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Orange County school board members look for solutions to fund school resource officers
Read full article: Orange County school board members look for solutions to fund school resource officersThe Orange County School Board will begin meetings with five cities in January regarding school resource officer contracts.
‘Don’t have any money:’ Some Orange County schools could replace student resource officers with guardians
Read full article: ‘Don’t have any money:’ Some Orange County schools could replace student resource officers with guardiansOrange County Public Schools may swap school resource officers for guardians in some district buildings next school year.
Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida breaks ground on new Winter Garden facility
Read full article: Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida breaks ground on new Winter Garden facilityThe Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida and the City of Winter Garden broke ground on their new location in the historic East Winter Garden.
Parents upset as Central Florida schools reopen after Helene
Read full article: Parents upset as Central Florida schools reopen after HeleneAfter Hurricane Helene made its way up Florida’s west coast late Thursday night and into Friday morning, Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Lake and Volusia school districts all opened Friday, but with backlash from parents.
Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent
Read full article: Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consentSome Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons.
DC charters offer innovations in pandemic-era education
Read full article: DC charters offer innovations in pandemic-era educationSmaller and more nimble than the D.C. Public Schools system, the charters have been able to adapt and modify practices on the fly, trading information and pushing the limits of pandemic-era education. It's a process that the D.C. Public Schools system has watched closely as it plans its own return to the classroom. “There’s a tremendous amount of trial and error,” said Shannon Hodge of the D.C. Charter School Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for the charter system. “There are real innovations coming out of it.”Each of the three student “cohorts” at the Social Justice School are assigned a specific bathroom to use. The school received its approval from the D.C. Public Charter School Board over the summer and opened its doors for the first time this fall.