Buchholz High School’s Karen Kearney wins ACPS Teacher of the Year
By Peyton Harris | 7:15amOn Jan. 26, Karen Kearney won the Alachua County Teacher of the Year award among 39 nominees from every school in the county.
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Nationwide shootings, bomb threats prompts Alachua County school safety expansion
By Sophia Bailly | Dec. 5A rise in school-related violence has led the state of Florida to issue updated legislative measures in recent years. Alachua County has had to respond to these measures.
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Alachua County teachers get hands-on science education experience at Florida Museum of Natural History
By Aidan Bush | Oct. 25Educators toured fossil exhibits at the Florida Museum of Natural History alongside mammal paleontologists. Afterward, teachers made posters charting the horse’s evolution using what they learned, experiencing a lesson plan from the seat of a student.
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Newberry High School Homecoming parade returns for for first time since COVID-19 pandemic
By Sophia Bailly | Oct. 15Newberry High Schools' sports teams, Homecoming court and other school organizations drove across the city of Newberry in trucks and cars to celebrate the first Homecoming parade since 2019. The parade kicked off at 3 p.m. Oct. 14.
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P.K. Yonge: A UF laboratory school with rich history
By Sophia Bailly | Sep. 30P.K. Yonge is one of four Florida K-12 schools directly affiliated with a university, serving as its own school district. P.K. Yonge isn’t affiliated with Alachua County Public Schools and has its own superintendent. All P.K. Yonge employees carry GatorONE Cards, follow the regulations and policies set by the university and work under UF’s Board of Trustees.
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Alachua County Public Schools closes schools in preparation of Hurricane Ian
By Sophia Bailly | Sep. 27Alachua County Public Schools announced Tuesday morning all offices and schools will be closed Wednesday through Friday in preparation for Hurricane Ian. Extracurricular activities are also canceled.
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‘For DaeDae’: Hundreds gather for funeral of Eastside High School football player
By Omar Ateyah | Sep. 19About 300 mourners gathered at Eastside High School, located at 1201 SE 43rd St., Sept. 17 to remember the life of Dabien White, a 17-year-old offensive lineman at the school.
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Alachua County Public Schools face teacher vacancies amid statewide school staff shortage
By Sophia Bailly | Sep. 6Around 48 K-12 teacher openings were listed on the Alachua County Public Schools website as of Sunday. As school administrations and state politicians look toward short-term solutions, those in the education system are left to grapple with low salaries among the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Eastside High School marching band alumni seek a return to original culture
By Omar Ateyah and Allie Sinkovich | Aug. 17For advocates, the debate over the marching band’s culture is not merely an issue of extracurriculars. It also embodies an erasure of Black heritage from a school thats roots are intimately tied to a critical part of Black history: the desegregation era.
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College of Education, Alachua face Florida's teaching vacancies
By Jackson Reyes | Aug. 1About 9,000 teacher vacancies need to be filled statewide for the upcoming school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.
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Rally addresses Gainesville gun violence prior to school year’s start
By Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp | Aug. 1Thousands of Alachua County residents including students, parents and teachers filled Santa Fe College's gymnasium Saturday for Alachua County's 23rd annual Stop the Violence Back to School Rally.
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Back-to-school rally revolves around youth violence
By Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp | July 25The Stop the Violence Back to School Rally will present parents and students with backpacks, school supplies and safety lessons in the Santa Fe College gymnasium Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Alachua County Public Schools held graduation ceremonies without COVID-19 restrictions
By Jackson Reyes | May 30Alachua County high school seniors attended their graduation ceremonies, maskless and side-by-side, for the first time in two years.
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Alachua County Public School’s racial achievement gap persists
By Emma Behrmann | Apr. 8ACPS has the state’s widest achievement gap between white and Black students in both English language arts and mathematics. Segregation met its end in 1970 for Alachua County Public Schools, but disparities between Black student and white student performance afflict the district today. This district serves more than 30,000 students — 33% of which are Black and 41% of which are white. ACPS officials acknowledged this gap and crafted an equity plan in 2018, promising to eliminate the disparity by 2028, but the plan failed to narrow the difference in student performance.
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Alachua County School Board votes Shane Andrew as interim superintendent
By Emma Behrmann | Mar. 18Alachua County School Board named Shane Andrew as interim superintendent two weeks after firing former superintendent Carlee Simon. The members voted 3-2 Tuesday, with Mildred Russell and Gunnar Paulson in dissent. Chairman Robert Hyatt asked for agreement in the board’s nomination at the March 2 meeting, but the vote was split again.
