Parents file lawsuit to require Alachua and Duval school boards to comply with FDOH emergency rule
Twenty-two parents have filed a lawsuit asking the 1st DCA to order the Alachua County and Duval County School Boards to follow the FDOH emergency...
SF Teaching Zoo and SF Police Department Team Up for Canned Food Drive
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and Santa Fe College Police Department are hosting “Ghosts, Goblins and Groceries," collecting canned and non-perishable food items to benefit...
Superintendent’s statement about arrests related to bomb threats
Superintendent Simon's message to Alachua County Public School families following the arrests today of two students for making bomb threats...
ACPS updates quarantine policy
Alachua County Public Schools has quietly updated its quarantine policy for students...
Sheriff Watson discusses school threats in statement
Sheriff Watson's statement promises that those involved in bomb and gun threats will be prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law"...
Childers advises School Board Chair and Sheriff that meeting rules violate First Amendment rights
Attorney Jeff Childers has sent demand letters to School Board Chair Leanetta McNealy and Sheriff Clovis Watson regarding McNealy's policy of not allowing citizens to...
Parents send “Cease and desist” letter to school board
The letter asks Alachua County Public Schools to "immediately cease and desist from the enforcement of its unlawful defiance of the Department of Health's guidances...
Newberry High, Oakview Middle, and Eastside High all receive bomb threats
Newberry High School was evacuated today for the fourth time in four school days, and Oakview Middle School and Eastside High School also received bomb...
State Board of Education announces meeting to determine compliance of 12 school districts with emergency rules
The Florida State Board of Education has announced a meeting on October 7 to consider the compliance of 12 school districts with the State's emergency...
Superintendent Simon asks for an extension to respond to FLDOE request that the district comply with rules
Saying that the mask mandate was voted on by the school board, Simon asked for an extension until after the October 5 school board meeting...