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When children head back to school in August, their safety is top priority.

Summer BreakSpot is available for those age 18 and younger.

Duval County has more struggling schools than any other district in the Sunshine State, according to a Florida Department of Education report. The same report outlines the subject areas in which there exists a critical shortage of certified teachers, with English as the category projected to be in the direst need in the upcoming school year.

The Duval County School board on Tuesday night will discuss adopting a new type of teaching certificate, as the district continues to grapple with a crippling shortage of classroom educators.

Three parents whose children attend Mandarin Middle School want a teacher and two administrators fired over allegations of racism, violence and threatened school shootings.

As a result of what happened in Texas, Duval County schools wasted no time in making security modifications to protect our children, hiring Armoured One. The head of DCPS police joined The Morning Show on Thursday to discuss the coming security improvements.

The city of Jacksonville and Duval County school district on Wednesday announced a new plan to keep children safe in the classroom.

In the wake of a shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed more than a dozen children, at least two Northeast Florida school districts will be increasing security measures on their campuses as the school year comes to a close.

The cafeteria at Duval County’s Cedar Hills Elementary School was shut down as maintenance staff and exterminators work to solve a rodent infestation at the campus.

A 37-page document, which describes itself as “a critical tool at a critical time,” is now under intense scrutiny within Duval County Public Schools.

The mother of a student at Jacksonville’s Mandarin Middle School announced she will sue Duval County Public Schools, MMS’s principal, and its dean over a series of alleged incidents of racial discrimination and retaliation.

A 37-page document, which describes itself as “a critical tool at a critical time,” is now under intense scrutiny within Duval County Public Schools.

The Duval County School Board will consider a resolution that supports the “Parental Rights in Education” law -- which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

The cafeteria at Duval County’s Cedar Hills Elementary School was shut down as maintenance staff and exterminators work to solve a rodent infestation at the campus.

Duval County Public Schools has received 16 bids for the riverfront building that’s currently the district’s headquarters.

Duval County parents only have until Tuesday to apply for a free laptop or hot spot for their child through Duval County Public Schools.

Duval County Public Schools will be offering families in need to opportunity to apply for free laptops and hot spots, the school district announced Tuesday.

School districts are trying to bring an end to the TikTok “Orbeez Challenge.”

The committee overseeing Duval County’s half-cent sales tax for school improvement said in its first annual report it’s already ahead of schedule for how much revenue has been collected.

Applications will close Monday for Duval County families who want to change where their child goes for the upcoming school year.

With Duval County residents possibly being asked to support another type of tax increase, this one to improve teacher pay, the News4JAX I-TEAM is looking into what the school district has been doing with money from its last tax increase.

As Duval County Public Schools continues to grapple with a crippling teacher shortage and retention problem, superintendent Diana Greene recommended that the school board consider hiking property taxes by one mill in order to boost salaries, fill the record number of vacant staffing positions and bolster the district’s arts and athletic programs.

The Duval County School Board on Tuesday discussed the possibility of asking voters for a one-mill increase in property taxes to help increase teacher pay and improve arts and athletic programs for students, according to the school district.

More COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held through Duval County Public Schools’ partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Duval County and Health Hero Florida, the school district said.

The protest is the latest in a wave of walkouts by students in cities across the nation.

A judge reinforced Thursday there will not be any mask mandates in public schools in Duval County.

When the Florida Department of Health opted to suspend contact tracing in Duval County Public Schools Friday, it left families concerned about the rapid spread of COVID-19′s omicron variant confused — and wondering how to surveil a disease that can be transferred between asymptomatic patients.

Amongst surging omicron cases, the CDC suggests schools across the country to “cancel or hold” after-school activities like sports and marching band.

Duval County Public Schools on Friday sent an email to parents of students, informing them that the Department of Health in Duval has announced it will no longer conduct contact tracing of positive COVID-19 cases in schools.

It’s not the fresh start in a new year that everyone was hoping for with the omicron variant of COVID-19 making its rounds through Duval County Public Schools.

There was a dramatic increase in the number of reported positive cases of COVID-19 in schools after students around Northeast Florida returned to class last week after winter break.

COVID-19 vaccination events are scheduled Saturday, Jan. 8, and Saturday, Jan. 29, at four Jacksonville schools, Duval County Public Schools said.

Applications are open for Duval families who want to change where their child goes for the upcoming school year.

Some of Duval County’s teachers are going to get a pay bump after a new deal between the school district and the local union of education employees.

Duval County Public Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning for a new addition to Fort Caroline Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts.

Duval County students as young as five years old got their second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Saturday morning.

Following the passage of the statewide law nicknamed the “Parents Bill of Rights,” Duval County Public Schools’ Policy Handbook Review Committee discussed its version of the measure.

During its scheduled Tuesday evening meeting, the Duval County School Board unanimously approved Darryl Willie to become its next board chairman.

The board of education for Duval County Public Schools released its evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene on Wednesday which shows the members believe she effectively advanced the district’s core beliefs and goals.

Duval County Public Schools is partnering with the Florida Department of Health in Duval County to hold a day of vaccination events for children age 5 and older on Friday.

As schools around the country consider mask mandates and other pandemic procedures, meetings have become the battleground, allowing a space for anti and pro-maskers to clash.

After nearly two months in effect, the mask requirement within Duval County Public Schools was automatically suspended Friday when the COVID-19 community transmission data met the second of two key thresholds set by the school board.

After nearly two months in effect, the mask requirement within Duval County Public Schools was automatically suspended Friday when the COVID-19 community transmission data met the second of two key thresholds set by the school board.

The Florida Department of Education upheld its threat to pull a chunk of state funding from Duval County Public Schools over the board’s decision to impose a mask mandate.

The board of Duval County Public Schools voted 5-2 to approve a new policy for how the district will tackle communicable diseases during an epidemic or pandemic.

In a presentation to the Duval County School Board Tuesday, representatives of the district’s police department detailed the need for increased recruitment and retention efforts to fill more than 20 vacancies.

After months of uncertainty about whether Duval County Public Schools employees would be allowed paid time off for COVID-19 emergencies, the board voted unanimously Tuesday morning to approve a deal that would retroactively provide it to teachers and staff members as of the beginning of the school year.

A hearing in a federal lawsuit challenging Duval County Public Schools mask mandate was delayed Friday after a conference the previous day identified some jurisdictional issues.

A recent letter from the National School Boards Association to President Joe Biden is being met with backlash from state and local school board officials.

There was no change made to the mask mandate policy for Duval County Schools on Monday.

Newly-released documents from Duval County Public Schools reveal why teacher Amy Donofrio was removed from her classroom duties at the formerly-named Robert E. Lee High School, amid the heated battle over the future of the school’s name.