Florida roundup: Charter schools, SAT scores, CAPE and more

09/24/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoCharter schools. All public schools grow in Hillsborough County, but charters grow fastest. Tampa Bay Times. One charter school is approved in Collier County, and two more are pending. Naples Daily News.

High scores. Limited-admission schools of choice top Palm Beach's SAT list. Palm Beach Post.

Leadership. An Episcopal school announces an interim head. Florida Today.

Long day. A new scheduling system helps ease stress at a Pasco high school. Tampa Bay Times.

Changes. Orange County prepares another round of community meetings on a reshuffling of its schools. Orlando Sentinel.

CAPE. A high school begins a new welding program. Tampa Bay Times.

Transportation. The Palm Beach bus drivers' union points to a worker shortage after a crash. Palm Beach Post.

Summer. Pasco students might have a shorter break next year. Tampa Bay Times.

Collaboration. Duval teachers work with counterparts in Belize. Florida Times-Union.

Budgets. Hillsborough hopes to bring in an auditor to help control spending. Tampa Bay Times. Lake County officials face a funding dilemma. Daily Commercial.

Supplies. A Pasco woman provides backpacks to students in need. Tampa Bay Times.

Teacher conduct. A Marion teacher is suspended after allegedly soliciting a prostitute. Ocala Star-Banner.

Threats. A high school student is accused of spreading bomb rumors. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Public records. The St. Johns school district might change its protocol. St. Augustine Record.

About Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.
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