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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Emma Behrmann

Alligator Staff Writer

Emma Behrmann is a third-year journalism major and The Alligator’s metro desk editor for the Spring 2023 semester. She loves bodybuilding and spends most of her free time at the gym.


METRO  |  PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Alachua County Public School’s racial achievement gap persists

ACPS 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. 

METRO  |  PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Split Alachua County school board votes out Superintendent Carlee Simon

A divided Alachua County School Board fired Superintendent Carlee Simon Tuesday.  The board voted 3-2, with Leanetta McNealy and Tina Certain dissenting. Chairman Robert Hyatt, who was part of the majority, named Deputy Superintendent Donna Jones acting superintendent until the board can nominate an interim superintendent at the next board meeting Mar. 15. 

METRO  |  PUBLIC SCHOOLS

High school students protest ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill with walkout

Honks, cheers and rainbow-decorated signs accompanied 30 Gainesville High School students as they walked down Northwest 13th Street Thursday afternoon. Hundreds more stood in protest on the baseball fields. GHS students joined Buchholz and Eastside High and students across the state in a walkout to protest the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which passed its final state senate committee Monday and awaits a final vote and signature from the governor. Officially known as the Parental Rights in Education Bill, the legislation would bar state educators from discussing LGBTQ+ topics that are not “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.” 

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