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Newberry Community School Board appoints new member, provides enrollment updates
By Grace Larson | May 18The Newberry Community School Board appointed a new board member in a meeting Monday.
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Metro Editor Grace Larson is a second-year journalism student and this summer's metro editor. She previously worked as city/county commission reporter and K-12 education reporter for The Alligator. When she's not editing stories, Grace enjoys running, weightlifting and going on random side quests. If she's not at her desk, you can find her at any place offering free food and crafts.
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Newberry challenges opening of Oak View K-8 School
By Grace Larson | May 15Alachua County Public Schools faces challenges ahead of the opening of Oak View K-8 School in August.
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ACPS School Board votes on Irby Elementary School
By Grace Larson | May 6The Alachua County School Board voted 3-2 to keep Irby Elementary School open as a pre-K through second grade school.
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‘We want to keep our family together’: Alachua community rallies behind Irby Elementary School
By Grace Larson | May 1Each month, Irby Elementary School promotes a positive character trait for students. This month’s character trait is grit — something Shernee Bellamy-Fults said teachers are exhibiting in the face of the school’s proposed closure.
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Newberry Community School Board discusses tech costs, kindergarten enrollment
By Grace Larson | Apr. 20With just four months until the new school year — and the opening of Newberry Community School — the board met Monday evening to discuss a technology budget plan and Kindergarten Kick-Off.
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Your favorite downtown Gainesville restaurants are about to get more walkable
By Maria Arruda and Grace Larson | Apr. 19Gainesville’s The Streatery project began construction April 13. The $4.5 million project will transform Southwest First Avenue downtown into a two-block pedestrian-friendly site for hosting festivals and events.
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Alachua County school closures part of statewide trend
By Grace Larson | Apr. 19Board members from Pinellas, Orange and Broward Counties attended the meeting to share how declining birth rates and the shift of students to private and charter schools have decreased public school enrollment and necessitated the closure of schools.
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Community members provide input on the fate of Irby Elementary School
By Grace Larson | Apr. 14About 50 people gathered at Mebane Middle School in the city of Alachua Monday evening for a community input session hosted by the district.
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Can AI teach kids to read? UF researchers create interactive literacy app
By Grace Larson | Apr. 13An artificial intelligence-integrated app aims to help young readers develop literacy skills.
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ACPS hosts meeting to discuss Oak View Middle School conversion to pre-K through 8th
By Grace Larson | Apr. 8More than 150 people gathered in the Oak View Middle School cafeteria Tuesday evening.
