Tag Archives: Alachua County Public Schools

The Alachua County Public Schools Superintendent is under scrutiny for plagiarism.

Plans are underway to decide on whether to have a single truck rotating among the county's seven high schools starting this fall.

Alachua County and Orlando Public Schools receive awards from the U.S. Department of Education for environmentally-friendly practices.

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.