Under the proposal, which would cover all K-12 public school classrooms, teachers can not recommend what students do with that time but should encourage parents to have that conversation with their children.
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After two years, the plan to renovate the A. Quinn Jones Museum is complete. This week, Project Manager Peter McNiece announced the end of the construction. Wild Spaces and Public Places funded the $300,000 project. Construction took six months to complete. “The particular problem we had with the A.Quinn Jones …
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The pandemic had a great impact on these events. All the events had to be quickly turned into a virtual program when the pandemic came, but people who worked on the program still tried to make it impact on the community.
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Many questions about the proposed county, including its viability, remain unanswered.
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Every March, salary and contract negotiations for the upcoming school year begin in Alachua County. Demands are made, salaries are deliberated upon and exact language is ironed out. This year’s changes have now been finalized, and they’ll see newer teachers making an unprecedented jump in salary. Ratified Feb. 24 after …
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The associate superintendent says the district will endorse the new plan that would keep Melrose open, but until the school board officially votes on Tuesday, parents will be apprehensive.
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Tensions ran high Tuesday night at the Alachua County School Board district office on East University Avenue.
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Caryville’s most-recent financial problems go back nearly five years, when a former town clerk was seen hauling away boxes of paperwork. The scene was described in the latest state audit.
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As Florida’s legislative session nears its conclusion, it’s shaped up to be a tough year for LGBTQ residents and their supporters.
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The 6-3 vote on whether or not to keep Runcie from continuing his eighth year in the role followed a nearly seven-hour debate on Tuesday.
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