July 28, 2022 – With the potential to open the school year with more than 400 teaching vacancies, Duval County Public Schools is pursuing multiple strategies to ensure classrooms are covered when school begins on Aug. 15. In a message to employees sent Wednesday afternoon, Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene discusses those strategies. They include: adjustments […]
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July 19, 2022 – For long-time ESE teacher Elizabeth Cunningham, the benefits are undeniable. “It’s rewarding because what you do is you see growth,” she says. “And that’s what we want, is to continue the growth that they’ve had during the regular school year.” The Mandarin Oaks Elementary School educator is referring to the Extended […]
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July 14, 2022 – Three Team Duval students took home top honors for their work in the 2022 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Kristi Biswas, a student at Paxon School for Advanced Studies, attained a second-place George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award for her research into Alzheimer’s disease, while Stanton College Preparatory School’s Emma Lee […]
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July 12, 2022 – Historic facility improvements, security projects and school rebuilds are in development as planned as Duval County Public Schools’ half-penny funded master facility plan begins to work through year two. Revenue continues to exceed projections Funds collected through the voter-approved, half-penny sales tax exceed the original project budgets. However, market inflation […]
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July 12, 2022 – Duval County School Police and other staff will be conducting training in the Mandarin area Wednesday morning, July 13. People in the area may notice some police and emergency activity around Mandarin High School and Crown Point Elementary School. This is all connected to training and security drills and should not […]
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July 11, 2022 – They say they just had to come back. For the second year in a row, the district hosted the three-week African American History Summer Writing Institute, a program giving high school students a unique opportunity to explore local history. But the program didn’t return without a few familiar faces. In this […]
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July 11, 2022 – Families can now easily update the phone number that they want schools to use when sending out important automated messages. These messages include calls regarding attendance, school closures, weather emergencies and/or possible security threats and lockdown info. How to update primary phone number Parents can review and update their contact info […]
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July 7, 2022 — Will it sink or float? That was one of the main questions pondered by English Language Learning students in Amanda Tygart’s classroom at Beauclerc Elementary School. The students were engaged in a hands-on physics lesson involving testing different types of cubes in an aquarium. It’s one of many hands-on lessons through […]
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July 7, 2022 – In spite of numerous challenges – including a global pandemic, an unprecedented national teacher shortage, and chronic student absenteeism – traditional Duval County Public Schools increased the percentage of its schools graded “A, B, or C” to 93%. That is up from 88% in 2018-19, the year prior to the pandemic […]
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July 5, 2022 – Team Duval’s Summer Boost program is living up to its name by giving students a much-needed academic “boost” for the next school year. The free, six-week program provides students with standards-based instruction in math and reading, while also giving students a chance to participate in enriching activities. In this Team Duval […]
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