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Florida Democratic Party backs Rogers, snubs Wood in county school board endorsements

Tallahassee Democrat 26 Jul 2024
The list features 11 candidates, from school board races from across the state ... "I did not seek an endorsement because I believe there is too much partisanship in school board races," Wood told the Tallahassee Democrat Friday morning.
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Concussion drug Prevacus founder pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare scandal case

Hattiesburg American 26 Jul 2024
Jacob Vanlandingham appeared before U.S ... The fraud began on or about Jan ... VanLandingham formerly worked with the Florida State University Medical School before starting Prevacus, which was headquartered in Tallahassee ... Also charged. ...
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School grades are out for 2024. Here's how Leon County Schools fared

Tallahassee Democrat 25 Jul 2024
... at Centre slipped from a B to a C.Tallahassee School of Math and Sciences dropped from a B to a C.Renaissance Academy earned a C after getting a D last year.Tallahassee Classical School received a C.
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Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday in Florida Set for July 29-August 11

Space Coast Daily 25 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which begins on Monday, July 29, and runs for two weeks, ending on Sunday, August 11 ... The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday includes items such as..
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‘NIL’ deals approved for Florida high school athletes

Citrus County Chronicle 25 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE — High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals ... .
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Here's how Florida's education system is serving as Republican's new blueprint

Pensacola News Journal 25 Jul 2024
19 for high school graduation rate, and No ... The Tallahassee Democrat reported at the time that the Florida House estimated the cost of the expansion as $209.6 million to public schools, while a Senate analysis had tagged it at $646 million.
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Tallahassee Classical School is facing a discrimination lawsuit. Here's what we know

Tallahassee Democrat 24 Jul 2024
Tallahassee Classical School, the subject of recent controversy, now faces a lawsuit with claims of discrimination after a then-teacher reportedly used a racial epithet in front of students.
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3 Florida universities prepare for new presidents

Tampa Bay Times 24 Jul 2024
• A Leon County school board race is getting ugly amid political attack ads, the Tallahassee Democrat reports ... school, contending it allowed for racial discrimination, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
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High school athletes can make money through endorsements, Florida education board says

Sun Sentinel 24 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE — High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals ... High schools won’t be able to use promises of NIL deals to recruit players.
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Florida DOE Announces 2024 Grades, Brevard Public Schools Earn ‘A’ Rating for First Time Since 2019

Space Coast Daily 24 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – The State Board of Education voted to approve the Florida Department of Education’s updated school grading scale at the July Board Meeting, which is used to determine school ...
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Guitar Store man, brickyard builder, and a world checkers champ make the Tallahassee 200

Tallahassee Democrat 23 Jul 2024
Read the full list online at tallahassee.com/tlh200 ... Tallahassee’s first rock n roll music store ... In 1997, the Tallahassee Sports Commission, the Leon County School Board and the Leon County Commission renamed Capital Stadium to Gene Cox Stadium.
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Florida's only historically Black university names interim president

The Philadelphia Tribune 23 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.Florida's only public historically Black university has chosen an interim leader, after the school's president announced this month that he intends to resign ....
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Judge denies Escambia school officials' request to be shielded in book removal case

Pensacola News Journal 23 Jul 2024
TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge denied an effort by Escambia County school officials to be shielded from testifying about removing and restricting school-library books but paved the way for them to file ...
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ACC will fight Clemson lawsuit \u2018as long as it takes,\u2019 commissioner says

Journal Gazette 23 Jul 2024
“We are confident in this league and that it will remain a premier conference in college athletics for the long-term future,” Phillips said, emphasizing that the ACC is “bigger than any one school or schools.” ... ACC in Tallahassee, Fla., Clemson vs.
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'Floodgates' open: Local campaigns using more and more text messages to reach voters

Tallahassee Democrat 22 Jul 2024
Political text message are hardly new in Tallahassee — two years ago, they became one of the go-to ways to drop dirt on candidates anonymously ... Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or 850-599-2180.
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