May 15, 2018 – “Writing my story helped me realize that I learned a lesson and wanted to share this lesson with others,” said Kirby-Smith Middle School eighth-grader Ioseph Tudor. Ioseph is one of 30 rising student authors at Kirby-Smith Middle School who are literally writing a new chapter in their academic journey. The […]
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May 8, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools teacher Victor Chrispin was one of three teachers featured in the Ellen Show broadcast on Tuesday, May 8 in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. Chrispin, a teacher for the district’s Bridge to Success Academy, was literally suspended in air in the game “Don’t Leave Me Hanging” as he […]
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April 17, 2018 – Combining new school safety resources from the state with additional dollars from its operating fund, Duval County Public Schools is recommending staffing every elementary school with an armed school safety assistant whose primary responsibility will be to use whatever force necessary to prevent or abate an active assailant incident and to conduct […]
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In my role as superintendent of Duval County Public Schools, I am strongly urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) portion of the 2018-19 General Appropriations Act as proposed by the Florida Legislature. Superintendents from the 10 largest school districts in Florida are united in opposition to this budget, which […]
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April 10, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools has emerged as a national leader in mathematics and reading outcomes on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and the district’s fourth grade students led the way with a No. 1 national ranking in mathematics. “If this were the Olympics, you would say we medaled […]
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