Community members who live within the specific school zone
Each stakeholder group a person represents counts for one vote meaning a person who falls into more than one group category can vote as many times. For example, an alumnus who lives within the school s zone would be able to vote twice.
What should I bring?
Balloting is only being done in-person, so people who plan on voting need to come with proof that they fall into their stakeholder group.
According to Duval County Public Schools, staff and faculty should bring district-issued IDs, students should bring their student IDs, alumni should bring a picture ID as well as their school diploma or yearbook and community members need to bring proof of residence.
Mandarin High School history teacher Jim Schmitt was greeted by a few more visitors in his classroom compared to his usual batch of students on Tuesday morning. With a giant banner in hand, Florida Department of Education officials let the veteran teacher know that he was a 2022 Florida Teacher of the Year Finalist.
Schmitt is one of five finalists that were selected throughout Florida out of the state s more than 185,000 public school teachers. Each year, the Department of Education selects finalists from a pool of district Teachers of the Year.
In January, Schmitt who has been in the field for 27 years was named Duval County s Teacher of the Year. He was recognized for his work developing a writing program for at-risk students, writing a $10,000 grant for a school-to-work program and for serving as a standards coach. Before he became a teacher, Schmitt served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Records show the premise of the lawsuit is for retaliation and right to free speech. Along with the school district, Donofrio is also suing Scott Schneider who currently serves as Duval Schools High School Region Superintendent for relentless retaliation and violation of her rights to free speech and expression.
Before Schneider became a district-level administrator, he served as the principal at Robert E. Lee High School where Donofrio worked. Donofrio co-founded the EVAC Movement, and taught a class for the program at the school. The class was shut down under Schneider s leadership in 2017.
The Times-Union reached out to Schneider and the school district for comment. The district declined to comment citing pending litigation.
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High schools in Duval County will have enhanced security Thursday and Friday after numerous social media threats, according to a district official. We ve noticed a significant number of threats compared to normal over the last couple of days, Tracy Pierce, a spokesperson from DCPS, said. And therefore, we have just made the decision to implement enhanced security procedures at all of our high schools for the rest of the week.
School officials will reach out to parents Wednesday night and Thursday morning to make them aware of the enhanced security.
According to Pierce, the enhanced security will include backpack screening, metal detectors and reduced points of entry for students.