April 10, 2023 Having students write their obits before active shooter drill got teacher terminated A teacher was handed his walking papers after he tried to connect an active shooter drill to his students’ obituaries.
March 8, 2023 As DeSantis reshapes education in Florida, school districts struggle to find new leaders One school district’s struggle to find a new superintendent could be a sign of the times in Florida.
February 20, 2023 DeSantis takes aim at The College Board by looking into ‘classic’ alternative to its SAT Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired his first shot at The College Board when he rejected an advanced placement African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda. Now, it seems he was just getting started.
February 1, 2023 Teacher charged with 3 counts of sex offenses at high school involving student A sheriff’s office got a call about a sexual assault at a high school and at the end of the investigation, deputies arrested a teacher.
October 27, 2022 High school teacher accused of months-long romantic relationship with student A teacher has been released from jail — and “reassigned” away from a classroom — for having an improper relationship with a student.
October 27, 2022 No jail, no job for high school athletic director accused of taking $16k+ but not coaching A high school athletic director is out of a job but won’t be going to jail on charges of grand theft and official misconduct.
October 25, 2022 Teacher accused of stealing coworkers’ coaching supplements, even denying them when asked Teachers get paid for educating in the classroom, but some also get supplements for work with extracurricular activities. Andrea Smith-Thomas was one of them.
September 13, 2022 3 strikes in 5 weeks for selling alcohol, nicotine to minors, including 2x in 15 minutes A liquor store clerk got stung during “a pre-planned operation to address complaints of underage alcoholic beverage and tobacco sales,” according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
April 6, 2022 SUV driver who crashed into 4 students at bus stop, killing 2, was impaired The toxicology report is in, and the driver involved in the deadly crash that killed two students waiting for their bus to take them to school has been arrested.
April 6, 2022 New allegations, charges against teacher already accused of inappropriate touching A teacher who worked at Pahokee High School faces at least one more charge of battery-simple touch or strike.
March 22, 2022 DeSantis says he’ll sign controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign the controversial bill titled “Parental Rights in Education” bill soon.
October 29, 2019 Florida is for other people, who may not know… Most of you know how I feel about Florida. Knowing I moved out says much of it, but there are a lot of reasons…
January 2, 2019 Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days! Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…
July 8, 2018 From Philly? How your neighborhood (or one nearby) got its name Philadelphia may be one of the biggest cities in the country and arguably the most historic, considering it is the birthplace of our country….
