Cooper Campen makes history with third straight Alachua County Spelling Bee championship
Cooper Campen, a homeschooled student from Alachua County, has won the 2026 Alachua County Spelling Bee, becoming the first student in Alachua County history to...
Buchholz High School teacher wins national Amazing Teacher of the Year award
Buchholz High School teacher Christin Vinson was named USA Today's national Amazing Teacher of the Year...
ACPS issues updated guidance on interactions with law enforcement
Alachua County Public Schools has issued updated guidance for interactions with law enforcement on school campuses; the new guidance lays out a process for school...
February 6 School Board of Alachua County meeting with elected officials
The School Board of Alachua County will hold an Elected Officials Meeting at 9:00 a.m. on February 6....
School Board hears update on ICE guidance, argues about “Way of Work” meeting
The School Board heard an update on ICE guidance, argued about whether to hold a meeting to address how the board works together, renewed the...
FDOE says school district staff must not allow student protests during the school day
Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas wrote that although students retain constitutional rights to free expression, protests must not interrupt instructional time, and staff "must not...
City of Gainesville, UF partnership strengthens early literacy for local children
Six UFLI work-study tutors were embedded directly into City afterschool programs, providing literacy assessments and structured one-on-one tutoring to strengthen decoding and fluency skills....
Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by entering the America250FL Essay and Art Contests
To honor the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, the Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida invite all Florida students in grades K-12 to participate...
Draft school boundary maps are available
Draft school boundary maps have been released...
Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources opens nominations for Class XIII
The UF/IFAS Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources is soliciting nominations for Class XIII of its two-year leadership development program....