Filing into the school gymnasium is an all too familiar feeling: The squeak of glossy pine floorboards, the reek of sweat, rubber balls and cheap body sprays. But for some Alachua County students, there’s an added woe: The heat. “It’s very hot. Too hot,” said Layla Robinson, a seventh grader …
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The Alachua County School Board acknowledged at its meeting Tuesday night that it is investigating a student club at Gainesville High School that purportedly limited participation to Black male students. Superintendent Shane Andrew disclosed that a parent of one of the students who attended the club submitted a complaint to …
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A Gainesville man is being held at the Alachua County jail on charges of trespassing, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and resisting arrest, among other charges. His three children, who range in age from 4 to 8 years old -- were fouind with no food in the house, and one of the children had burns on her hands and her ear.
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The Alachua County School Board presented a draft of its new LGBTQ guide to about 40 people Tuesday, with several public commenters pushing for safer standards for queer youth. The guide has been months in the making after its predecessor was removed last year and revised in February when the …
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Hurricane Idalia has made landfall in Florida, where flooding is already being reported. WUFT’s Elliot Tritto spoke with Michela Gray, a recent Florida State graduate and teacher who lives in Tallahassee. Elliot Tritto: You told me that there was something wrong with the shelter, or one of the high schools, …
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Amid the flurry of changes to Florida public school curriculum before the beginning of the academic year, a new set of curricula, published by PragerU, has emerged as approved content for public school teachers in the state. It’s unclear whether the content — controversial because it is seen as conservative-leaning …
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