The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating an incident involving a Mill Creek Academy student who brought a loaded firearm on the school bus on Thursday morning.

There are more than 40 schools in St. Johns County, but when it comes to the number of COVID-19 cases in classrooms, one school has more than the rest — Mill Creek Academy.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The football teams at two St. Johns County middle schools had planned to meet on the gridiron Wednesday night, but the game was postponed after at least seven players on Freedom Crossing Academy’s team were found to have come in close contact with a positive case of COVID-19. FCA was scheduled to play Mill Creek Academy at Plantation Park at 5 p.m.🏈 Football Update: Tonight's game 10/14 MCA Mustangs vs. FCA Falcons has been postponed. Posted by Saint Johns Middle School Athletic Association on Wednesday, October 14, 2020The decision to postpone the game was handed down by the St. Johns Middle School Athletics Association, the independent, private non-profit corporation which organizes and runs many of the St. Johns County School District’s middle school athletics programs. “We have also mirrored the school district’s policies on quarantine.”The commissioner said the decision to cancel the game was made out of caution. “Out of an abundance of caution, however, we have decided to postpone tonight’s game between Mill Creek Academy and Freedom Crossing Academy.”Cutler added that the game will likely be made up in two weeks and that it will likely be played and billed as a bowl game.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. - St. Johns County School Board members voted Tuesday morning to approve a plan to purchase land to build a new high school in an effort to ease some of the overcrowding at area schools. If all goes according to plan, the new high school would be open in time for the 2021-22 school year. According to the agreement, the district would pay just over $7 million for the 68.7-acre property owned by the Pacetti family in St. Johns County. The St. Johns County School District said the last time a high school was built in St. Johns was in 2008. According to the school district, current enrollment in St. Johns County stands at 12,320, with the highest enrollment for high schools being at Bartram Trail and Nease.