Marion County School District

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Police presence has increased at Marion County schools this week following a series of social media threats.

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In his 11 years driving a school bus for Marion County, Glenn Cremeans said he’s never seen students behave so poorly as they do today — the primary…

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At last week’s Florida Board of Education meeting in Lakeland, Marion County Superintendent Heidi Maier expressed that while she is proud of the progress Marion County public schools have made since 2016, she remains concerned about Evergreen Elementary, one of the remaining two D schools in Marion County.

One person is injured, and Ocala police say the shooter is in custody.

The Senate Education Committee has approved a bill that would require Florida public elementary schools to offer 20 minutes of recess each day. Currently, only 11 out of 67 state school districts have unstructured free play time.

Some positions are new, while others opened after teacher retirements or relocations to other districts.