St. Lucie County Regional History Center Sunrise Theatre Havert L. Fenn Center Government The city of Fort Pierce has a council–manager government form of local government. The offices of commissioner and mayor are nonpartisan, and have a term of four years. Education Colleges and Universities Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Florida State University Medical School Regional Campus Indian River State College University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center High Schools Faith Baptist School Fort Pierce Central High School Fort Pierce Westwood Academy John Carroll Catholic High School Lincoln Park Academy Middle Schools Dan McCarty Middle School Forest Grove Middle School Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts Lincoln Park Academy Saint Anastasia Middle School Saint Andrew's Academy Samuel S. Gaines Academy K-8 Elementary Schools Chester A. Moore Elementary School Fairlawn Elementary School Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts Francis K. Sweet Elementary School Lakewood Park Elementary School Lawnwood Elementary School Samuel S. Gaines Academy K-8 Weatherbee Elementary School White City Elementary School Infrastructure Transportation Fort Pierce is located on U.S. Route 1, near its intersection with Florida State Road 70. Interstate 95 and Florida's Turnpike are nearby, at the west edge of town. The Intracoastal Waterway passes through the city. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger service is in Melbourne; the closest major airport is in West Palm Beach. The city itself has a general aviation airport, Treasure Coast International Airport. Fort Pierce is served by the St. Lucie Transportation Planning Organization (TPO). The TPO is a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization responsible for transportation planning, programming, and financing of State and Federal transportation funds for the City of Fort Pierce. The TPO is governed by a TPO Board, which is composed of elected officials, representatives from the St. Lucie County School Board, and representatives from Community Transit, a division of The Council on Aging of St. Lucie, Inc. The original bus system started as a demand response service bus in the 1990s; it only served St. Lucie County. Soon it expanded to a fixed route system, going to predetermined locations along a route. On June 3, 2002, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) approved funding, expanding the bus service to Martin County, and it became the Treasure Coast Connector. From 1894 to 1968 the Florida East Coast Railway served the city as a passenger railroad. Until