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The move had a rocky start after the state board of education voted to move the school's campus from Lake City to Gainesville in 1906. -
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Mack replaces Anastasios Kamoutsas, who recently became president of Polk State College, and interim commissioner Paul Burns, a senior chancellor at DOE. -
Union County School District officials say they look forward to working with a Department of Education-appointed board to oversee the district's financial situation.
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The Florida Board of Education approved on Wednesday a formal plan to improve the academic performance at nine schools statewide, including Gainesville’s Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary.
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