of Corrections operated the Glades Correctional Institution in an unincorporated area in Palm Beach County near Belle Glade. It was founded in 1932, employed about 350, had a capacity of 918 inmates and was scheduled for closure in December 2011. Parks and recreation The Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail runs through Belle Glade. Education School District of Palm Beach County operates public schools. Elementary schools Gove Elementary Belle Glade Elementary Glade View Elementary Pioneer Park Elementary Sellew Belle Glade Excel Charter School Middle schools Lake Shore Middle School High schools Glades Central High School Private schools Glades Day School Lakeside Academy College Palm Beach State College – Belle Glade Campus Notable people Reidel Anthony, former NFL wide receiver, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Brad Banks, CFL quarterback, Winnipeg Blue Bombers; 2002 Heisman Trophy first runner-up for the University of Iowa Kelvin Benjamin, NFL wide receiver Travis Benjamin, NFL wide receiver and punt returner Rashaad Duncan, Former NFL Defensive Tackle for Tampa Bay, Buffalo Bills, Washington Redskins Jessie Hester, former NFL wide receiver, Los Angeles Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams Santonio Holmes, NFL wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, and Chicago Bears; Super Bowl XLIII MVP James Lee, NFL offensive lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Barkevious Mingo, NFL linebacker, Arizona Cardinals Jimmy Moreland, NFL cornerback, Washington Football Team Louis Oliver, former NFL safety, Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals Fred Taylor, former NFL running back, Jacksonville Jaguars Deonte Thompson, NFL wide receiver Andre Waters, former NFL safety, Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals Rhondy Weston, former NFL defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns In popular culture In CBS Reports' 1960 program Harvest of Shame, Belle Glade plays a prominent role as a source of migrant agricultural labor. The final scenes of the crime novel Pretty Little Things by Jilliane Hoffman take place in a sugarcane plantation near Belle Glade. The high school football culture of Belle Glade is the subject of the non-fiction book, Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town by author Bryan Mealer. The psychedelic pop band of Montreal released a track titled, "Belle Glade Missionaries" on their 2013 album, Lousy with Sylvianbriar. In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, characters Janie and Tea Cake join other African American migrant workers in picking beans in Belle Glade. See also Eagle Academy (Belle Glade) References External links Chamber of