Digital learning: A New Port Richey legislator says the governor and other lawmakers want to spend $40 million to upgrade school technology. StateImpact Florida.
SEED school: Florida’s first public boarding school, run by the SEED Foundation, is coming to Miami-Dade County. Miami Herald.
Dual enrollment: Orange County schools start a dual-enrollment program with Keiser University. Orlando Sentinel.
Charter schools: Pasco County school board members are poised to approve two charter applications, including one for a school that caters to children with disabilities. Tampa Bay Times. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranks Florida eighth in the nation for its laws supporting the nontraditional public schools, notes the Tampa Bay Times.
Private schools: A couple who suddenly shut down their Milwaukee private school last month after collecting $2.3 million in state vouchers over six years is trying to get a similar program off the ground here. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Magnet schools: The Pinellas County School Board gives the first greenlight to reopen two elementary schools as technology magnets next school year. Tampa Bay Times.
Traditional schools: The Polk County School Board unanimously approves new attendance zones for nine schools. The Ledger.
Common Core: Pasco County teachers learn how to leverage the new state standards. The Tampa Tribune.
School funding: After a year of financial hardship, the Manatee County school district projects an $8 million general fund balance by the end of the fiscal year in June. Bradenton Herald.
Teachers: Hernando County’s Teacher of the Year says he thrives on motivated, successful students. Tampa Bay Times. Palm Beach County teachers will see more money in their next paycheck. Palm Beach Post.
Bullying: A Broward County mother says the school district has done nothing to discipline the students who allegedly beat her son a block from his high school. Sun Sentinel.
Conduct: The Pinellas County School Board will consider firing a classroom aide at John Hopkins Middle for repeatedly missing work and failing to sign in and out. Tampa Bay Times. A Hillsborough County School Board member uses an expletive to describe the superintendent’s stance on how she should be evaluated. Tampa Bay Times.
Athletic recruiting: The Lee County School Board considers a proposal to put an end to inappropriate high school athlete recruiting. Naples Daily News. More from the Fort Myers News-Press.
Investigator: Manatee County’s new district investigator tells an audience of the Manatee Forum Women’s Republican Club that he’s all about the facts. Bradenton Herald.
