June 28, 2019 – Duval County Public Schools improved student proficiency rates in a majority of tested categories according to Florida Department of Education test results released today. Out of 21 tested categories, proficiency rates improved in 11 categories and remained the same in one. The district also outpaced or matched state growth in 12 […]
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June 25, 2019 – In 2009 and 2010, the State of Florida cut the funding school districts received for renovation, maintenance and new building construction. Because Duval has the oldest schools of any large school district in the state, the impact of these cuts has been severe. The district has not been able to build […]
Read MoreTwo years ago, the Duval County School Board began a public process to fix dilapidated schools, many of which have served well past their expected building lives. Duval Schools Superintendent Diana Greene arrived last July and moved at a pace rarely seen in government. She and her team picked up right where our former superintendent, […]
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