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Military Vets Without Bachelor’s Degrees Will Soon Be Teaching in Florida Schools

August 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a new law to create an alternative temporary teaching certificate for military veterans, saying that their prior military experience will have value in the classroom. But the law would get around a prerequisite expected of thousands of teachers in Florida — a bachelor’s degree.

Schools Scramble to Fill Vacant Slots, Including 108 in Flagler District, as Enrollment Appears Up

August 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

At Insian Trails Middle School on Wednesday. (Flagler Schools)

Flagler County has 108 job postings as of today, according to its openings advertised online, including 32 instructional positions, among them six teaching openings at Buddy Taylor Middle School, six at Matanzas High School, and four at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

Arming Teachers Is Not the Answer. Limiting Access to Guns and Addressing Mental Health Is.

August 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

An active-shooter training exercise conducted by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office in 2019, for sheriff's deputies only. (© FlaglerLive)

Problems have escalated to such a point that it has helped drive good people out of the classroom and negatively influenced people willing to become teachers. This is especially true in schools with a reputation for having a culture of discipline issues or weak community support.

A School Supply Drive for Bunnell Elementary

August 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bunnell Elementary school. (© FlaglerLive)

In support of Bunnell Elementary School, the Bunnell Police Department is hosting a School Supply Drive now through August 10. Donations can be dropped off at the police station, 1769 E. Moody Blvd, Building 14, behind the Flagler Government Services building.

An Open Letter to Flagler County Voters Against Extremism, Buffoonery and Their Disturbing Candidates

August 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

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The abuse of position and process (particularly by school board members) is egregious. The wasted hours in all three elected boards’ meetings (school board, county commission, Palm Coast council) on ridiculous, petty–or worse: imagined–problems has been sickening to endure, Jake Scully argues in a plea for well-researched votes in the coming elections.

School Board’s Colleen Conklin Rips Into ‘Inappropriate’ Developers’ Involvement in Policy Negotiations

August 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The long-simmering tension between the school district and home builders surfaced today as Conklin addressed it directly, challenging the way developers have sought to influence public policy in the county and on the school board.

Solution in Sight in Months-Long Conflict Over School Construction as Halt to Big Developments Looms

August 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler County School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, flanked by Board members Janet McDonald, left, and Colleen Conklin, making his compromise proposal that may resolve a long-running conflict pitting the county on one side and the school board on the other--with cities largely caught in between--over the way builders and developers are charged for school construction. (© FlaglerLive)

A compromise proposal suggested by School Board member Trevor Tucker may resolve a conflict that has divided Flagler County government and the School Board, along with some of the county’s cities, over how builders and developers are billed for school construction. Absent a resolution, more than a dozen large developments could be brought to a halt.

Matanzas High School Addition Leads $165 Million in Planned School Construction Over Next 5 Years

August 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The Flagler County school district is tentatively projecting to spend $18 million for an expansion of Matanzas High School, $70 million for a new middle school and $77 million for a new high school over the next five years, not including additional millions for ongoing maintenance.

Sally Hunt, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Sally Hunt. (© FlaglerLive)

Sally Hunt is challenging incumbent Jill Woolbright in the District 1 race for Flagler County School Board. They are among seven candidates running for three seats on the school board. 

Jill Woolbright, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Jill Woolbright. (© FlaglerLive)

Jill Woolbright is the incumbent candidate in the District 1 race for Flagler County School Board, running against Sally Hunt. Seven candidates are running for three school board seats.

Open Enrollment for Flagler Youth Orchestra’s After-School Strings Program

August 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

One of the Flagler Youth Orchestra's five ensembles in rehearsal just before a performance at the Flagler Auditorium last April. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Youth Orchestra Strings Program, a special project of the Flagler County School District, is launching its eighteenth season, with ongoing open enrollment for all Flagler County students ages 8 and up. An open house and information session will be held August 31 at the Flagler Auditorium.

What We Can Learn from Apartheid-Era Book Bans in South Africa

July 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Books are often targeted when they are sympathetic to the oppressed.

The rise in attempts to ban and censor books in America–and in Flagler County–in 2022 looks an awful lot like what South African censors did during apartheid. It’s as though would-be American censors have taken a page directly from the South African censors’ playbook, setting out to squash political dissent and silence social debate.

Dr. Larry Petker Honors Wife Sandi with $25,000 Endowment to Daytona State College

July 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Ormond Beach chiropractor Dr. Larry Petker and his family have established an endowed scholarship fund with  the Daytona State College Foundation in memory of his beloved wife, Sandi, who passed away last December. 

Judge Upholds Osceola School Board’s Termination of Charter School Contract

July 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Judge Lynne Quimby-Pennock issued a 65-page order backing the school board in the dispute with American Classical Charter Academy. The school board voted April 5 to terminate the contract, prompting the charter school to take the case to the state Division of Administrative Hearings.

DeSantis and the Mis-Education of Florida’s Schoolchildren. With Test for Extra Credit.

July 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Ron DeSantis wants the young ’uns educated with no unfair criticism of the Greatest Country that Ever Was. To that end, he’s bringing in a curriculum from Hillsdale College, a righteous institution where they love the Lord, the flag, and capitalism — not necessarily in that order.

Four School Boards Sued Over Enforcing ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law, Charging Violation of 1st Amendment

July 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

This sign and others like it are now banned in Florida public schools. (© FlaglerLive)

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Orlando, seeks to block the school boards in Orange, Indian River, Duval and Palm Beach counties from carrying out the law (HB 1557), which restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms. The lawsuit charges the law is unconstitutional.

Lance Alred, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

July 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Lance Alred. (© FlaglerLive)

Lance Alred is one of seven candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 23 primary election, one of three in the District 2 race. He faces Will Furry and Courtney VandeBunte. All Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Christy Chong, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

July 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Christy Chong. (Kirk Chong)

Christy Chong is one of seven candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 23 primary election, opposing incumbent Trevor Tucker. all Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Trevor Tucker, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

July 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Trevor Tucker is one of seven candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 23 primary election. He is opposed by Christy Chong. All Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

The Music Plays On: School Board Renews Flagler Youth Orchestra, with Call for Indefinite Support

July 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Supporters of the Flagler Youth Orchestra filled the school board's meeting room Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board Tuesday evening voted 5-0 to renew funding for the Flagler Youth Orchestra for an 18th year after hearing pleas and plaudits from some 20 community members, former and current participants and parents.

Curtain Calls for Flagler Youth Orchestra as School Board Frets Either Encores or Coda

July 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

In extremis? FYO (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board this evening votes on whether to renew the Flagler Youth Orchestra for its 18th year. Renewal was not in question in previous years, as it has been this year. A former superintendent, parents, community members at large, current and former FYO student participants sent numerous letters and emails to school board members.

Threat Called In to FTC Campus Requires Building Evacuation and FPC Lockdown

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The threat was called in to the FTC part of the Flagler Palm Coast High School campus this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

A threat was called in to Flagler Technical College on the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School late this morning, requiring evacuation of buildings at FTC and a lockdown at FPC, a district spokesman said.

Embry-Riddle Re-Invigorates Its Study Abroad Slate

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Liz Bosch, an Aerospace Engineering student, is one of six Embry-Riddle undergrads to win Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships this year. The award has enabled her to study abroad in Germany this summer. (Liz Bosch/Embry-Riddle)

Study abroad programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University suspended during Covid are now back at full strength, hosting more than 200 students this summer to travel the world. Several of those students earned the opportunity thanks to rare scholarship funding.

In a First, Mary McLeod Bethune’s Statue Is Unveiled at U.S. Capitol Wednesday in Place of Confederate General

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune to be unveiled Wednesday. (B-CU)

The likeness of Bethune will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, which stood in the Capitol for nearly a century. Bethune, who died in 1955, will be the first Black person to represent a state in the collection.

Flagler Schools Get B as Florida Resumes Grading, But Rymfire-Buddy Taylor-FPC Pipeline Is a C

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

For Indian Trails Middle School, the streak continues. (© FlaglerLive)

After two years of Covid, when the state did not grade schools and districts, Flagler County schools earned a grade of B this year, with only three of its schools earning an A and four earning a C. Two earned a B. It was a middling performance coming off the disruptions of the pandemic and a decline from the A the district had scored in 2019.

Developments Could Stall If County, Cities and District Can’t Agree on School Construction Payments

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, left, chaired this morning's Intergovernmental Agreement Oversight Committee meeting intended to outline the various governments' positions on the collection of fees from builders for school construction. Those in attendance were County Commissioners Dave Sullivan and Andy Dance, Bunnell City Commissioners Bob Barnes and John Rogers, School Board members Janet McDonald and Colleen Conklin, School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, and Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

As they hurtle toward an arbitrary Aug. 31 deadline that could potentially bring some local development to a halt, the Flagler County School Board on one side and the county, Palm Coast and Bunnell on the other remain in sharp opposition over how to collect money developers owe the district to ensure there are enough schools for incoming students.

Portables Are Back: Buddy Taylor Middle Takes Delivery of 7 Classrooms, Leased for $105,000

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A crew this morning worked on installing water and sewer connections to seven used portables just delivered to Buddy Taylor Middle School, re-starting a trend the district had hoped to avoid. (© FlaglerLive)

After an absence of 14 years, Buddy Taylor Middle School this week was again the scene of installations of portable classrooms, a trend the Flagler County school district has been trying to avoid by planning for new construction. But wrangles with the county and cities over school financing is increasing the likelihood of more portables ahead.

School Board at Impasse With County and Palm Coast Over Billing Developers for New Schools

July 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Flagler County School Board says it needs to collect a larger portion of impact fees up front to plan for $175 million in new school construction. The County Commission and Palm Coast object, proposing a plan that would let developers pay a smaller share up front, and pay as they go.

Taxable Values Surge at Highest Pace in 16 Years, Setting Up Windfall for Government

July 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Taxable values in Flagler County rose 18 percent higher than the previous year, the fastest pace since the housing boom's peak in 2006. (© FlaglerLive)

Taxable values in Flagler County rose 18 percent in 2021, higher than initially estimated two months ago. Values rose nearly 20 percent in Palm Coast, 14.5 percent in Flagler Beach and 22 percent in Bunnell. The school board’s taxable values increased by 25 percent. For local governments, the surging values can translate to surging revenue–if the governments do not hold the line on tax rates.

After 17 Years, Two School Board Members Put Flagler Youth Orchestra’s Future in Doubt

July 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt, right, in a solo performance at last May's year-ending concert of the Flagler Youth Orchestra at the Flagler Auditorium, under the direction of Joe Corporon, the FYO's artistic director. The Youth Orchestra has been a special project of the school district for 17 years. Some school board members are not as supportive of the model this year. (© AJ Neste for FlaglerLive)

Even as they professed support for what the Flagler Youth Orchestra has achieved and acknowledged its cost-effectiveness, School Board members Janet McDonald and Jill Woolbright questioned whether the board should continue supporting the model.

Critical Race Theory Is Not in Schools. It Should Be.

July 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Parents protested a new anti-racism policy at an Ontario school board saying their children could ‘internalize shame and guilt because they’re white.’ (Unsplash)

As a framework, critical race theory asks teachers to use equitable approaches to curriculum, policy and structures in schools and school boards. For example, K-12 curriculum that is viewed through a CRT lens provides historical contexts and explains how history informs contemporary social, political, economic, cultural situations and issues.

Contentious Education Laws Take Effect Today as Schools Grapple With Confusion and Unknowns

July 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Students protesting on the 5th floor of the Florida Capitol Building. Mar. 3, 2022. (Danielle J. Brown)

Florida state laws that went into effect today include measures that prohibit certain lessons in history from being taught, limit class discussions on matters involving the LGBTQ+ community, and even remove books from school libraries.

Stray F Word and 14 Seconds of TikTok End Flagler Teacher Abbey Cooke’s Storied 13-Year Career

June 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 119 Comments

A tearful Abbey Cooke addressing the Flagler County School Board Tuesday evening, before the board voted to fire her. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler schools video)

The 3-1 vote to fire Abbey Cooke, for a dozen year a highly rated teacher and 2017 Teacher of the Year at Belle Terre Elementary, sent a chilling message to those who would challenge the board, or those who land on any board member’s hostile radar: the slightest misstep can and will be used against them.

DSC Gets $10,000 Bank of America Grant for 1,200 At-Risk Students’ Meals

June 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Daytona State College will use a $10,000 grant from Bank of America to provide more than 1,200 meals to low-income and under-represented students who might not otherwise have access to healthy food during the school day.

School District’s Half-Penny Sales Surtax Renewal, for Tech and Safety, Will Be on the November Ballot

June 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Andy Dance was a school board member 10 years ago, when he successfully shepherded the renewal of the district's half-cent sales surtax to voter approval. Dance is now cheering on the renewal as a county commissioner. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission Monday evening approved on a 4-0 vote placing a referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot to renew for the third time the school district’s half-penny sales surtax. The vote was not a surprise, though it reflects a shift from Commissioner Joe Mullins, who earlier this month was signaling opposition to the tax.

Ron DeSantis Weaponizes School Board Races with Ideological Survey

June 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Ron DeSantis is again weaponizing local school boards. (© FlaglerLive)

Among the questions for survey respondents: Whether they support “workforce education,” the Governor’s “increases in teacher compensation,” or the concept of students being “locked out of school or subject to forced masking.”

Flagler School Board Will Consider Arming Teachers and Staffers in Addition to Sheriff’s Deputies

June 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 73 Comments

Only sheriff's deputies may carry guns on Flagler school campuses. That may change if the school board embraces the state's program enabling trained civilian employees to be armed. (© FlaglerLive)

After declining to arm teachers in the wake of the Parkland massacre in 2018, the Flagler school district’s position may be shifting. The School Board last week agreed to hold a workshop to discuss whether the district should join the “guardian” program–not as a replacement of the sheriff’s deputies, but in addition to it.

More States and Districts are Arming Teachers, But Research Is Lacking on Strategy’s Effectiveness

June 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Gun-free school zones are on the decline, especially in Florida. (Laurie Avocado)

There is data on where and how armed personnel are used in school districts across the nation. There is less data on how effective that armed presence has been. That’s not a result of partisanship but simply a matter of fact: little systematic and peer-reviewed research has been carried out on the subject, and what little there is tends to lack the sort of rigor that can be the basis for sound conclusions one way or the other. 

FPC’s Jack Petocz, Suspended in March, Is President Biden’s Guest at White House Signing of LGBTQ Order

June 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

President Biden today immediately after signing the executive order extending protections to LGBTQ+ individuals, with Flagler Palm Coast High School's Jack Petocz at right. (White House Facebook video)

Flagler Palm Coast High School senior Jack Petocz was among President Biden’s guests today at a White House Pride event and signing of an executive order extending protections to LGBTQ+ people. Petocz caught the White House’s attention after leading a walkout at FPOC to protest a new law discriminating against LGBTQ people. He was suspended for three days after the walkout.

Florida Court Rejects Attempt to Suppress Grand-Jury Report on School Safety

June 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The students' march ended at Veterans Park during First Friday, where the names of the 17 victims of the Parkland massacre were read out loud as students held signs of the the names of those killed. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

An appeals court Wednesday rejected attempts to block the release of information in a final report by a statewide grand jury formed to investigate school safety and other issues after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Arrested for Driving School Bus Severely Drunk, He’s Back in Jail for Showing Up to Court Drunk

June 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Mark McNeill in court on Monday. (Zoom via Wesh 2 News)

Mark McNeill, 60, was arrested in February for driving severely drunk with 40 Buddy Taylor Middle School students aboard. He appeared before a judge on Monday for a plea deal. He was drunk. The judge sent him back to jail. The plea deal is in doubt.

$200,000 Goal in Day of Giving for Bethune-Cookman University on June 17

June 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) is celebrating a Day of Giving from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. on Friday, June 17. The university is asking alumni, stakeholders and those who love and support B-CU to help reach its goal of raising $200,000.

In Major Shake-Up, Bossardet Is New FPC Principal, Peacock to Wadsworth, LaShakia Moore is Deputy Superintendent

June 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Bobby Bossardet, left, is the new principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School, and LaShakia Moore is the new assistant superintendent for instruction. (© FlaglerLive and Flagler Schools)

The district insisted the two former assistant superintendents, Bobby Bossardet and Paul Peacock, were not being demoted back to principalships, a claim that was far more credible regarding Bossardet taking over FPC than it was about Peacock, who is taking over Wadsworth Elementary School and whose tenure at the district had been problematic.

Fourth Grade Survivor of Uvalde Shooting Tells Congress: ‘I Don’t Want It to Happen Again’

June 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old survivor of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, appeared on video at a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence today. (Video screen grab)

11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grader who survived the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting where 19 students and two teachers were murdered told lawmakers Wednesday that she is afraid to go back to school.

District Readied to Open Summer School Without Deputies. Sheriff ‘Wasn’t Going to Tolerate It.’

June 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly said the Flagler district prepared to open summer school at Rymfire Elementary with 350 students and no deputy requested. Livid at the possibility in light of the most recent school shooting, he ordered that a school resource deputy be dispatched to the school regardless, and told the district he’d be billing it regardless. The district has since conceded the point.

‘Our Democracy Is At Risk’: FPC’s Jack Petocz’s Winning Essay in ACLU Contest

June 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 72 Comments

Jack Petocz will be a senior at Flagler Palm Coast High School this fall. c(© FlaglerLive)

Jack Petocz, who will be a senior at Flagler Palm Coast High School next fall, won First Place in the ACLU of Florida Volusia/Flagler Chapter’s first Annual “Cary Ragsdale Future Voter’s Essay Contest.” The award carries a $500 prize underwritten by FlaglerLive, and publication of the essay here.

Firing Range Among Funding for Daytona State College Projects

June 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Daytona State College's DeLand campus is getting a firing range. (© FlaglerLive)

The largest of these projects is the construction of a firing range on the DeLand Campus, providing DSC’s Law Enforcement Academy with an on-site, all-weather training facility. Current law enforcement officers from state and national agencies will also be able to utilize the range for their continuing education opportunities, too.

Québec’s Dangerous Bill 32 on ‘Academic Freedom’

June 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In addition to undermining the autonomy of universities and faculty, and creating myriad implementation problems, the bill blurs the important distinctions between free expression and academic freedom. Most troubling, it signals that politicians are turning academic freedom into a political weapon.

Florida Teacher Union Declares Backing of Charlie Crist in Governor’s Race

May 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist receives endorsement from Florida teachers at a Miami press conference on May 31, 2022. (Charlie Crist’s Facebook)

Local educator unions across the state also showed support for Crist, a former Republican governor, Attorney General and, notably, the state’s former Education Commissioner in Florida.

Flagler 3rd Graders’ Reading Scores Fall Again, to Lowest Level in 7 Years, Yet Rank 12th in State

May 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The percentage of Flagler County 3rd graders achieving a reading level of 3 (out of 5) or above–that is, reading at a satisfactory level–fell to 58 percent, the lowest level in at least seven years of comparable testing results, and down from last year’s 59 percent. Scores had peaked at 69 percent in 2017 and 68 percent in 2019, the year before the pandemic.

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