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‘Salam, Ramadan Mubarak!’: 4 Ways Schools Can Bring Ramadan Into the Classroom

March 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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As Muslims begin observing Ramadan, it’s a good time to consider the importance of building a strong sense of belonging at school. Affirming the identities of Muslim students and all minoritized and racialized learners is a way of creating a positive classroom culture.

Behind Principal Paul Peacock’s $7,500 Grievance, a Roil of Politics and Sideshow Maneuvers

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Wadsworth principal Paul Peacock’s grievance appeal for a $7,500 supplement is not a complex issue for the School Board to decide on March 28. But it is taking place amid a peripheral stew of noise, politics, and maneuvering over the superintendent’s future, plus a threat of a lawsuit, all of which will challenge the board’s ability to stick to the merits of the appeal.

Superintendent’s Self-Evaluation Is 2 Points Short of ‘Highly Effective,’ With Notable Gaps

March 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt's future in the district is more hidden than she would prefer. (© FlaglerLive)

If it’s not a done deal–which it may well be–the self-evaluations may be key to Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s future, which can now fairly be called embattled as one school board member has been seeking her replacement, two have remained mum on her future, and only two have lent her support.

Sally Hunt Has Problems. The School District Is Paying the Price.

March 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt has a problem with truth. She has a problem with transparency. She has a problem with process. She has a problem with judgment. And she has a problem with the law. She’s also our problem. She’ll either lift this district or drag it down. Right now it’s not looking up.

Any Private or Home Schooled Student Would Be Eligible for $8,000 in Massive Expansion of ‘Vouchers’ at Public Expense

March 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

Reasons to smile: future weekday warriors get a leg up, yet again. (Eaglebrook School)

The Republican-controlled House passed a measure that would make every Florida student –in private school, religious schools or home-schooled–eligible for $8,000 in taxpayer-backed school vouchers, as Democrats and other critics slammed the expansion as a “coupon for millionaires.”

Belle Terre Swim Club’s Finances Are Not as Dire as Projected, Club Advocate Says

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club's fate has been uncertain for years, as it is again this year, and with it the ability of organizations like the Synchro Belles to use the facility's pool for training. (© FlaglerLive)

Doug Courtney, a member of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s advisory committee, questions the school district’s claims that closing the club to public use would be a financial benefit.

Matanzas Aide Attacked by 17 Year Old Had Reported His Threats As Far Back as August

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Brendan Depa being led away at Matanzas High School after the Feb. 21 incident, in a capture from body cam footage.

Joan Naydich, the 58-year-old Matanzas High School paraprofessional attacked by one of her students on Feb. 21 had alerted the classroom teacher as far back as late August of the student’s aggression and belligerence, according to a petition for an injunction she filed at the end of February.

Sally Hunt Courted Ex-FPC Principal Dusty Sims for Superintendent Outside School Board’s and Public’s Purview

March 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Dusty Sims, left, when he was a principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School, and School Board member Sally Hunt. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt has been courting Dusty Sims, the former Flagler Palm Coast High School principal, as a replacement for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt, without the school board’s approval or knowledge, and before Mittlelstadt’s fate is decided. Hunt’s maneuvering contradicts pretenses of neutrality at school board meetings.

Would-Be Book-Banner Appeals Nowhere Girls Decision Even Before 14-0 Vote to Keep It

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The 14-member appeals committee meeting this evening in Bunnell. It was facilitated by Lashakia Moore, the assistant superintendent. (© FlaglerLive)

A 14-member district committee voted unanimously this evening to recommend keeping Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls,” a book deconstructing high school rape culture, on the shelves at Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School. The woman challenging the book filed an appeal to the school board even before the superintendent has weighed on.

Citing ‘Reason Above Prejudice,’ Superintendent Upholds Recommendation to Keep Sold on School Shelves

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

"Sold" was discussed at an appeals committee meeting on March 6. (© FlaglerLive)

Citing “principle above personal opinion and reason above prejudice,” Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt upheld the recommendation of a district appeals committee to keep Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” on human trafficking, on library shelves at high and middle schools.

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