Almost 90,000 students are reportedly unaccounted for in Florida due to the pandemic. Author: Renata Di Gregorio Updated: 7:00 AM EST March 1, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Florida s legislative session begins Tuesday and this year is expected to be even tougher due to the pandemic.
One topic to watch is education. Almost 90,000 students are reportedly unaccounted for in Florida, apparently due to the pandemic, which could have an impact how much money school districts get. It s not the only education issue local union leaders are watching. They did a hearing in the legislature this past week talking about a lot of the districts . cutting millions and millions and millions of dollars because the students are gone, said Terrie Brady, president of Duval Teachers United. First of all, where are the students?
School district encourages Duval County parents to return students to brick-and-mortar classes
Parent describes message from DCPS as ‘bullying’ and ‘a scare tactic’
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the Florida Standards Assessments loom, Duval County Public Schools emailed families of 17,299 students who are enrolled in the district’s virtual learning platform Duval HomeRoom, encouraging those families to return their students to face-to-face instruction.
“Our Spring Reopening Plan requires that the district contact families of students who are failing to make adequate progress to notify them of their child’s academic status and to require them to return to face-to-face instruction,” the message said. “Your child, listed above, has been identified as being scheduled into at least one Duval Homeroom course and is not making adequate progress.”
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Fort Caroline Middle School temporarily switching to remote learning due to COVID-19 outbreak
Students will not report to school as usual Thursday, but will instead begin classes at 11 a.m. through Duval HomeRoom. Author: Mindy Wadley Updated: 6:35 PM EST February 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Students at Fort Caroline Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts will transition to all-virtual learning Thursday through Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak, Duval County Public Schools announced Wednesday.
All classes will take place on DCPS Duval HomeRoom platform, due to the impact of multiple cases of COVID-19, DCPS said in a news release. Food and technology will be distributed to students beginning Thursday morning according to the following schedule:
Fort Caroline Middle moving online due to ‘multiple cases of COVID-19′
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Citing “multiple cases of COVID-19,″ Fort Caroline Middle School is transitioning entirely to online learning through Duval HomeRoom beginning Thursday, according to a news release from the Duval County School District.
The school plans to stay online through Monday. Additionally, there will be no after school activities or other extracurricular events through Monday.
A message sent to families of students from Principal Chelvert Wellington states that the school will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. He said the Department of Health will contact students and staff personally if there is a need for someone to quarantine for a longer period.