Established in 1934 in Norman Hall on the UF campus, P.K. Yonge is a one-school school district and a department of the College of Education of the University of Florida. The school was previously named P.K. Yonge Laboratory School. As its name implies, P.K. Yonge DRS is a laboratory school. The school's mission is to design, test, and disseminate innovations in K-12 education by serving a diverse student community. The school director is Lynda Fender Hayes, Ph.D. and the principal is Carrie Geiger, Ed.D. Faculty, in addition to teaching duties, are required to engage in formal research projects each year, which are presented at an annual Inquiry Symposium attended by all P.K. Yonge faculty and colleagues from the University of Florida's College of Education.