Alachua County Public Schools

Gainesville residents rallied Tuesday outside the Alachua County School District headquarters demanding that Alachua County public school officials revise guidelines they say leave immigrant students vulnerable to questioning and detention by federal agents without parental consent. District officials say the policy complies with state and federal law.

Around 30 Gainesville residents — from concerned citizens, parents, teachers and students — gathered at the Matheson Museum on Tuesday to express their concern over the Alachua County School Board's policy to cooperate with immigration officials on school campuses.

The $37 million revitalization of Littlewood Elementary School reached the highest point of construction on Thursday, marking the project's midpoint.

Monica Benson, a special education teacher at Sidney Lanier Center, was named the 2025 Alachua County Teacher of the Year on Thursday.

The School Board of Alachua County and union representatives for public school teachers will resume salary negotiations after teachers rejected the board’s pay increase offer.

The University of Florida will cancel classes from midnight Tuesday until 12:30 p.m. Wednesday ahead of expected “wintery conditions and the possibility of icy roads.”

Ethics complaints have been filed against Newberry Mayor Jordan Marlowe and city commissioner Rick Coleman.

Parents and teachers in Newberry are rallying for the conversion of their city's public schools to public charter schools.

Alachua County public schools are eliminating courtesy bus routes amid a shortage of drivers and change in demand.

An Alachua County elementary school teacher was arrested early Sunday morning on charges of driving under the influence, possession of bath salts and resisting arrest without violence.