The Nassau County School Board vice chair introduced a policy proposal Monday to create hardship exemptions for students facing traumatic life changes.
The Clay County School Board recently approved teacher salary increases for the 2025-2026 school year, but nearly half of the district’s teachers won’t receive a raise. However, the announcement is sparking bigger questions of why teacher pay varies so widely depending on the school district, as some educators make thousands of dollars more just by crossing county lines.
Clay County teachers and school district officials will make presentations to the School Board next week in hopes of resolving an impasse over pay raises.
Duval County school leaders met Tuesday morning to discuss the possible consolidation of two schools, Anchor Academy and Mayport Elementary, and later in the day to discuss two more: R.L Brown Gifted and Talented Academy and Long Branch Elementary
Clay County teachers and school district officials will make presentations to the School Board next week in hopes of resolving an impasse over pay raises.
A strong push to increase teacher pay took center stage at a Tuesday night Clay County school board meeting. Teachers, parents, and community members flooded the meeting to express their frustration after salary negotiations between the Clay County Education Association and the school district hit an impasse last week.
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Jade and her handler, Deputy Kevin Bailey, made their debut at the most recent School Board meeting on Tuesday with a demonstration of their skills.
The St. Johns County School District held the first of two town halls Monday to present proposed rezoning tied to two new K–8 schools planned to open in the 2026–27 school year and to gather feedback from parents.
The St. Johns County School Board is set to vote this week on proposed updates to its sexual harassment policy, aiming to strengthen protections and clarify procedures for filing complaints.
A 16-year-old student was arrested Saturday after threatening to shoot another student on the first day of class at Orange Park High School, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
A week after the four St. Johns County superintendent finalists had in-person interviews and met the community, the School Board is expected to reveal its choice Tuesday to be the district’s next leader.
St. Johns County Schools is holding in-person interviews on Tuesday, and the community will have the opportunity to meet them face to face.
St. Johns County Schools is nearing the final step in selecting its next superintendent. All four candidates will be interviewed in person on Tuesday, and the community will have the opportunity to meet them face to face.
The St. Johns County School Board’s search for a new superintendent for the district has narrowed down to 26 candidates. And a special meeting Thursday is expected to reduce the list to semifinalists.
The Duval County School Board discussed policy revisions to the Chapter 6 board policy Tuesday night. Ultimately they decided to postpone the vote to discuss two similar policies together.
The district said the community’s feedback is crucial in helping them identify the best leader to guide the district toward continued success.
The St. Johns County School Board went forward with a zoning plan for its newest school, set to open for the next school year in the Rivertown community.
The St. Johns County School Board is moving forward with a zoning plan for its newest school, set to open next year in the Rivertown community.
Sarah Mannion and Melody Bolduc share their goals if they're elected to the school board district 7 seat.
Three candidates are running for the only contested seat on the Bradford County School Board this year. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two will advance to the general election in November.
Four candidates were seeking the seat for School Board District 5, currently held by Patrick Canan. As no candidate got more than 50% of the vote in the August primary, the top two candidates, Linda Thomson and Bethany Hilbert, advance to the general election.
Four candidates were seeking the District 2 seat on the Clay County School Board. This is a nonpartisan office is elected by all voters in the district, regardless of party. As no candidate got more than 50% of the vote in the August primary, the top two finishers, Robert Alvero and James Hughes, advanced to the November general election.
Parents of students in Duval County Public Schools continue to implore the School Board to find an alternative to a proposed Master Facility Plan that would potentially close nearly 30 schools across the district.
After years of ongoing debate in Clay County regarding which books should be permitted in school libraries, the School Board has finally established a library policy.
The Clay County School Board held a recruitment fair at Fleming Island High School to hire staff to battle the teacher shortage.
The St. Johns County School Board is working to accommodate its ever-growing student population.
In what would be a dramatic turnaround for the Clay County School District, they may decide to disband the district’s police department. If they do, it would turn security back over to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
The St. Johns County School Board is considering raising property taxes in the county to help pay for teacher raises.
The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP is questioning the process of hiring a new superintendent for Duval County Public Schools.
Parents are expected to speak out at a St. Johns County School Board meeting Tuesday night after multiple schools in the northern part of the county had incidents either involving fighting and violent attacks or threats.
Plans are now in the works to turn the historic Hastings library in St. Johns County into a technical college.
After his son was injured in a violent attack at Switzerland Point Middle School, Mark Alvelo spoke out to the St. Johns County School Board during its meeting Monday, calling for action.
After a five-year legal battle, a sharply divided federal appeals court Friday upheld a St. Johns County School Board policy that prevented a transgender male student from using boys’ bathrooms at a high school.
The St. Johns County School Board moved forward with plans to build two new schools in the northwest part of the county to help alleviate overcrowding.
Duval County Public Schools calls it a “review” for age appropriateness, but a free speech and human rights group is calling it a “book ban.”
All voters in Columbia County are being asked to vote for or against a School Board proposal to levy a ½-cent local-option sales tax to fund the acquisition, construction, renovation and improvement of public and charter school facilities, including safety and security and technology.
Residents of Flagler County are being asked on the November ballot to vote for or against renewing a half-cent sales tax for 10 years to fund technology, school safety and education facilities.
A federal judge is considering whether to throw out Jacksonville’s newly-drawn city council and school board district map ahead of next year’s elections in March.
Beverly Slough has not attempted to hide her political leanings in a role that has historically been considered - and administratively remains - nonpartisan. The current representative of District 1, Slough was first elected in 2002 and is now running to retain her seat against a challenger, Racheal Hand.
Though the St. Johns County School Board scrubbed the district’s dress code of gendered language last year, the enforcement of the code still almost exclusively affects girls, according to records obtained by News4JAX.
While Tuesday night represented a big win for supporters of Duval County’s property tax referendum to fund pay raises for teachers, it could be longer than expected before that revenue lands in teachers’ paychecks.
A former assistant coach who was employed by the St. Johns County School Board is facing two counts of sexual battery after two women -- who were then students -- came forward with allegations, according to an arrest report from the county Sheriff’s Office.
The only contested race for the Columbia County School Board this cycle is a three-way race in District 5. Hunter Peeler and Elizabeth Porter got the most votes in the August primary but neither got more than 50% of the vote, so they will face off in a runoff on the November ballot.
Two candidates are seeking the votes for Clay County School Board, District 5. This is a nonpartisan office appearing on the August ballot and will be selected by all voters in the district, regardless of party.
Three candidates are seeking the votes for Clay County School Board, District 1. This is a nonpartisan office is elected by all voters in the district, regardless of party. This race appears on the August primary ballot. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two will advance to a runoff in November.
Two candidates are seeking the votes for the District 4 seat on the St. Johns County School Board. This is a non-partisan race that will appear on the August ballot open to all voters in the district.
Incumbent Beverly Slough and challenger Racheal Hand got the most votes in a three-way primary for St. Johns County School Board, District 1. Since this is a nonpartisan race and no candidate won more than 50% of the primary vote, Slough and Hand advance to a November runoff.
A cafeteria worker in St. Johns County is being called a hero after she saved the life of a student who was choking on a grape.
The Nassau County School Board on Thursday voted to move forward with plans to try to increase the county’s property taxes to help raise pay for teachers.
The five-member St. Johns County School Board approved advertising seven of the nine proposed changes to the school attendance zones of the county’s rapidly developing northside.
The St. Johns County School Board on Tuesday morning got its first look at potential attendance zone changes for the northwest part of the county.
St. Johns County School Board member Bill Mignon told News4JAX on Thursday he plans to step down from his position at the end of his term later this year.
The woman who helped launch a federal Title IX investigation into the St. Johns County School District is now running to serve on its board.
Two St. Johns County school board members were in Tallahassee last week and took the opportunity to lobby local lawmakers for additional funding to help deal with the explosive growth in the county.
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman.
The St. Johns County School Board had a long discussion Tuesday morning about how to deal with the booming growth, and for now, dealing with it means more portable classrooms and possible zoning changes in the northwest part of the county.
The father of a 5-year-old girl made an impassioned plea to the St. Johns County School Board during its Tuesday night meeting.
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Starting next Monday, students and staff at public schools in Nassau County will be required to wear masks.
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The number of St. Johns County students quarantined due to possible exposure to the coronavirus grew by nearly 300% during the first week of classes.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced the appointment of the former chair of the Alachua Republican Party to fill a vacant seat on the Alachua County School Board.
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Following calls for masks in schools at a previous school district meeting, the Nassau County School Board on Tuesday held a special meeting to discuss the hot button topic and get feedback from the community.
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Several parents and even a student stood in front of the Clay County School Board on Thursday to explain why they are either for or against students wearing masks this school year.
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Citing the CDC’s recommendation for universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, an online petition is calling for St. Johns County schools to impose a mask mandate when the new school year begins in two weeks.
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On Tuesday night, Alachua County School Board voted in favor of requiring students to wear masks for the first two weeks of school.
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To deal with explosive growth and school overcrowding, the St. Johns County School Board on Tuesday voted to change attendance zones for students in the northwest part of the county.
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The St. Johns County School Board voted Tuesday to join a multi-district lawsuit targeting pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids, as well as companies that distribute the drugs.
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A joint meeting between the Jacksonville City Council and the Duval County School board was recessed just after starting Friday morning due to a disturbance.
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FILE - In this March 22, 2019 file photo, shows marijuana buds being sorted into a prescription jar at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Florida teacher has been fired for using medical marijuana. The Brevard County School Board voted 3-2 on Tuesday to terminate Allison Enright from her position at Space Coast Junior/Senior High School, Florida Today reported. The school district must be a drug-free workplace to receive certain federal grants, and that means the district can’t allow teachers to use marijuana, School Board General Counsel Paul Gibbs said. The school district adopted a policy in 2019 allowing students to use medical marijuana, but the policy didn't address teachers.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene said in a School Board workshop Tuesday morning that the estimated total cost for renaming nine schools with controversial namesakes in the district could top $2 million. The $2 million total includes roughly $32,000 for each of the two elementary schools and $287,000 for the seven secondary schools on the renaming list. As predicted, the largest estimated costs associated with renaming a school are the price tags for new athletics and band uniforms, expected to cost a combined $195,000 per secondary school. Because the district’s elementary schools don’t have those extracurriculars nor the need to change school mascots -- estimated to cost $60,000 -- Finegan and Jackson Elementary schools are quoted at a fraction of the total cost of the secondary school renamings. money collected by the specific school for faculty, staff, and student activities) and private donations.
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – The Clay County School District will launch its controlled open enrollment program for the fifth year, which gives parents the option of choosing a Clay County school for their child that is outside their established attendance zone based on capacity at key schools. The window to apply for Controlled Open Enrollment begins on Friday and ends on April 9. “For us, open enrollment is a great opportunity to market all the great things that are happening Clay County Schools,” district chief of staff Terri Dennis said. “This determination takes into account the rapid growth in Clay County,” the Controlled Open Enrollment Plan said. Applications will be available at the Clay County District Schools’ website.
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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – In a letter sent to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, members of the St. Johns County School Board asked the state not to penalize the school district based on the results of the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) tests. “We want to give the test because we want to understand where our children are performing. AdThe letter, which was also signed by Superintendent Tim Forson, cites the U.S. Department of Education which said assessment flexibility was needed due to the ongoing pandemic. “Man students and staff members have missed time at school due to the illness itself, or mandatory quarantine, and students struggled in online platforms for a variety of reasons,” the letter states. Standardized testing begins April 15 and continues through May 28 in Florida schools.
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NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – After weeks of negotiations, the Nassau Teachers Association (NTA) and the Nassau County School Board reached a tentative agreement for teacher salary increases on Monday night. Negotiations had dragged on after disagreements about how salaries for veteran teachers would be increased. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in June with the goal of raising the minimum teacher salary to $47,500 and provide other raises at a cost of $500 million — $400 million to boost the minimum teacher salary and $100 million for other pay raises. Under the previous proposal, veteran teachers would earn as little as $715. AdThe vast majority of Nassau County School District teachers voted to reject the last proposed salary increase last month.
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Construction on new K-8 school in St. Johns County moving forward. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The St. Johns County School Board got an update Tuesday morning from the school district on a flurry of new school construction happening in the fast-growing county. (St. Johns County School District)Construction is also moving forward on schedule for Tocoi Creek High School, the district said, despite the challenges of the pandemic. Yet another high school, High School “III”, is also making progress. MORE: School construction updates from St. Johns County School DistrictAdThe 73-acre site has been cleared and readied for construction, which is projected to cost $59 million.
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