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Families will be able to choose between traditional brick-and-mortar schooling, a hybrid learning option called Digital Academy, or completely online learning through Alachua eSchool.
Read More »Alachua County School Board Discusses Reopening Plan
Florida Votes 2020: What To Expect In The Suwannee County Primary Election
Custom guide for voters in the 2020 Suwannee County Primary Election, Aug. 18.
Read More »Florida Votes 2020: What To Expect In The Dixie County Primary Election
Custom guide for voters in the 2020 Dixie County Primary Election, Aug. 18.
Read More »Florida Votes 2020: What To Expect In The Bradford County Primary Election
By summer’s end, Floridians will vote to make elective change at the local, state and national level. If you are a voter in Bradford County, here is everything you need to know about the local race. Election day for the Bradford County primary is Aug. 18. Registered voters, with proper …
Read More »Florida Votes 2020: What To Expect In The Alachua County Primary Election
Custom guide for voters in the 2020 Alachua County Primary Election, Aug. 18.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Votes To Discuss Shifting School Resource Officer Funding
The Gainesville City Commission is moving forward with a plan to extract its police department from school resource officer duties.
Read More »Children’s Trust Of Alachua County Seeking Ways To Help During Coronavirus Outbreak
The Children’s Trust of Alachua County met this week to discuss what the role of the organization would be in the coming months.
Read More »Percentage Of Black Youths Arrested Remains High, Even As Juvenile Arrests Decline in Alachua County
Between 2017 and 2018, 81% of the juveniles arrested in Alachua County were black, according to data provided by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Read More »Alachua County Prioritizes Efforts To Increase Attendance At Public Schools
Eileen Roy, chairwoman of the Alachua County School Board, has expressed concern for the low attendance rates at some local schools. “It just is shocking really,” Roy said. “We just have to do something about this absenteeism.” The average attendance rate for Alachua County public schools in the 2018-2019 school …
Read More »School District Investigating After Buchholz High Teacher Uses Racial Slurs In Classroom
Robert Cecil, 56, who teaches the subject to ninth and 10th graders at the school, is seen and heard debating with the students about when it’s OK to use the N-word.
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