Scott PowersAugust 6, 2020
5min850
Officials offered thinly veiled criticism about schools reopening.
Tag: high school
Scott PowersAugust 6, 2020
Associated PressJune 7, 2020
16min250
Here is the Class of 2020, through the lens of events that have molded them.
Guest AuthorMay 1, 2019
4min578
We’re glad our Legislators didn’t give up.
Staff ReportsFebruary 13, 2019
2min320
"Always remember that Floridians will stand strong in times of tragedy."
Scott PowersNovember 17, 2017
6min384
Florida Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart is working with her counterpart in Puerto Rico on a plan that would allow Puerto Rican high school students who evacuated to Florida because of Hurricane Maria study for and receive Puerto Rico diplomas in Florida, rather than Florida diplomas. The issue is more than just choice and pride […]
Guest AuthorApril 12, 20166min265
Last fall, for the first time in 25 years, my wife and I didn’t buy any school supplies, monitor any homework assignments, or attend any “Back-to-School Nights.” With our youngest child now away at college, we are, at long last, empty nesters (if you don’t count our “boomerang child” who just returned home temporarily). Our […]
Associated PressSeptember 5, 2015
1min246
High schools in the Gainesville area are dealing with an unexpected influx of new students. The Gainesville Sun reports that the Alachua County School District has about 800 more high school students than it had expected for the 2015-2016 school year. District officials say they planned for increased enrollment at the district’s seven high schools […]
Guest AuthorJuly 2, 20156min214
By the time we left high school in June 1987, Cathy and I, along with most other students, were forever changed. The usual experiences were only part of it. We liked boys who didn’t like us back, changed our hair color, learned to drive, tried tequila, and went from Madonna to Motley Crue in the […]
Guest AuthorApril 26, 20154min222
Florida’s schools are supposed to prepare our students for success in life. Whether pursuing higher education or entering the workforce, we expect that students are ready for the real world based on what they learn in the classroom. But there is one area where we are perpetually failing the next generation: financial literacy and managing […]
Guest AuthorApril 21, 2015
7min158
I know I’m totally putting myself at risk by writing this column, and openly admitting to something the authorities consider irrefutable evidence of irresponsible parenting. There have been many articles recently published about parents doing something similar to what I’ve done, and those parents were subsequently questioned by police officers. A few have been arrested. […]