st johns county public schools

Pay and bonuses remain a point of contention as the two sides submit their proposals to a mediator.

The teachers union had never voted against a pay raise until last week. Seventy-seven percent rejected it.

The new school — with a Barracuda mascot — will help alleviate overcrowding at other schools.

The school, expected to open in 2024, is needed to alleviate overcrowding in the fast-growing northern part of the county near the Duval County line.

Two more schools will be built in the next two years as the growing district copes with overcrowding.

A town hall meeting at 6 p.m. will focus on plans for a new building in the northwest part of the county.

The U.S. Justice Department will participate in oral arguments in a case that has drawn attention from states and groups across the country.

In two briefs filed at a federal appeals court, 40 states and the District of Columbia have chosen sides in the case stemming from a St. Johns County School Board policy that prevented Drew Adams from using boys’ bathrooms at Nease High School.

The St. Johns County School District’s mask mandate for employees and visitors expired Thursday, and Superintendent Tim Forson has not moved to extend it.…

St. Johns County Schools had recorded 881 COVID cases as of Thursday — more than 25 times the number of cases in the district after the first 14 school…