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For Sheriff and Flagler Schools, Clear Accord: No to Arming Teachers, Yes to...

At a joint news conference later this week, Sheriff Rick Staly and Superintendent Jim Tager will outline new security measures and initiatives and a plan for additional school deputies, but no...

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Judge Rejects Local Districts’ Challenge of Controversial Law Shifting Money...

The controversy highlights continuing tensions between local school districts and the state about oversight and expansion of charter schools, which are public schools but are often run by private...

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School Board May Revoke Palm Harbor Academy’s Charter as Serious...

Palm Coast's Palm Harbor Academy, one of two charter schools in Flagler, has struggled for most of its existence, and is accused of shifting students to a "private school" so they can avoid being...

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Palm Harbor Charter School Will Shut Down Oct. 31 From Chronically Poor...

The Palm Coast charter school becomes the third in six years to shut its doors. Irregularities and poor student performance led the district to pressure Palm Harbor to close. The post Palm Harbor...

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Flagler School District Scores a B For 7th Year In a Row, Ranks 32nd Out of 67

Only Indian Trails Middle School scored an A while Old Kings and Rymfire elementaries dropped a grade. Other schools maintained last year's grades. The post Flagler School District Scores a B For 7th...

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Judge Orders Proposed Amendment on Charter Schools Off the Ballot, But Appeal...

The provision in question would have allowed the state to operate and control public schools “not established by the school board,” wording that could have yielded oversight to private companies. The...

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Justices Weigh Loading Charter Schools, Term Limits and Civics on One Amendment

Justices are only supposed to determine whether the ballot title and summary would provide an accurate description of the proposed constitutional amendment to voters. The post Justices Weigh Loading...

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Florida Charter Schools Have ‘Largely Failed to Deliver’ Promised Innovation,...

A new report from a Tallahassee-based research group raises questions about the growing role of charter schools in Florida, including citing the closure of 373 charter schools since 1998. The post...

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Pushing For Charter Schools and Vouchers, DeSantis Will name Corcoran...

Corcoran, a lawyer and Republican from Pasco County, secured the passage of two major charter-school and voucher-friendly bills during his 2016-18 tenure as speaker. The post Pushing For Charter...

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Old Kings Elementary’s Addison Davis Survives Being ‘Eviscerated’ and Wins...

Addison Davis, 11, a fifth grader at Old Kings Elementary, won the county-wide spelling bee Wednesday and goes on to the regional bee in Jacksonville on Feb. 19. The post Old Kings Elementary’s Addison...

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Judge Rules School Boards Must Provide Security Officers to Charter Schools...

In a decision that could have statewide implications, an administrative law judge Tuesday ruled that the Palm Beach County School Board is required to assign safety officers to charter schools under a...

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At Walk-Ins Across 9 Flagler Schools, a Call to Lawmakers To Stop Undermining...

Teacher and service employee unions organized the walk-ins at the schools to pressure lawmakers to improve per-student allocations and lessen the favored financial and other terms granted charter and...

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Flagler Students Mostly Improve in Math, English and Civics, Ranking District...

Imagine School at Town center had a particularly strong showing in English and math, as did Old Kings Elementary. Buddy Taylor middle school had concerning numbers in math's Florida Standards...

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Flagler School District Is Finally A-Rated Again, Ending 7-Year Drought With...

The drought ends seven straight years of Bs, after a four-year streak of As before that. Twenty-four of Florida's 67 districts are A-rated, 54 are either A or B rated. The post Flagler School District...

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Rubio Derides as ‘Publicity Stunt’ Banks’ Funding Halt to Vouchers...

An investigation found at least 156 Florida private schools that took state-funded scholarships had anti-gay views or policies, and 83 of the schools refused to admit LGBTQ students or could expel them...

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On 1st Day of School in Flagler, Excitement Balanced by Apprehension, and Far...

Fewer than half the district's students took seats in actual classrooms and 10,000 attended one of Flagler schools' three options overall, a 23 percent decline from the district's usual enrollment. If...

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Flagler Sees 3 More Covid Deaths, New Spike in Cases and Hospitalizations; 14...

There's been 184 new cases in the last 14 days alone in Flagler, and 28 positive cases in the Flagler County school district through today since school reopened on Aug. 24, half of them at Old Kings...

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Senate Panel Signs Off on Vast Expansion of Use of Tax Dollars for Private...

The measure (SB 48), filed by Republican Sen. Manny Diaz of Hialeah, would expand eligibility for school-voucher programs and allow parents to use taxpayer-backed education savings accounts for private...

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Gov. DeSantis Could Use a Civics Lesson on the Florida Constitution

Even as they push a $106 million proposal to improve civics education, our legislators and our governor persist in violating the Constitution by supporting legislation authorizing programs to send...

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Colleges and Universities Could Sponsor Charter Schools

The Senate on Monday passed a measure that could lead to state colleges and universities sponsoring charter schools. Senators voted 29-11 to approve the bill (SB 1028), which would allow higher...

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Flagler 3rd Graders’ Reading Scores Fall 9 Points Amid Pandemic Disruptions,...

Just 59 percent of third graders in Flagler County scored a satisfactory level 3 or better on the Florida Standards Assessment in reading last schoolyear, a nine-point drop from the last time the tests...

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The GOP Is Using ‘Parental Rights’ to End Public Education as We Know It

The Florida GOP is using the Parents' Bill of Rights to weaponize a minority of insurrectionist parents against schools, giving parents the right to violate privacy and autonomy where it counts most at...

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Flagler 3rd Graders’ Reading Scores Fall Again, to Lowest Level in 7 Years,...

The percentage of Flagler County 3rd graders achieving a reading level of 3 (out of 5) or above--that is, reading at a satisfactory level--fell to 58 percent, the lowest level in at least seven years...

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Flagler Schools Get B as Florida Resumes Grading, But Rymfire-Buddy...

After two years of Covid, when the state did not grade schools and districts, Flagler County schools earned a grade of B this year, with only three of its schools earning an A and four earning a C. Two...

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Curtain Calls for Flagler Youth Orchestra as School Board Frets Either...

The Flagler County School Board this evening votes on whether to renew the Flagler Youth Orchestra for its 18th year. Renewal was not in question in previous years, as it has been this year. A former...

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