Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update
Cases are falling areawide as school districts prepare for in-person graduations.
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A classroom scene at east Hillsborough s Dowdell Middle School, posted on the school Twitter site in November. The school has reported 23 COVID-19 cases so far in March, boosting its year-to-date total to 42. [ Hillsborough County Public Schools ] Because of spring break, there will be no weekly report on March 20.)
For the first time in months, the weekly coronavirus case count in schools across Hillsborough, Hernando, Pasco and Pinellas counties appears to have fallen below 500. But some relative hot spots remain, particularly in the eastern part of Hillsborough.
I ve been here 27 years, and the one thing I can tell you is when I tell someone that I work at South Miami Senior High, they ll always ask, Is Branstetter still there? says Danny Lavandeira, the school s activities director. Everybody said he was the best and the greatest. He
is South Miami Senior High.
Branstetter s legacy lives on in the school s Wall of Fame, which he and Ferre filled with photos to honor students who made it big, and in the Little Theater, which bears his name.
A street near the school will soon be named after him, too.
District eyes options for high school graduations
By MEGHAN BRADBURY - | Feb 3, 2021
The Lee County School District is looking at options for graduation this year, including the possibility of stadium graduations at individual high schools as a second plan.
Superintendent Dr. Greg Adkins said Florida Southwestern State College has committed to graduation and they are still working on Florida Gulf Coast University.
The school board unanimously approved Friday, June 4, Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, as the recommended graduation dates during its meeting Tuesday. When the facilities have been secured, a final schedule will be determined for individual schools.
As a backup plan, graduations will be held at high school stadiums, like they once were years ago, Adkins said. Graduation would have to be held earlier in the day because of summer Florida weather.
Lee Schools looking at options for high school graduations
By MEGHAN BRADBURY - | Feb 3, 2021
The Lee County School District is looking at options for graduation this year, including the possibility of stadium graduations at individual high schools as a second plan.
Superintendent Dr. Greg Adkins said Florida Southwestern State College has committed to graduation and they are still working on Florida Gulf Coast University.
The school board unanimously approved Friday, June 4, Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, as the recommended graduation dates during its meeting Tuesday. When the facilities have been secured, a final schedule will be determined for individual schools.