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Hawthorne Middle/High School received a passing C letter grade on Thursday for the 2017 to 2018 school year from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE).
Read More »Hawthorne Middle/High To Remain Open, Passes State With C Grade
See Coverage Of Florida’s 2018 Primary Election Results
From gubernatorial party nominations all the way down to school board and mayor's races, we have you covered for Florida's primary.
Read More »Two ‘Gun Dogs’ Are Helping To Sniff Out Trouble on Alachua County’s School Buses This Year
Sheriff Sadie Darnell said during a July school board meeting that the sheriff’s office had agreed to set aside funding to provide for the training of two K-9 units, which would search buses for firearms and ammunition.
Read More »2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 5 Seat
Voters will decide who holds the seat during the Aug. 28 election. In advance, we sat down with Hyatt and Wolfe to ask them how they feel about a number of pressing issues within the district.
Read More »2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 3 Seat
Incumbent Gunnar Paulson is running for reelection while challengers Judy McNeil and April Tisher hope to persuade enough voters to give one of them a shot on the board for a four-year term.
Read More »2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 1 Seat
The election will be decided Aug. 28. In advance, we sat down with Certain and Griffin to ask them how they feel about a number of pressing issues within the district.
Read More »Two Years Later, The Family of A Gainesville Homicide Victim Copes With Their Loss
In July 2016, Antonio Mason, 35, brought his wife and children to his in-laws' house on a Wednesday night two years ago. Suddenly, two masked men interrupted the family gathering of 22 people with a spray of bullets.
Read More »Deadline Approaching To Update Voter Registration
Florida voters have until Monday, July 30, to change or update their party affiliations in order to vote in the August primaries.
Read More »Alachua County School Board Commits Additional $430,000 To School Resource Officer Programs
For now, all the board members agreed that the need for a safe school environment outweighed the board’s desire to negotiate a more economical contract with ACSO.
Read More »Waldo “Back To Square One” With Charter School Proposal
The charter school which was aiming to open in Waldo in August 2019 has hit a serious setback recently, as the project director has determined there is little chance for the school to qualify for existing state grants.
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