Tag Archives: Alachua County Public Schools

With students taking advantage of substitute bus drivers, and a bus delayed an hour and a half after getting stuck in the mud at Paynes Prairie, residents are questioning the school board.

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.

The nine deputies and officers who fired had completed training in a variety of voluntary certifications, such as basic hostage negotiations and crisis intervention.

A new clinic is opening at the Fernside Family Services Center, which will provide northeast Gainesville residents with accessible healthcare and resources.

The Florida Senate passed a bill, which will give high school students the option to replace foreign language credits with computer coding courses. The bill has been moved on to the House and is waiting to be voted on before the state legislative session ends on March 11.

A 14-year-old Buchholz High School freshman charged in connection with making hoax bomb threats was expelled on Friday. He has been charged with three felony counts.

The Duval Early Learning Academy has introduced the first of four mobile classrooms in partnership with Alachua County Schools. The second will be available in April.

The Alachua County School Board approved a federal grant proposal aimed at combating the number of students and families in Alachua County without health insurance.

The team consists of students Andrew Dodds, Josh Williams-Caldwell, Aaditya Vyas and Cory Smith.

Six Alachua County seniors were nominated as candidates for the 2016 Presidential Scholar award by the U.S. Department of Education. The names of the 2016 Presidential Scholars will be announced in early May.