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Nearly 2,500 Florida students have applied for a scholarship intended to help victims of bullying.
Read More »Alachua County School District Officials Raise Concerns About Hope Scholarships For Bullied Students
Half-Cent Sales Tax Brings Improvements And New Elementary School To Gainesville
Southwest Gainesville will get a new elementary school, and every school in the county will receive money for improvements from the half-cent sales tax Alachua County voters approved in November.
Read More »Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park Continues To Serve Gainesville Locals Despite Construction
Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park has seen a decrease in visitors since its most popular attraction, the sinkhole, has been under construction. However, Gainesville locals continue to enjoy the park through other outdoor activities and classes.
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
Read More »‘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.
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