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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The Alachua County Sheriff's Office policy on non-felony traffic stops is an anomaly among most other law enforcement agencies in North Central Florida.
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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.
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Hawthorne was one of more than 80 schools across the state to receive an "I" for incomplete.
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Members of Florida county school boards may soon find themselves faced with a two-term limit as a proposed constitutional amendment makes it’s way through the Florida Constitution Review Commission this week to be voted on for placement on the November ballot.
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The new Alachua County fairgrounds could alleviate some of the pressure that's heaped on district schools when they must transform into emergency shelters, but only if the county can find the money to make it happen.
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High schools in Alachua County with JROTC programs are receiving attention for accepting grants from the NRA.
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The Senate held a hearing today for Gov. Rick Scott’s three proposed bills regarding school safety, firearm safety and public records as a part of his $450 million school safety plan.
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The Alachua County School Board passed a plan to add instructional minutes to school days to accommodate for weather cancellations for the 2018-2019 school year calendar.
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