notified of their placement via email starting March 12. Students must accept their spot by paying their lab fee for the course by using the link on the confirmation email by the deadline of 11:59 p.m., April 9 .  The lab fee of $156.00 is NON-REFUNDABLE.

Driver education camp will be offered at nine locations with two sessions at each site. The camps are open to both public and private school students. The sessions are scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to  2:00 p.m. but may be changed to half day sessions due to social distancing protocols. The camp is open to residents of Pinellas County. High school graduates will not be accepted.

Students can register online for one session at their school of choice.

(10) Day Sessions: 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday)

Session #1- June 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Session #2- June 28, 29, 30, July 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Requirements

Students must be at least 15 years old and must have a learner’s permit or operator’s license when the session begins.

  •     Two absences result in an automatic withdrawal from the course.
  •     There is a 40-student maximum per site for each session

Summer School Drivers Education School Site

Boca Ciega High School (1st session only) Clearwater High School  Countryside High School  Dunedin High School  East Lake High School

Lakewood High School Northeast High School   Osceola High School   Pinellas Park High School 

Important dates reminder

Feb. 22-28, 2021: Summer Driver’s Education Program application available online at www.pcsb.org/driversed. The link to the application will not be available until Feb. 22, 2021.

 March 12, 2021: Students notified via email of selection.

 April 9, 2021:   Students must accept their spot by paying the $156.00 fee via link.

 June 14, 2021:  First day of Drivers Ed Summer -  Session #1

 June 28, 2021:  First day of Drivers E Summer - Session #2