Beach safety for Memorial Day weekend: Bring sunscreen and avoid rip currents
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Going to the beach for Memorial Day
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. – Last year, most Northeast Florida beaches closed because of the pandemic but opened just in time for Memorial Day weekend with restrictions. With coronavirus infections dropping around the country and more than 50% of adults fully vaccinated, there are NO restrictions in place at the beaches this Memorial Day weekend.
While there is only a moderate risk for rip currents this holiday weekend, it is important to remain calm if you get caught in one. Then swim parallel with the shoreline until you pull out of the current.
Document previews proposed St. Johns County dress code changes
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Possible changes to the student dress code in St. Johns County public schools. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The changes under consideration for the St. Johns County School District’s student dress code include doing away with a rule that girls’ skirts must be no shorter than four inches above the knee and making the dress code standards the same for boys and girls, according to an internal document obtained by News4Jax.
The district is also considering adding a change that requires that shirts and tops must cover the entire shoulder of students and be long enough to cover the waistline and midriff, according to the document.
Lifeguards rescue 4 from surf at St. Augustine Beach
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Lifeguards on Sunday rescued four people from the surf at St. Augustine Beach near Ocean Hammock Park. (WJXT)
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. – Lifeguards on Sunday rescued four people from the surf at St. Augustine Beach near Ocean Hammock Park.
About 2:30 p.m., people started screaming and pointing from the shore at four people a child, a woman and two men that appeared to be struggling in the surf.
Three people were rescued relatively quickly, but the last person needed the help of four lifeguards. When they pulled him in, he was awake and talking but received oxygen and was transported. The other three people were evaluated but not transported.