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37% of Flagler Students Opt for Online Instruction; School Board Clashes Over Meaning of Covid ‘Data’

August 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

To lockdown or not to lockdown? (© FlaglerLive)

While facing some public and employee anxieties the Flagler school district is moving ahead with reopening, though key criteria such as when a school or in-person instruction would be shut down from a covid outbreak remain a mystery, raising further questions.

Mittelstadt Signs 3-Year, $154,200 Superintendent Contract After School Board Splits 3-2 Over Details

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Cathy Mittelstadt at her March 3 interview, in pre-distancing days. (© FlaglerLive)

The board had approved the contract on Tuesday, but with less unanimity than all five board members wanted: the unusual 3-2 vote split over a clause that two board members said was not giving Mittelstadt the job security she should have in an election year.

Rabbi Shapiro Makes Legal Case Against Flagler School Board Reviving Invocations at Meetings

October 4, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Palm Coast’s Merrill Shapiro, a member of the national board of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, presented legal arguments at a talk Thursday against the Flagler County School Board’s potential return to starting meetings with invocations.

Grim Flagler Milestone in 2017: Most Suicides In County’s History, Highest Rate in Florida

August 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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There were 31 suicides in Flagler-Palm Coast in 2017, five more than the previous high, a third of them affecting people 45 to 54. The county’s rate is significantly higher than the average in states most severely affected by suicide.

Rift Widens Between Sheriff and School Board Over Deputies’ Cost For Flagler Schools

May 1, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly sat down for what turned into more of a grilling than he had expected at today's workshop of the Flagler County School Board. (© FlaglerLive)

At least an $88,000 rift divides Flagler’s sheriff from the school board as they negotiate to have deputies at every school come August. The divide may be larger when mental health money is included.

Confederate Monuments’ Phony History

August 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Carved on Stone Mountain, Ga., the horsemen of the Confederacy: Robert E. Lee, Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson and Jefferson Davis. See a detail of the carving below. (Wikimedia Commons)

The irony of the debate over removal of Confederate monuments is that it supposes a removal of history when the monuments themselves were intended to re-write it.

At Belle Terre Elementary, 60 Readers Get In Black History Groove With Ellington, Tar Beach and Even Cops

February 23, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

His reading of Ellington over, mixed martial arts competitor Davaughn Brown showed fifth graders images of his latest fight. (© FlaglerLive)

Belle Terre Principal Terence Culver wanted to atone for ignoring Black History Month for five years by hosting a read-in featuring community leaders including the sheriff, many cops and firefighters, school board members, the Palm Coast mayor and many more.

School Board’s Conklin “Willfully” Failed to File Disclosure, But Ethics Panel Stops Short of Removing Her From Office

September 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Colleen Conklin took months to file a financial disclosure form and paid a $1,500 fine over it, but an ethics investigation found her failure had been “willful,” and the Florida Ethics Commission could have had grounds to remove Conklin from her Flagler County School Board seat.

School Board Members Blister “Subleasing” of FPC Campus to Out-of-Town Car Dealer, Exposing Problems

September 8, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 74 Comments

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This weekend, without the school board’s knowledge, the entire parking lot of Flagler Palm Coast High School will be turned over to Ritchey Auto of Daytona Beach in a giant car and boat sale that has angered local car dealers and school board members, exposing flaws in the district’s use-of-facilities policy.

School Board Honors Cheryl Tristam With Power of One Award For Youth Orchestra’s 10-Year Triumphs

March 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Cheryl Tristam stressed the importance of making music education accessible to every child regardless of background or ability as she received an award bestowed periodically on community members who have had a broad impact on students.

Fearful of Scaring Buyers or Undervaluing Property, School Board Haggles to $2.3 Million Price for Corporate Building

February 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler school board now finds itself in the paradoxical position of attractively advertising the ex-ITT property for sale after it was essentially condemned as a school facility.

Spirited Proposal to Relax Dress Code in Flagler Schools Meets More Resistance Than Reason From Board

January 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Michael Manning, the student representative on the school board, is proposing to extend Friday’s more relaxed dress code to all days of the week, and he doesn’t fear challenging board members’ claims along the way.

Board Picks 3 For Superintendent Interviews, But 2 Will Have To Travel on Their Own Dime

January 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Flagler school board elected to interview Jacob Oliva–its current acting superintendent–James Parla of New Jersey and Pamela Tapley of Osceola County, but the board was bitterly divided over whether to pay for candidates’ accommodation and travel. A 3-2 split decided against paying.

Flagler School District Lauds “Culture of Innovation” in State of Education Address

October 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Tuesday evening’s State of Education Address highlighted what the district survived through the last few years of contraction, where it is today, what challenges it is facing in the next few years, and how it intends to tangle with those challenges.

Flagler’s FCAT Writing Scores Collapse, a Reflection of Florida’s Tougher Standards

May 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

As expected, Flagler County’s writing scores for 4th, 8th and 10th graders, released today, fell precipitously as the state imposed a new writing standard and a new passing grade, but itself failed to convey those standards clearly to teachers and principals ahead of time.

FCAT Scores Plummet Statewide, Sending Education Officials in a Panic

May 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

The lower scores can have serious implications on school grades, students’ promotions and graduations, merit pay and evaluations for teachers. The state Board of Education called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to rethink its approach.

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