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Florida high school teacher to lose job

A Florida teacher called a student by their preferred name without parental permission. Her teaching contract wasn’t renewed

A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without parental permission.

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Florida high school teacher to lose job after calling student by preferred name: What we know

Satellite High teacher did not have written parental permission to call a student by an alternative to their legal name. Her contract was not renewed.

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Florida teacher placed on leave for calling student by preferred name

Students at Florida's Satellite High School are outraged after a beloved teacher might be forced out of her job for calling a student by their preferred name instead of their legal name.

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Should Florida school board members’ addresses be secret?

Finding out whether your local school board member lives in the district he or she is elected to represent could soon become ...

Florida legislature considers cutting in half money for AP, IB programs in PBC schools

AP, IB and AICE programs are hugely popular in Palm Beach County with 70% of 2024 graduates having taken at least one of ...

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School districts beg Florida lawmakers not to slash bonuses for accelerated students

Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka says the proposal would not cut funding by half but instead return that money to districts through ...

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Senate PreK-12 budget will challenge Florida public schools

The Family Empowerment Scholarships -- the "universal school choice" program signed into law two years ago – is earmarked for ...

DeSantis appoints Plavac to fill vacated Alachua County School Board District 5 seat

Janine Plavac currently serves as the director of the Health Sciences Institute at St. Francis Catholic Academy in ...

Charter schools could more easily take over district schools, under Florida bill

Parents at a public school could vote to convert it into a charter school, and the district must provide the campus rent-free ...

Florida’s public schools are competing. The rest of the nation should take note

The most common argument I hear teachers union advocates and politicians promulgate is that private school choice destroys public schools.

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Florida high school teacher loses job after using student's preferred name

A Florida school district has opted not to renew a high school teacher's contract after she referred to a student by a name other than their legal name without parental permission. The ...

Florida GOP wants to make it easier to challenge books on school shelves

Their proposals mean schools could not consider whether books had “serious” artistic, literary, political or scientific value ...

FHSAA lacrosse district tournaments begin: Here's what to watch for Northeast Florida

Union looks ahead to the start of FHSAA high school boys and girls lacrosse districts across Jacksonville and Northeast ...

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