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Orange and Indian River school boards are latest to defy state mask rules, more COVID closures, and more

Around the state: The Orange and Indian River school boards joined at least eight others Tuesday when they approved face mask mandates with opt-outs only for medical reasons, schools in Duval and Osceola counties and 26 classrooms in 14 Lee County schools have been closed by COVID-19, Palm Beach County school officials said they will... Read more »

Private school enrollment increase points to parent, student satisfaction as new academic year begins

Holy Family Catholic School started its new academic year not with a bang, but a boom. An enrollment boom. “Last year, we had about 360 students,” said Sandy Salem, director of marketing and advancement for the Jacksonville, Florida, school. “This year we jumped to over 420. We hope to continue to trend upward to over… Read more »

Duval joins districts defying mask order, masks issue now in court, transgender ruling review, and more

Masks in the courts: Arguments began Monday in the trial challenging the constitutionality of the state's mask order. Attorneys for the state pointed to research that they said shows masks do little to prevent community spread of COVID and that children are at a low risk to catch and spread the disease. Attorneys for the... Read more »

The unfinished school system

John Darwin’s book The Unfinished Empire describes the British Empire as “unfinished,” in large part because the Britons never agreed on the purpose of empire in the first place. The military, merchants and religious missionaries had wildly different concepts regarding what empire was about. Over centuries, solemn promises not to add additional territories repeatedly were… Read more »

Face mask standoff adds Sarasota and Leon against state, virus closes schools and classes, and more

Face mask showdown: No one is blinking in the showdown over face mask mandates for students in Florida schools. On Friday, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran gave the Broward and Alachua school districts 48 hours to rescind their face mask policies, which require medical excuses to opt-out, or the state would start withholding an amount equal... Read more »

Broward, Alachua boards found in violation with mask mandates and face state sanctions, and more

Districts found in violation: The Florida Board of Education unanimously decided Tuesday to consider sanctions against two school districts that it said had defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order and a state rule by requiring students to wear face masks in schools, with opt-outs permitted only for medical reasons. The rule gave parents the right... Read more »

Miami-Dade considers mask mandate with medical opt-out, 31,000 kids with COVID last week, and more

Around the state: Miami-Dade's school board will vote Wednesday on the superintendent's recommendation to impose a face mask mandate on students with an opt-out only for medical reasons, Hillsborough school officials will reconsider their mask policy after 6,000 infections and quarantines have been reported, Alachua County School Board members vote today whether to extend their... Read more »

Battle over masks intensifies, hearing set in suit challenging order, storm closes districts, and more

Mask fight escalating: An emergency meeting of the state Board of Education has been called for Tuesday to decide what it plans to do about the two school districts that have refused to comply with the board's rule that mask mandates can be imposed only if parents are given the right to opt-out for any... Read more »

Florida earns high marks for education funding equity

A new study from a personal finance website based in Washington, D.C., has ranked Florida fifth in the nation in terms of equitability of district education funding based on two metrics: average household income and expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools per pupil. In a review of 12,927 school districts, WalletHub named Iowa the… Read more »

Broward given until Friday to reverse mask mandate, Pinellas school boosts grade from F to A, and more

Around the state: Eleven more state school districts welcomed students Wednesday and several districts are already reporting positive coronavirus tests among students and employees, Broward school officials have been given until Friday by the state to reverse the school board's decision to require students to wear face masks or risk financial consequences, a St. Petersburg... Read more »

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