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.
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Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
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By a margin of more than two to one, Alachua County voters approved a half-cent local sales tax to improve school facilities. The total is expected to be about $22 million a year.
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Myra Terwilliger Elementary School will face the possibility of closure if it doesn’t receive a C or higher letter grade for the 2018-19 school year, after receiving a D for the past three years.
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Records show Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) began installing filters in August, having purchased 1,300 filters for its 36 public schools.
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It was a unanimous vote among the school board members to not put the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into effect.
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The FDA gave five major e-cigarette companies an ultimatum to curb teen use of e-cigarettes in 60 days or the agency could halt the sale of flavored pods.
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City commissioners Gail Johnson and Gigi Simmons had skeptical questions about the half-cent sales tax on Thursday.
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Troubled with roof leaks, broken air-conditioners and overcrowding, Alachua County Public Schools officials assert that a districtwide facilities crisis adversely affecting how students learn.
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Alachua County voters will decide in the November election whether to pay a higher sales tax to help local schools fund renovations, repairs and expansions.
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