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Dear teachers, Do what you do best. Focus on the important things now. Reclaim your rightful place as head of your classrooms. Be creative. Forget the data. This is your time to reconnect with your students in a more authentic way. Will there be bumps in the road? Yes, of course. It’s expected. Be grateful…
Karen Castor Dentel, Orange County School Board Member, District 6, recently posted the following pick-up sites for Free Grab-and-Go School Meals for Kids. Grab-and-Go breakfast and lunch meals will be available for pick-up between 10am- 2pm in the car loop of each OCPS school site listed below. At this time, students must be present to…
Congratulations! Your voice was heard. Thank you for writing and calling to ask Gov. DeSantis to waive the 2019-20 K-12 and the required 180 days of seat time for students. Gov. DeSantis agreed with us and has announced that all K-12 testing will be canceled, and he has granted Commissioner Corcoran the flexibility to modify…
Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran and Governor DeSantis are facing a high stakes COVID-19 test of their very own. Their performance will tell us whether they value the health and well-being of three million public school students, teachers and staff members more than the spring testing season and the data it produces. Without this data,…
The 2020 Florida Legislative session will be extended to at least March 18th mostly because it’s at impasse over the K-12 budget. Take action now: Tell Gov. DeSantis & Budget Conference to cover FRS shortfall & make public schools a priority Sadly, the Budget Conference led by Rep. Travis Cummings and Sen. Rob Bradley, cannot agree…
SB 1220 Massive voucher expansion robs billions from public schools – Hits the Senate floor vote tomorrow. House companion, HB 7067 passed today. There’s time to waste. Take action today: Tell the Senate to vote NO SB 1220 tomorrow, March 10th. This bill is catastrophic for public schools. It robs hundreds of millions of our…
Anti-public-ed train bill HB 7067 goes to floor vote tomorrow, March 6, 2020, in the FL House. Tell every Representative in the FL House to vote NO on this bad bill stuffed with at least twelve unrelated concepts. HB 7067 is catastrophic to public schools because it robs hundreds of millions of public tax dollars directly…