5:15 p.m. | Clay reports 12 new COVID-19 deaths as new cases slow in Northeast Florida
Florida’s Department of Health reported 12 additional COVID-19 deaths in Clay County and one in Duval County on Thursday as the statewide death toll of the pandemic stopped just short of 30,000 lives.
Another 5,117 cases were detailed in the state report, including 286 across Northeast Florida’s six counties.
Since the pandemic began almost a year ago, the state has recorded 1,849,744 cases and 29,990 deaths, both Floridians and non-residents. The death count was 166 higher than the day before. | Read more
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Fort Caroline Middle School students will start their day Thursday by logging onto their computers.
The school announced Wednesday that it would switch to online instruction until Monday, citing multiple COVID-19 cases. Because of the number of recent cases and the impact on our school, we will transition all students to online instruction through Duval HomeRoom, Principal Chelvert Wellington told families. My team and I stand ready to help make this transition as smooth as possible.
Duval County Public Schools has closed schools and transitioned them to temporary virtual instruction before. The district uses a 20 percent impact threshold to determine when the switch to online learning should happen. That threshold measures how many students and faculty are impacted by COVID-19 exposures not necessarily that 20 percent are COVID-19 positive.
In the data collected from mid-year progress monitoring assessments within DCPS, elementary school students, particularly those in kindergarten through 3rd grade, appeared to perform better in the district's virtual learning platform Duval HomeRoom than their counterparts in brick and mortar classrooms.
Duval Schools mid-year data reports on in-person, distance learning test scores jacksonville.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jacksonville.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some students, families concerned as in-person state testing looms
Parents concerned about in-person testing, educators concerned about impact on school’s rating
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For Duval County parents who have kept their students in virtual learning this school year, the upcoming Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) exams are causing concern as the district is not offering a virtual option.
“The Florida Department of Education is requiring all students in grades six to 12 to take their Florida Standards Assessment, FSA, in state and the course exams, at a school location,” said a voicemail message sent to Duval County families whose students are enrolled in Duval Homeroom. “There will be no online options or alternative locations available.”