Your Community in Brief: Lake County events and news, starting Nov. 15
Upcoming events in Lake County include Trout Lake Nature Center’s Nov. 16 program on the Florida Black Bear Scenic Byway and ...
Principal voices fears about middle and high school students mixing at Clay County
Despite the slim turnout, concerns were raised by community members Wednesday night about the closing and consolidation of Clay Middle School. Clay Middle princ ...
Orange Co. schools cancels pep rallies amid scholarship controversy
It wasn’t just the scholarships. Gilzean’s office also inked a deal with CareerSource in the final day of the fiscal year to ...
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Florida education leaders report hundreds of more books pulled from school libraries
Volusia County, in particular, recorded the highest number of removals ... stating the removal of books was aimed at eliminating "sexually explicit materials" from schools. “Once again, far left ...
Clay schools tops list for most book restrictions last school year, but new state law seems to be slowing challenges this year
The total number of books removed or restricted in public school libraries in Florida nearly doubled last school year ...
Okaloosa County School Board names future Crestview K-8 school 'Pineview'
Okaloosa County School Board approves 'Pineview" as the name for a new K-8 school in Crestview, set to open by 2026-2027 ...
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Teen pleads guilty to Sanford mosque threat, admits to hundreds of other ‘swatting’ calls nationwide
A California teen who made hundreds of calls threatening attacks on religious institutions, high schools, historically Black ...
Hundreds of books pulled from Florida schools listed in new DOE release. Here are the titles
The Florida Department of Education released a list of more than 700 books that were pulled from school shelves. during the ...
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Volusia County School Board recognizes departing members Carl Persis, Anita Burnette
Persis, who represents District 4, has been on the School Board for the past eight years. Burnette, who represents District 2 ...
Opinion
OPINION: Brower hit with last-minute cheap-shot mailer in council race, who paid for it?
Independent committees can collect unlimited amounts and spend that money on electioneering ads. How much was spent in Brower's race? We don't know.