Schools

Help Wanted: Palm Coast’s New Charter School Is Moving In, Hiring and Enrolling

July 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

The K-8 Global Outreach Academy at the Flagler County Airport is beginning to fill its 19,000-square-foot digs and hiring up to 30 people, including teachers, in preparation for its mid-August opening.

Flagler School District’s Feared Budget Cut Was Vastly Overstated, But Tax Cut Is Real

July 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A report in the papers this morning that the Flagler school district was facing an additional $3.8 million cut (or 4 percent of its budget) was premature. The state is cutting the local school tax and its revenue, but making up all the difference except $400,000, which the district has already plugged.

Florida Colleges Vow to Be 1st in U.S. to Double Graduation Rates By 2020–With Extra Funding

July 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida’s 28 state and community colleges will request a 35 percent increase in state funding to reach those goals and think Gov. Rick Scott will back their play. Graduating from a four-year college costs $23,647.

After 4 Straight Years, Flagler County School District Loses Its A Rating, to a B

July 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The drop is reflective of a statewide drop in district and school grades, and it masks an improvement, at least relative to other districts, of Flagler’s ranking, from 29th in the state to 19th. Still, the drop is ill-timed with a district effort to renew a half-cent sales tax school levy.

Stop Paying Paper-Pushing Administrators And Union Bosses Better Than Teachers

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Can anyone imagine the owner of the Miami Heat announcing that LeBron James has done such an outstanding job leading his team to the NBA championship that he is being “promoted” to a front-office job?

Bucking State Trend, Flagler School Grades Stay Strong, But So Does Criticism

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

All but one Flagler County public or charter school scored an A or a B. The exception was Palm Harbor Academy, a charter, which scored an F. The state’s teachers union cautioned against making much of the results absent a more reliable testing system.

Florida A&M’s James Ammons Resigns 8 Months After Robert Champion’s Hazing Death

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida A&M University President James Ammons resigned Wednesday amid continuing fallout from the hazing death of “Marching 100” drum major Robert Champion and other problems at the historically black school.

New Charter School Hastily Signs Lease for Tenant-Challenged Building at County Airport

July 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Global Outreach Academy has been on the hunt for a building for months. The three-year deal at the Flagler County Airport fills a building on which the county has been paying $111,000 a year while having a terrible time keeping occupied since it built it for Embry-Riddle Aeronautic University in 2004.