Alachua County School Board in a Nov. 11 meeting allowed an opt-out option for their mask mandates and announced the mandate would likely be lifted in Jan.
The FSA, which had been in place since 2015 when it replaced the FCAT, won’t be administered starting next school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in September. Educators have advocated for this for years and supported the decision, but now they contemplate what the next steps might be.