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Duval Schools almost ended their mask mandate. Then they looked at the COVID data again.

According to a letter to Florida’s education commissioner, Richard Corcoran, Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Diana Greene briefly planned to end the district’s 90-day emergency mask mandate on Monday, Oct. 4.

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DCPS Board Member Lori Hershey Stands With DeSantis Against Critical Race Theory

Sydney Boles

The State Board of Education is set to meet in Jacksonville Thursday to discuss, among other things, a controversial change to Florida’s history…

Statue of two kids reading a book on a bench, backdrop of the Duval County Public Schools building

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Duval Schools Launch $1.5M COVID-19 Testing Program; Thursday Back To Class Details

Sky Lebron

With public school beginning the fall semester on Thursday in Duval County, Superintendent Diana Greene and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry are…

Angie Nixon speaking on the top of a truck, with a line of cars in front of her, in the middle of a grass lot. Some tall buildings and clouds in the background

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Duval Parents, Teachers, Students Demand School Reopenings Halted At Rally

Sky Lebron

Duval County Public School teachers, parents, students, along with local representatives, continue to demand that schools remain in a distance learning…

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Jax City Council’s Finance Committee Wants To Withdraw School Sales Tax Referendum

Abukar Adan

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee wants the full council to withdraw legislation to put a half-cent sales tax referendum before the voters.…

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Jacksonville City Council and School Board Lock Horns Over Half-Cent Sales Tax Referendum

Abukar Adan

The Jacksonville City Council and the Duval County Public Schools Board Wednesday met to discuss whether to put a half cent sales tax referendum before…

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Duval School Board To Seek Outside Counsel

After the Duval County School Board’s half-cent sales tax referendum faced a roadblock this week at Tuesday’s Finance and Rules committee meetings,…

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Duval School Board Denies Seaside Charter Application For Northside Campus

A divided Duval County School Board voted Tuesday night to deny an application for a proposed charter school that sparked concern from Superintendent…

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Duval Public Schools To Deploy Threat Assessment Teams Early Next Year

Abukar Adan

The Duval County Public School District is set to roll out a state-mandated policy to identify troubled students before they become a safety threat. The…

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Q&A With Duval County District 4 School Board-Elect Darryl Willie

Abukar Adan

Darryl Willie, a former teacher and now the Executive Director of Teach for America Jacksonville, was recently elected to the school board Duval County’s…