Florida roundup: Charter schools, campaigns, facilities and more

florida-roundup-logoCharter schools. Charters in conflict with the Hillsborough school district say they want the matter brought to a hearing. Tampa Tribune. Gradebook. Conflict is brewing over a proposed municipal charter school in West Palm Beach. Palm Beach Post.

Back to school. Frank Biden rallies charter school educators as they prepare for the new year. Palm Beach Post. Seminole, the third district to open for classes, sees a smooth start. Orlando Sentinel.

Acceleration. Alachua schools will allow some eighth graders to take Advanced Placement Physics. Gainesville Sun.

Graduation. New rules, including an online course requirement, take effect for the Class of 2015. Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers.

Campaigns. The Tampa Tribune looks at a crowded field and an ethnic attack in Hillsborough school board races. Brevard holds a forum on a tax referendum. Florida Today. The superintendent looms large in Clay County school board elections. Florida Times-Union. The Bradenton Herald profiles two Manatee County School Board races. Collier school board candidates take part in a forum. Naples Daily News. The Northwest Florida Daily News offers a voters guide.

Student health. More Volusia and Flagler students ignore medical advice and opt out of vaccines. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Budgets. The Manatee district gets its finances in order. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Bradenton Herald.

Facilities. Broward officials hope a pending bond referendum will help ease crowding. Sun-Sentinel.

Extra days. Seminole County officials want to extend the school year in some places. Fox 35.

Teacher conduct. A Duval teacher accused of using profanity in her classroom is returned to the job. WJXT.


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BY Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is Director of Thought Leadership at Step Up For Students and editor of NextSteps. He lives in Sanford, Fla. with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.