Florida is experiencing an increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations, according to state data.
As of Monday, the state had a daily average of 3,386 people hospitalized with COVID-19 over a seven-day period, the data shows. That’s an 8% increase compared to 10 days prior, on April 16, and a 15% increase from the average of 2,869 hospitalizations recorded this time last month.
In Volusia County, the number has remained steady with a daily average of 106 people hospitalized with COVID-19, which has remained on par with numbers reported 10 days ago.
Halifax Health, which currently has 41 COVID-positive patients, had nearly the same number of COVID patients as 10 days ago, according to spokesman John Guthrie. Those patients, which span across the system s three hospitals, range in age from 23 to 83. It’s unclear whether any of the patients were infected with a COVID-19 variant.
Former FPC principal and former superintendent of the Volusia County school district Tom Russell died in December after contracting the coronavirus. Russell took over the role in 2019, after Robert Bob Wallace, another former principal in Volusia, resigned after 10 months.
Now, FPC can turn its attention toward another vacancy head coach of the school s football program.
Travis Roland resigned earlier this month, accepting the same position at his alma mater, Mainland High. He guided the Bulldogs to the playoffs in four consecutive years, including the first undefeated regular season in school history in his debut campaign of 2017.
Brian Cox, the team s linebackers coach, assumes head coaching responsibilities on an interim basis. The Florida High School Athletic Association s first date for allowable, non-contact spring football practices was Monday.
Greg Schwartz at the Grand Canyon in a 2018 picture he posted to Facebook. He’s been named principal of Flagler Palm Coast High School.
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Flagler County superintendents’ recent habit of using Volusia County as an Eldorado of potential principals for its two high schools is continuing as Greg Schwartz, Principal at South Daytona Elementary, today was named principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School. Schwartz replaces Tom Russell, the popular and charismatic principal who’d led FPC for less than two years by the time of his death from covid last December.
Schwartz, one of 38 candidates to apply for the FPC post, is the fourth Volusia candidate in the last four years to be named principal at one of Flagler’s two high schools, starting with Jeff Reaves at Matanzas High School in 2016, followed by Bob Wallace–a former boss of Schwartz’s–and Russell at FPC. But Schwartz, an Ormond Beach resident, has intimate connections to Flagler and FPC in partic
Flagler Sheriff School Resource Deputy Christopher Alecrim (FCSO)
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) is proud to announce that School Resource Deputy (SRD) Christopher Alecrim, was selected by the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) as Law Enforcement Explorer of the Year.
This NSA committee appointed to judge the competition for this prestigious award selected SRD Alecrim to be the 2021 recipient. Deputy Chris Alecrim began his career with the FCSO in 2015 and transferred to the SRD Unit in 2018 and is currently stationed at the Flagler Palm Coast High School.
Throughout his career with the FCSO, Deputy Alecrim has received multiple Unit Citations, Distinguished Service Certificates and Certificates of Appreciation for his service to the community. He is an active participant in the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches. “Deputy Alecrim shows tremendous commitment and dedication to the NSA Explorer program and our youth here in Flagler County,” Sheriff Rick Staly sai
Flagler County Sheriff s Office
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced that School Resource Deputy Christopher Alecrim, was selected by the National Sheriff’s Association as Law Enforcement Explorer of the Year.
This NSA committee appointed to judge the competition for this prestigious award selected Alecrim to be the 2021 recipient.
Alecrim began his career with the FCSO in 2015 and transferred to the SRD Unit in 2018 and is currently stationed at the Flagler Palm Coast High School. Throughout his career with the FCSO, Alecrim has received multiple Unit Citations, Distinguished Service Certificates and Certificates of Appreciation for his service to the community. He is an active participant in the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches.