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Local teacher selected as Florida Teacher of the Year
Local middle school teacher Jean Lamar has been selected as Florida’s 2009 Teacher of the Year. Jean Lamar, a language arts teacher from Callahan Middle School, was chosen out of 5 finalists chosen from nearly 70 other district winners from around the state to compete for the top position. Lamar’s classroom performance was evaluated several [...]
Continue reading...Nachman knocks Wright’s name off ballot
3. July 2008
Judge Bernard Nachman has granted a request from School Board chairwoman Betty Burney to remove Vivian Wright’s name from the August 26th primary ballot. Burney had challenged Wright’s residency qualifications to run for the District 5 seat, and Wright refused to go through discovery to determine is she was in fact entitled to challenge [...]
Continue reading...Stan Jordan to run for School Board
30. May 2008
The Supervisor of Elections website is showing that State Representative Stan Jordan has filed to run for Duval County School Board. Jordan has already served 16 years on the School Board include 4 years as the Chairman. He has represented District 17 in the State House since 2000, but term limits prevent him from seeking [...]
Continue reading...Two Local Schools Make Top 10 List
19. May 2008
Two local high schools have once again been ranked among the top ten in the nation by Newsweek magazine. Stanton College Prep slipped from number 3 to number 5 this year, while Paxon School for Advanced Studies moved up from 17th to 8th place in the new survey. Nease High School is the only other local [...]
Continue reading...Art Project Causes Panic at UNF
27. March 2008
Around 11am today, a UNF campus police officer discovered a suspicious looking package near building 9. Over the next several hours, much of the campus was closed and students were evacuated. The bomb squad was called in to provide back-up. Ultimately, four suspicious packages were dicovered. A student approached officers to inform them that the boxes were [...]
Continue reading...Bringing Back the Education Commissioner?
9. March 2008
On Friday a House panel voted to approve a new constitutional amendment that would bring back the elected position of Education Commissioner in Florida. The last person to be elected to the office of Education Commissioner was Tom Gallagher, who in 1998 defeated Democrat Peter Wallace by a 56-44% margin. If the amendment is passed, [...]
Continue reading...Council Agrees to Compromise on Boselli Deal
27. November 2007
Earlier today the Jacksonville City Council voted 16-1 (yes, Denise Lee was the one) to approve a deal with the Boselli Foundation. The agreement will allow Boselli’s organization to manage and conduct an after-school program at the Simonds-Johnson Community Center in the afternoons, but will also make the facility available to other community groups. This [...]
Continue reading...Florida Metropolitan is Now Everest University
6. November 2007
Florida Metropolitan University is changing names. With two campuses in Jacksonville, the school claims an active local enrollment of just under 1,000. FMU (now Everest) is owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. which seems to be combining all their institutions under the new Everest umbrella. Their campuses provide students with short-term, career training in a [...]
Continue reading...UNF Breaking Ground on New Dorms
23. October 2007
On Wednesday the University of North Florida will be breaking ground on a new dorm complex called Osprey Fountains. The facility will be able to house 1,000 students and is going to be located over at Kernan and Alumni Drive. This five-story complex is expected to cost nearly $90 million and take at least a [...]
Continue reading...How Much Cash Will Wise Leave With?
16. October 2007
Now that the Duval County School Board has chosen to terminate the contract of controversial Superintendent Joseph Wise.  The main question, aside from who will replace him, is how rich of a compensation package he will be leaving with. If it’s determined that Wise was let go “for cause” then he’s only able to receive another 90 days pay. That’s roughly [...]
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