State Board of Education approves rules to protect children
The State Board unanimously voted to require that restrooms and changing facilities in K-12 schools be separated based on biological sex at birth; ensure transparency...
Limited spaces available for Santa Fe College’s Academy of Science and Technology
This fall, Santa Fe College is opening its new high school, the Academy of Science and Technology, on the college’s Northwest Campus in Gainesville. There...
Local students win 28 National Merit scholarships
Of the record 42 Alachua County Public School students named National Merit Scholarship finalists this year, 27 have won scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship...
July 18 Alachua County School Board Meeting
The Alachua County School Board will meet at 6 p.m. on July 18...
Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. announces July Books of the Month
Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. said this month’s selections celebrate American heroes, including those who gave their life to safeguard our freedoms....
Alachua County Public Schools is still hiring teachers for fall
Currently, the district has 105 classroom teacher vacancies, and about 70 of those are in kindergarten through 5th grade. About 15 are for secondary school...
Buchholz High math team wins 15th national championship
The Buchholz High School math team is celebrating its 15th national championship after beating arch-rival American Heritage Broward and 30 other schools at the Mu...
Preliminary state test results released for school district
Preliminary state test scores released this afternoon by the Florida Department of Education show local students earned higher scores this year on their end-of-course exam...
Florida completes first year of first-in-nation progress monitoring assessments
The results of Florida’s end-of-year progress monitoring assessment show students made substantial growth throughout the school year, including up to 42 percentage points in some...
Updated: School board will participate in Strategic Meetings
The Alachua County School Board will participate in the Strategic Planning Team Meeting Days on June 26 and June 27...