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UNF Breaking Ground on New Dorms
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 [...]
Continue reading...School Board Fires Joseph Wise
16. October 2007
Not much of a shock, but now it’s official. The Duval County School Board has fired Superintendent Joseph Wise. Tommy Hazouri made the motion and it was approved by a 6-1 margin with only Kris Barnes voting not to terminate the contract. The Times-Union has a great minute-by-minute account of the contentious meeting that officially ended [...]
Continue reading...Peyton asks Wise, board to calm down
13. October 2007
Mayor John Peyton earlier today asked for a “cooling off period” between the School Board and Superintendent Wise, while a group of local leaders is assembled to consider and hopefully resolve the dispute. Although Wise and some board members agreed with the idea, others did not seem to approve. Wise said Saturday night that Peyton’s [...]
Continue reading...School Board Battle Gets Even Uglier
13. October 2007
It seems as if everyone is calling on everyone else to resign! Earlier this week School Board member Tommy Hazouri said that the time had come for Superintendent Wise to step down from his post. Now Wise has gone to the very usual step of demanding that School Board member Brenda Priestly Jackson resign her seat, charging that [...]
Continue reading...Question of the Week…
10. October 2007
With anger among school board members building, is it time for Superintendent Joseph Wise to be removed from his position? Should the School Board fire Superintendent Wise? Yes, it's time he go! We need compromise... Wise is doing a great job! I don't know / no opinion View Results
Continue reading...UNF invades the AOL call center
25. July 2007
When America Online left Jacksonville, the University of North Florida made an effort to regain control of the land they had sold to the beleaguered internet company. Inside, not much seems to have changed since the time it was used for bilking millions of Americans out of their money… ABOVE: The main sales floor, now partly [...]
Continue reading...School Board Job Approval Poll
10. June 2007
What is your overall impression of the job performance of the current members of the Duval County School Board? Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve Indifferent Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove Other (Leave Comment) View Results
Continue reading...Fernandina Beach High Does the Jitterbug
30. April 2007
Not sure what they’re putting in the water up in Nassau County, but this is really pretty well done for a student video. There’s also a slightly less elaborate, but still pretty strange, version of “I Want it That Way” by the Backstreet Boys. It gets better towards the end with lots of [...]
Continue reading...Seven Students “Robo-Trip” to the Hospital
25. April 2007
Apparently seven local middle schoolers decided it would be a good idea to abuse over-the-counter cough and cold medicine to attain some sort of high. They were rushed to Shands and Baptist Medical Centers for treatment… Seven students at Landmark Middle School were transported to a hospital after reporting ill effects from having taken over-the-counter cold [...]
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23. October 2007
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