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Religious Leaders Warn Schools of Liability Dangers of Voluntary Chaplain Program

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

From left to right Revs. Joe Parramore, James Golden and Rachel Gunter Shapard photographed on Jan. 25, 2024. Golden and Gunter Shapard spoke against HB 931, which would authorize public and charter school districts to allow chaplains in schools. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix)

School districts have shown little interest in welcoming volunteer chaplains to serve in their facilities, an initiative recently permitted by the Legislature that, according to the ACLU, could create legal liability for schools and risk creating an environment of “religious coercion and indoctrination of students.” For school boards and districts that may move to implement the program, religious and civil rights leaders have recommended approaches they believe would best protect children.

Stetson Honored Again as a National College of Distinction and for Equity and Inclusion

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

An image from last spring graduation at Stetson. (Facebook)

For a second year in a row, Stetson University has received national recognition as a College of Distinction with additional awards for its Business and Education programs, and initiatives for Equity & Inclusion, and Career Development.

With Some Reservations and $635,000 in Renovations, School District Prepares to Rent Old Courthouse

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Flagler County Historical Society has long had its eyes on the old, historic courthouse across the street from Holden House, the museum and public face of the society. The late Sisco Deen, left, who died less than a year ago, was looking at the courthouse scene in August 2015, when the facility reopened as a Christian school. The school is now moving and ceding the way to the school district. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board and the Flagler County Commission are preparing to sign a joint agreement that will lease the old courthouse in Bunnell to the district for just two years, with two options to renew for five years each, and an option to buy. Some school board members have reservations about the building’s quality, but will not stand in the way of approving the lease.

After Lawmaker Complains of Alleged Anti-Israel Bias, Florida Universities Are Ordered to Scan Materials

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay. (Florida House)

Florida university presidents have been instructed to scan their syllabi for material deemed antisemitic or exhibiting anti-Israeli bias following concerns raised by Rep. Randy Fine. Once a course has been reviewed and all instances of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias have been flagged, universities must report their findings to the chancellor’s office.

Appeals Court Backs DeSantis School Board Appointment, Rejecting Election

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Calculating a vacated seat by the moment when a resignation becomes effective rather than when it is announced, a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected arguments by James Golden that an election should be held in November for the Manatee County school-board seat that will be vacated by Rich Tatem.

Brendan Depa Was Baker Acted Immediately After Sentencing: ‘I’m Going to Die in Jail,’ He Wrote

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Brendan Depa getting fingerprinted after the sentencing hearing. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, the 18-year-old sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for beating Joann Naydich, Depa’s paraprofessional at Matanzas High School, in February 2023, was immediately Baker Acted from the county jail afterward when jail staff saw he had written on a sheet of paper that he was going to die in jail. His mother said he feared being killed by other inmates or dying of his own hand.

Latest Flagler School Board Follies: Hunt Celebrates Mediocrity, Furry Abuses His Seat to Push ‘Endorsements’

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Thing One and Thing Two, though Sally Hunt has stopped showing up to most meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

“Board member comments” at the Flagler school board have devolved almost always into a disaster, an embarrassment, a circus of ignorance, hypocrisy, stupidity or bigotry, compliments of the board’s trilobites: Sally Hunt, Will Furry and Christy Chong. No wonder they prefer illegal secret meetings. No wonder Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro can’t wait to escape the asylum. The sane ones weren’t there Tuesday to witness the latest drivel from Furry and Hunt, the first illegal, the second just creepy.

Florida’s Teachers Unions Urge Judge to Side with Transgender Teacher Over State’s Pronoun Dogma

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Accusing Florida of “dangerous political theater,” state and national teachers unions have urged an appeals court to side with a transgender Hillsborough County teacher who challenged a law requiring educators to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. The unions filed a 47-page brief arguing that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should uphold a district judge’s decision that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teacher Katie Wood.

Brendan Depa’s Sentencing Set to Conclude 3 Months After It Started: ‘I’m Going to Accept Whatever Happens’

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Brendan Depa in court on May 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, now verging on his 19th birthday, returns to court Tuesday after a three-month hiatus to conclude his sentencing hearing on a charge of attacking Joan Naydich, the paraprofessional assigned to him as a student with special needs at Matanzas High School, in February 2023. The sentences Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will impose is unpredictable, other than that it will not be anywhere near the 30-year maximum.

Dr. Jodi Long Selected as DCS’s Vice President for Academic Affairs

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jodi Long. (DSC)

Jodi Long in her role as Vice President for Academic Affairs will oversee all academic divisions and be responsible for the curriculum process, budgeting and scheduling for all academic offerings, as well as continuing education, adult education, and specialized business training.

Daytona State College Receives $15,000 Grant from BofA to Support Students Earning Teaching Credentials

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Daytona State College has received a $15,000 grant from Bank of America that will be used to help students in the College’s Education program as they prepare to take State-mandated teaching certification tests.

Flagler Beach Does Not Intend to Use New Juvenile Curfew as Punishment, But as Safety Measure, Police Chief Says

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney, left, explaining the city's new juvenile curfew to the audience at Commissioner Scott Spradley's "Coffee with the Commissioner" event last Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Exercising a state law provision, Flagler Beach last month enacted a juvenile curfew, applicable from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to most children under 16 in numerous circumstances, but Police Chief Matt Doughney said the curfew’s penalty has not been necessary, nor does the city intent to exercise it beyond educating those caught after hours, and keeping them safe.

Flagler Schools Losing $10.8 Million to Pay for 1,250 Students to Attend Private, Religious or Home School

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

As it has almost every year for the past 30 years, the state, which sets the local school tax rate, has reduced that tax rate, limiting the local district's ability to compete for students. In addition, the state is now subsidizing private school education, in essence opening a two-front war on local districts: limited dollars, and more competition. (© FlaglerLive)

Three take-aways largely explain how the state is gradually emaciating traditional public education’s budget by lowering the tax rate, as it has almost every year since 1995, by diverting millions of dollars to subsidize families’ private, religious and homeschool education bills, and by causing an inevitable exodus of students from public school to privately subsidized education, but at public expense. 

Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Rejects Florida’s Claim That Biden Administration Overstepped on Gender Rules

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Enough to drive DeSantis crazy. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida and three other states alleged in part that the Biden administration overstepped its legal authority in extending Title IX regulations to apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Judge Axon, who is based in Alabama, said the plaintiffs had not provided adequate arguments to obtain a preliminary injunction.

How Flagler Schools’ ‘Truth in Millage’ Budget Hid $10 Million Going to Private and Home School Tuition

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Patty Wormeck, who oversees the Flagler school district's finances, presenting the new year's budget at a meeting last week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler schools video)

Until Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin asked for the numbers to be detailed and published, the school district was hiding $10 million it is receiving from the state only for it to be redistributed to families who use use the money–an average of $8,000 per student–to pay for private, religious or home school bills, and for transportation. The amount of public money going to private schooling is surging, as are the number of students going that route.

Derek Barrs, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Derek Barrs. (© FlaglerLive)

Derek Barrs is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Janie Ruddy  in District 3. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Florida Schools May Not Return to Pre-Pandemic Enrollment for 10 Years, Economists Forecast

July 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Sure it's Christmas, but absenteeism when school is in session has been a problem. (© FlaglerLive)

A state forecast indicates Florida schools will experience declining enrollment in five of the next six years, with the one positive year representing less than a 0.1% increase. The student enrollment forecast from the state Office of Economic and Demographic Research predicts that 12,379 fewer students will attend traditional public schools during the 2024-2025 school year, a 0.5% drop from 2.366 million to 2.354 million. 

Local Responders Invade FPC for Active Assailant Training

July 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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“This is an exercise.” That was the beginning and end of every communication on July 24 during a full-scale active assailant exercise held at Flagler-Palm Coast High School to ensure that anyone within earshot or sight of the message would be clear it was about a training exercise. And, while a realistic training exercise, no one was injured or killed.

11-Year-Old Virginia Boy with Disturbing Profile Arrested Over Spate of Swatting Calls to Flagler Schools in May

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly announcing the arrest, with Rep. Paul Renner at his side. (FCSO)

Following an investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, authorities arrested an 11-year-old boy from Henrico, Virginia, and charged him with 43 felonies in connection with a series of swatting calls the boy allegedly placed to Flagler County schools last year, as well as to the Maryland State House.

Florida High School Athletes May Now Cash In With Sponsors as State Board Approves ‘NIL’ Plan

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

There's money to be made. For some. (© FlaglerLive)

While saying additional protections are needed, the State Board of Education on Wednesday ratified a plan approved last month by the Florida High School Athletic Association that will allow high school athletes to get paid through name, image and likeness, or “NIL,” deals.

Flagler School District Yet Again Stuck at a B for 3rd Straight Year, But All Schools are at A or B

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Mediocrity wins again. Notably, Sally Hunt, center, has been a no-show at recent meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

A third of Florida’s school districts scored an A in the 2023-24 school year. The Flagler County school district was not among them. For the third year in a row, and for the 10th of the last 11th grading years, the district remains stuck at a B, one of 26 districts in that pack. Seventeen districts scored a C. None scored lower. Two districts were not graded. The Florida Department of Education released the grades today.

Janie Ruddy, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview Template

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Janie Ruddy. (© FlaglerLive)

Janie Ruddy is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Derek Barrs in District 3. The District 3 and District 5 seats are both open as incumbents Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro have opted not to run again. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Vincent Sullivan, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview Template

July 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Vincent Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Vincent Sullivan is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Lauren Ramirez  in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Lauren Ramirez, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview

July 22, 2024 | Cheryl Tristam | 2 Comments

Lauren Ramirez. (© FlaglerLive)

Lauren Ramirez is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Vincent Sullivan in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Ben Sasse Resigns University of Florida Presidency to Care for Wife’s Health

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse announced Thursday he was stepping down as president of the University of Florida to help his family cope with his wife’s worsening health.

Escambia School Board Wants 7 Year Old Deposed in Book Fight

July 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A display at the Lynx Bookshop in Gainesville. (© FlaglerLive)

As it tries to fend off a constitutional challenge to removing and restricting school library books, the Escambia County School Board on Tuesday argued that it should be able to take a deposition of a 7-year-old student who is part of the lawsuit. Attorneys for the board, in a 20-page court document, urged U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell to reject a request for a protective order that would shield the child, identified by the initials J.N., from having to testify in a deposition.

Stetson Gets $500,000 State Grant to Rebuild Historic Hulley Tower

July 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Stetson University has received a $500,000 historic preservation grant from the State of Florida to reconstruct Hulley Tower, which is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places for its statewide significance.

2 Parents Suing Over Book Bans in St. Johns Schools Tell Flagler Freedom to Read Activists: ‘Be Loud and Proud’

July 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Anne Watts's message was clear. (© FlaglerLive)

Nancy Tray and Anne Watts, parents suing in federal court over book bans in St. Johns County, were guests today of the weekly meeting in Palm Coast of the Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a non-profit Chaired by Rabbi Merrill Shapiro. The group took stock of the state of book bans in the two counties and the state, how to counter them, and what to expect next.

Flagler School District Will Negotiate Lease of Old Courthouse With the County, Eying Room for Historical Society

July 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The old county courthouse may soon get its third tenant in its century history. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district’s plan to lease the old courthouse in Bunnell to shift half a dozen programs there would cost $632,000 in up-front renovations and $202,000 a year in rent and utilities. The Flagler County Historical Society had plans of its own for the old courthouse. The district will negotiate with both the county and the historical society in hopes of reaching mutually agreeable accommodations.

Florida Among 13 States With GOP Governors Rejecting Summer Food Program for Kids

July 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 52 Comments

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A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. Not in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis is among 13 Republican governors whose states opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative costs.

Plaintiffs Ask Judge to Order Return of Banned Books to School Library Shelves as Lawsuit Continues

July 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A display at the Lynx Bookshop in Gainesville. (© FlaglerLive)

Lawyers for the plaintiffs said Escambia officials had restricted 1,031 books under the county’s review process. As of June 27, “some 178 challenged books remain restricted, although no decision has been made about the validity of the challenge,” according to the motion. The motion said that, while restrictions should be lifted on all books, the request for an injunction was limited to seven books.

No Change in Sheriff’s Resource Deputies Assigned to Flagler Schools But Surging Costs Raise Questions

July 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Crossing guard Yvonne Fertall at Rymfire Elementary last spring. The surging cost of crossing guards to the school district, even though the number of guards isn;t changing, raised questions among school board members, as did the rising cost of school deputies. (Flagler Schools)

The Flagler County School District is preparing to approve a $1.38 million contract for its share of school resource deputies (SRDs) and crossing guards for the school year starting on Aug. 12, a 16 percent increase over this year’s $1.19 million contract. The increases drew questions from School Board member Colleen Conklin, who was startled by a 68 percent increase in the cost of crossing guards and the increase in deputies’ costs even though the number of guards or deputies isn’t changing.

Tiger Bay Straw Poll: Richardson Trounces Danko; Derek Barrs and Lauren Ramirez Take Schools, Alfin Hangs On

June 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Thursday's Flagler Tioger Bay Meet and Greet at the Palm Coast Community Center drew some 300 people and almost every candidate on the local Aug. 20 primary ballot. (© FlaglerLive)

Thursday’s Flagler Tiger Bay Meet and Greet at the Palm Coast Community Center drew some 300 people and almost every local election candidate on the Aug. 20 primary ballot. A straw poll consisting of some 225 votes yielded a few arresting results, such as County Commission candidate Pam Richardson’s trouncing of an absent Ed Danko, and a not-too surprising tight race for mayor in Palm Coast.

Two Years Later, Star Teacher Fired Over a TikTok Second Signs Settlement and Hopes to Resume Career

June 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Abbey Cooke at a Flagler Pride event in Palm Coast in 2021. She was fired the next year. (© FlaglerLive)

Two years after Flagler County schools ended her stellar 12-year teaching career over a 15-second TikTok video of her dancing with some of her sixth-grade students to the sound of Lizzo and an errant, barely audible four-letter word that many students sing or mouth a dozen times a day, Abbey Cooke has signed a settlement agreement with the state, neither admitting nor denying guilt, and preserving her teaching license.

Flagler Tiger Bay Prepares for Largest Candidate Meet-and-Greet of Primary, Waving Off Fret Over Straw Poll

June 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Tiger Bay's meet-and-greet featuring almost all the local candidates in the August primary election follows in the tradition of similar events, like the former Chamber of Commerce's hob knob of 2018, above, at the Palm Coast Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

As of Monday some 40 local and state candidates had confirmed attendance at Thursday’s Tiger Bay Meet and Greet, what is expected to be the largest election gathering of the sort for Flagler County and Palm Coast politics ahead of the Aug. 20 primary. The three-hour free event starting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Palm Coast Community Center will include a voter-registration drive organized by the Supervisor of Elections’ office, and a straw poll, which one candidate is criticizing as a “sham.” He appears isolated.

Daytona State College Proposes No Tuition Increase for 14th Consecutive Year

June 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Recognizing the need to keep college affordable for all students, Daytona State College has proposed freezing tuition and associated fees for the 2024-25 academic year. This would mark the 14th consecutive year of no increases in tuition and associated fee rates. The DSC District Board of Trustees will vote on the proposal on Thursday at its regular monthly meeting.

Florida Argues in Court It Is Free to Censor or Control State-School Professors’ Academic Freedom in Classrooms

June 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The University of South Florida. (USF Facebook page)

The state of Florida is free to forbid college professors from criticizing the governor in the classroom, an attorney argued on behalf of the state during an appellate court hearing over the Stop Woke Act — adding that those professors are free to seek work elsewhere if they don’t like a legislature-controlled curriculum.  Academic freedom and when the government can insert itself into the classroom were focal points for a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit panel.

Historic Sweep: Flagler’s 5 Constitutionals Elected Without Opposition as Shelly Edmonson Wins Tax Collector’s Seat

June 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, Tax Collector-Elect Edmonson, Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and Sheriff Rick Staly were elected without opposition today, the first time an entire slate of constitutionals managed the feat in memory. Edmonson will take over for Suzanne Johnston, who decided to retire after 20 years as the tax collector.

Stetson’s Roellke Joins 70 College and University Presidents in Diversity, Free Expression and Free Inquiry Consortium

June 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Stetson University President Christopher F. Roellke. (Stetson)

Recognizing this urgent moment for American higher education and democracy, Stetson University President Christopher F. Roellke is joining 70 other college presidents of diverse institutions from across the country to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus.

DSC Launches Online Engineering Technology Bachelor of Science Starting This Fall

June 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Daytona State College will begin offering a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology concentration (BSET-IET) degree that can be taken fully online beginning Fall 2024.

Sheriff: Increase School Board’s Cost Share of Campus Deputies to 60%, Lower County’s Share to 40%

June 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly with Superintendent LaShakia Moore last month during a press conference about recurring threats to schools. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff is recommending to the County Commission that the 50-50 cost share for school resource deputies, or SRDs, between the School Board and the County Commission be changed. Staly is recommending that the School Board shoulder 60 percent of the cost, adding $300,000 to the district’s budget, while lowering the county’s responsibility an equal amount. 

State Laws Like Florida’s Are Threatening Academic Freedom

June 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Florida is among the states that have cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities. (© FlaglerLive)

Over the past few years, Republican state lawmakers have introduced more than 150 bills in 35 states that seek to curb academic freedom on campus. Twenty-one of these bills have been signed into law, several of them in Florida. Taken together, this legislative onslaught has undermined academic freedom and institutional autonomy in five distinct and overlapping ways.

FPC’s David Halliday, a Finalist for National Coach of the Year in Track and Field, Reflects on 30 Years’ Inspiration

June 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Halliday Way: Flagler Palm Coast High School's Coach Dave Halliday. (Flagler Schools)

David Halliday, one of Flagler Palm Coast High School’s most successful, if not its most successful, coach over the past 20 years, is one of eight finalists for the Coach of the Year in Track and Field award by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. The Florida native reflects on a 30-year career that and a coaching philosophy summed up by the sort of humanism and commitment he tries to impart on his students and athletes.

Parents Sue Florida Board of Education Over Policy Denying Them Right to Challenge Book Bans

June 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler Palm Coast High School library a year ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Three parents of children attending Florida public schools filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Florida Board of Education on Thursday, claiming that a 2023 education law discriminates against parents who oppose book bans and censorship.

Florida’s High School Athletes Cleared to Get Paid by Sponsors Starting in Fall

June 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The FHSAA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a seismic change in the organization’s bylaws to allow athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness, or NIL. The changes will be in effect for the upcoming school year.

Sally Hunt Confirms She’ll Resign, But Late Enough To Ensure DeSantis, Not Voters, Will Choose Replacement

June 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt today confirmed that she will resign her seat before November. She did not say when precisely between now and then. She appears to be purposefully doing so late enough to have prevented an election to fill the remaining two years of her terms. Gov. Ron DeSantis would fill the seat with his own appointment, which could take months after the seat becomes vacant.

DeSantis Says New College Is Now Like When ‘Founding Fathers’ Went to School

June 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A gravure of a slave market in the 18th century, around the time "founding fathers" went to school. (NYPL Digital Collection)

Speaking Saturday at New College in Sarasota, DeSantis boasted that the school has been wrested away from “the Left,” and is now akin to places that the property-owning white men who established the United States learned.

Mary McLeod Bethune, The Unifier

June 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Educator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad.

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach. That school later became Bethune-Cookman University. While living in Washington, D.C., where she moved to work with the Roosevelt administration and National Council of Negro Women, she worked alongside Carter G. Woodson, the founder of what we now know to be Black History Month,

Lured by State’s $3,000 ‘Civics’ Bonus, Thousands of Florida Teachers Train in Christian Nationalist Tenets

May 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis with some of the 4,500 Florida teachers who last year completed the Civics Seal of Excellence endorsement course and receive a $3,000 bonus, according to a release issued by the governor's office.

Training materials produced by the Florida Department of Education direct middle and high school teachers to indoctrinate students in the tenets of Christian nationalism, a right-wing effort to merge Christian and American identities. Thousands of Florida teachers, lured by cash stipends, have attended trainings featuring these materials.  

After All the Battles to Keep Belle Terre Swim Club Open, Here’s the Public’s Chance to Still Have Access

May 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The Belle Terre Swim Club’s Advisory Committee is soliciting $20-a-month memberships that would enable members to use the facility on an hourly and daily basis. But at least 120 members are needed to open the club one hour a day. The committee’s goal is to build up to enough members to open the facility several hours a day, six days a week.

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