Education

The Alachua County School Board acknowledged at its meeting Tuesday night that it is investigating a student club at Gainesville High School that purportedly limited participation to Black male students. Superintendent Shane Andrew disclosed that a parent of one of the students who attended the club submitted a complaint to …

UF Student Government Senators asked for major changes to university-wide pedestrian safety at the joint annual Gainesville City Commission meeting. Five pedestrians have died in Gainesville so far this year, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. At the meeting, commission members heard students’ demands for …

Gainesville students are trying to understand why an 8th grader would allegedly send bomb threats before getting arrested Monday afternoon. The thirteen-year-old female is enrolled at Kanapaha middle school and was arrested after sending emails to Kanapaha Middle School and Buchholz High School on Monday, according to an Alachua County …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida and Santa Fe College students received a warm welcome back to Gainesville… literally.   Students were slammed with excessive heat warnings and a hurricane within the first two weeks of classes. As Hurricane Idalia threatened a direct path to Gainesville, students began scrambling to prepare …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida fell one position to No. 6 among public universities in the new, annual national rankings published overnight Sunday by U.S. News & World Report, even as the state’s flagship school climbed one spot to No. 28 in the magazine’s rankings of top public …

The University of Florida School of Music is due to receive new funding in the 2024 fiscal year budget. The $35 million will repair its deteriorated facilities. It has been over eight years since a petition was filed by the former director of the UF School of Music, John Duff. …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After only one year, Florida has temporarily suspended a highly controversial, statewide survey required under a new state law compelling public colleges and universities annually to ask students and faculty to identify political bias in college classrooms. The executive vice chancellor of the Florida College System, Clifford …

Gainesville, Fla. – Bells rang out across City Hall’s courtyard, a solemn and respectful silence settling over the small crowd. First responders made up the majority, donning the badges and uniforms of police and fire rescue. As the flags were presented, Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward took the podium to issue …

A dance company in Citrus County tried its best to protect its studio from the seven foot storm surge of Hurricane Idalia, before the category four storm rolled through Crystal River on Aug. 30.   Employees at Centerstage closed the business days ahead to prepare for the impending heavy rain and …