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Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
‘We Loved Her More Than Anyone’: 200 Attend Memorial For School Librarian
One by one, at least 20 pupils stepped to the podium Thursday at Stephen Foster Elementary School in Gainesville to remember Leslie “Lisa” Williams, their librarian and media teacher.
Read More »Hawthorne Middle/High’s Fate Still Undecided With Initial Release Of 2018 School Accountability Report
Hawthorne was one of more than 80 schools across the state to receive an "I" for incomplete.
Read More »Dual Enrollment Gains Popularity Among Gainesville High School Students
The city’s programs, found at Santa Fe College and the University of Florida, are a facet of an increasing trend in Florida.
Read More »Loud, Late and Littered: Lake Geneva Parties Continue Despite County Ban
Just three months after the Clay County Commission banned motor vehicles from driving at night on the dry lakebeds of Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva, some residents of Keystone Heights are complaining that nothing has changed.
Read More »Yoho Talks With Local Walkout Participants Via Skype
Congressman Ted Yoho listened to high school students expressing their concerns about school safety and gun control.
Read More »Alachua County Educators Opposed To Guardian Plan
Under SB 7026, teachers and coaches who aren’t exclusively in the classroom may undergo training to receive a school guardian certificate that would allow them to carry a concealed firearm on school campus.
Read More »Alachua County Council Parent Teacher Association Holds Vigil After Shooting
About 100 people came together Monday night for the Alachua County Council Parent Teacher Association's candlelight vigil to remember those lost during the Feb. 14 shooting.
Read More »Buchholz Senior Named A Finalist For National Science Award
A Buchholz High School senior was selected to compete for a prestigious national science award. Sidhika Balachandar is one of the top forty finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nations’ oldest and perhaps most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.
Read More »Buchholz High Again Sending Students To USA Mathematical Olympiad
For the fourth straight year, Buchholz High School in Gainesville will be sending students to the elite USA Mathematical Olympiad, set for April 19 and 20.
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