Hawthorne Middle/High School received a passing C letter grade on Thursday for the 2017 to 2018 school year from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE).
Read More »New Alachua County Youth Program Aims To Make Reading More Relatable
Called I-Read, the city Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department (PRCA) has incorporated the initiative into its summer camp curriculum at its six community centers.
Read More »Waldo “Back To Square One” With Charter School Proposal
The charter school which was aiming to open in Waldo in August 2019 has hit a serious setback recently, as the project director has determined there is little chance for the school to qualify for existing state grants.
Read More »Sheriff Darnell Asks School Board For Additional $430,000 For School Resource Officers
Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell is asking the Alachua County School Board to pay 45 percent of the costs for the School Resource Officer Program, totaling $1.1 million. Darnell said the school board will recoup the costs from the state's Guard Program.
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 »This Isn’t The First Time Hawthorne’s Only Middle/High School Has Faced Closure
Fifty-two years later, Hawthorne is facing a possible closure yet again.
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 »With Threat of Closure Looming, Hawthorne Middle/High Holds Meeting To Discuss Rezoning
On Thursday, Hawthorne Middle High School held a district rezoning workshop in case the school does not receive a passing grade and the students at Hawthorne have to go to another school starting in the 2018-2019 school year.
Read More »Tallahassee Leaders Talk Gun Control, Mental Health Solutions as Students Arrive at Capitol
More than 100 students who were on campus during last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead arrived to Tallahassee Tuesday night.
Read More »After New Principal Steps In, Failing Streak Stops At East Gainesville School
Lake Forest Elementary's grade went to a C from five years of F's once Karla Hutchinson started working at the school.
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