The proposal comes in reaction to the lack of on-campus accommodation this fall brought on by a rise in the number of first-year, transfer and returning students who want to live on campus.
In Bay County, a Panhandle district with roughly 26,600 students, school officials were still looking to hire teachers on the eve of the first day of classes.
A new partnership between Florida State University (FSU) and the University of Florida (UF) seeks to better the outcomes for child transplant patients, according to a press released on Monday by FSU.
Florida State University researchers have found a link between a protein in the brain and an heightened chance for neurodegeneration in people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), according to a release by the FSU College of Medicine.
Superintendent Elijah Key said the goal is to provide students with the highest quality of education by retaining and recruiting proven, certified teachers.
LCS Superintendent Rocky Hanna said there were about 100 teacher vacancies, and although some are being filled, it’s still a major issue as the school year approaches.
Rocky Hanna says the guide was drawn up with lots of input from several people in the community, with the hopes of really providing a safe space for students.
It’s been six and a half months since 20-year-old Vitrano, a former soccer star at Leon and TCC student tragically died in an accident at a Tallahassee apartment complex.
A whistleblower identified as “John/Jane Doe” recently sent allegations to state officials about publishers potentially violating state law by providing free or discounted instructional materials to some districts but not offering the same deals to all 67 county districts.
The two sides agreed to a deal of $4.65 million for teacher premium pay, which is about $1.2 million more than the district’s original proposal, the union says.
“We had FSU career source here, we had the Sheriff department here, we had all branches of the military present EMS here and there were a number of other people here,” said Principle Kelvin Norton.
Lawrence, a former newspaper publisher, announced his departure from the Board of Trustees to be closer to his sick wife, Roberta, who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
The 15-person advisory committee will be made up of students, parents, teachers and administrators, including Assistant Superintendents Alan Cox and Michelle Gayle, according to the agenda for Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Wednesday Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $89 million in funding towards a workforce education initiative which will include a first-of-its-kind Career and Technical Education charter schools initiative.
The board says Seminole County Middle High School (grades 6th to 12th) will move to a remote learning model from Monday, Jan. 24, through Friday, Jan. 28, because of the COVID-19 staffing shortage.
It is National School Psychology Week and districts across the nation are highlighting the important work of counselors and advocates. School psychologists are trained in a variety of skills like special education evaluations, identifying learning needs helping teachers with classroom management plans, and providing counseling to struggling students.
On Sunday, the Wakulla County School District and the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department were made aware of a threat against the school district posted on social media, according to the Wakulla School Board.
