The associate superintendent says the district will endorse the new plan that would keep Melrose open, but until the school board officially votes on Tuesday, parents will be apprehensive.
Read More »‘Everything Started Going Crazy’: North Florida Girl Scouts Selling Cookies Amid A Pandemic
Like almost every industry or organization with storied traditions nationally, the Girls Scouts is adapting to the pandemic by offering new ways for its girls to sell cookies. The sales account for each troop’s efforts to provide the programs essential to their existence.
Read More »Nicole Harris Named 2021 Alachua County Public Schools Teacher Of The Year
An English and African American history teacher at Gainesville High School, Harris, 34, was introduced during the event by a former student, Briyona Lawrence, a founding member of ‘Canes on Da Mic, a literacy arts and civic engagement organization the instructor established.
Read More »Alachua County Teacher of the Year To Be Revealed Thursday
This year’s Robert W. Hughes Teacher of the Year Celebration will be held virtually Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Read More »Meet Thomas Olmsted, Gainesville’s Godfather of Collecting
COVID-19 has kept Thomas Olmsted confined to his apartment, and opportunities to collect have been hard to come by. Still, the pull of collecting remains.
Read More »Gainesville-Area Dance Studios And Groups Still Adjusting To Life Amid A Pandemic
Extreme Dance Company at the University of Florida went from about 30 attendees to about 10 after moving to Zoom classes this fall.
Read More »‘It Was On My Heart’: First-Time Local Author, Hairstylist Brings Hair Positivity To Elementary School Students
The reading series aims to forge connections between local leaders and students through bedtime stories.
Read More »Marion County Announces 2021 Principal And Assistant Principal Of The Year
Forsyth and Miller will now advance to the state-wide competition.
Read More »What Is The Purpose Of A Groundwater Recharge Wetland Park? Alachua County’s Planning Agency Just Approved One
The Alachua County Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of a proposed development for a 75-acre groundwater recharge wetland park in the western part of the county.
Read More »After Upset Win, New Bradford County Superintendent Vows Support For Teachers
The political novice and no-party affiliate candidate earned 7,143 votes (53.65%) to deny a second four-year term for Superintendent Stacey Creighton, 49, a Republican who got 6,171 votes (46.35%).
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