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Private employers will need to change when they perform a criminal background check on candidates in order to comply.
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When Ginger Stanford threw her graduation cap in the air and earned her high school diploma from Hawthorne High School in 1991, she knew she would come back to her high school after college. But, she didn’t envision herself being the principal. Stanford became the new principal at Hawthorne Middle/High School in September after being a teacher and assistant principal for more than 25 years.
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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you• Mainstreet Daily News: State funds $24M in area…
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A shout of joy echoes through Idylwild Elementary School’s media center every Thursday afternoon, as anywhere from 15 to 20 kids run into the room.…
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The race between McCray and McCray in Lafayette County was finally decided Tuesday.McCray has won.That would be Marion McCray, the incumbent of the…
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Danny Ross says he has at least three lives after multiple close calls.
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Alachua County Public Schools began taking standardized tests with the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking less than a month into the school year. Students in voluntary prekindergarten through 10th grade will participate in this assessment three times a year. Florida Assessment of Student Thinking replaces the end-of-the-year Florida Standards Assessments and monitors student progress in the fall, winter and spring. Each cycle tests students’ knowledge of the entire year’s material in English Language Arts and mathematics, according to the Florida Department of Education. But critics of the new assessment say more time spent testing means less instructional time.
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Aces in Motion helps students ace middle and high school.
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The storm was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane overnight.
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A month into the new school year, Florida teachers, parents and students are already experiencing state changes to public school curriculum through new state civics standards and education bills.