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P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School inspires younger students by letting them walk in graduating senior's footsteps.
Read More »Video: PK Yonge inspires younger students with ‘Final Wave Walk’
University of Florida Students Struggle to attain Financial Aid
University of Florida students discuss the difficulties they encounter while trying to attain financial aid.
Read More »Community Members Defend Alachua Schools Superintendent Against Plagiarism Revelation
The Alachua County Public Schools Superintendent is under scrutiny for plagiarism.
Read More »Alachua County School Board Might Change The District’s Dress Code
The board will vote on June 21, and a first reading of the changes is scheduled for Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
Read More »Former SNAP Recipients Leaving The Classroom To Meet New Work Requirements
With recently restored time limits on Florida's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, able-bodied adults through the age of 49 without dependents will only receive three months of food assistance unless they meet certain work requirements. Program organizers at Gainesville Community Ministry are concerned fewer people will be able to enroll in General Educational Development programs due to required work obligations.
Read More »Alachua County High Schools Possible New Lunch Option: Food Trucks
Plans are underway to decide on whether to have a single truck rotating among the county's seven high schools starting this fall.
Read More »Transgender Students Now Have To Follow A New Bathroom Policy In Marion County
Transgender students must now use bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender assigned at birth, not the identity of their choosing.
Read More »Marion County Likely To Enforce Birth Sex For Bathrooms
Four of Marion County School Board's five members seemed to lean toward that decision at Thursday's meeting, but Chair Bobby James thinks the board is making a decision too quickly.
Read More »Police: Teen Brings BB Gun, Pot To Bronson School
The school suspended the student, and the sheriff's office charged him with possession of a weapon on school property, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Read More »Student Athletes Can Now Transfer Schools Under Some Circumstances
Gov. Rick Scott signed a new education bill into law April 14, which will allow kids to attend any public school. For students who play a FHSAA sport at one school, this section of the bill comes with a catch: students who transfer cannot play that same sport at their new school during the same season.
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