At Sigsbee Charter School, located within a Navy base in Key West, the pandemic led to a drastic increase in mental health referrals and a decline in students taking science, technology, engineering and math classes. Teachers believe the issues are linked and now they will have access to a grant to tackle the problem.
Sigsbee Charter School has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity for students grades 3 to 8 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced the appointment of Daniel Leben, Kevin Madok, Michelle Maxwell, Michael Puto, Stephanie Scuderi, Sheldon Suga and Richard Weinstein to The College of the Florida