Florida Public Schools

James Fackrell, a descendant of the of the Snoqualmie Tribe in Washington State, is on his way to Brown after gaining entry to the university’s guaranteed medical school acceptance program.

After weeks of contentious meetings that included racially-charged public comments, the board unanimously voted to end face mask requirements.

The vote won't affect the current school year, since it comes a day after students' last day of class, but would make masks optional at graduation and summer school.

Dr. Patricia Emmanuel says once children 12 and up are able to get vaccinated in the coming months, that will be a "game-changer" for how schools proceed with coronavirus prevention measures.

A little more than half of students attending the state’s VPK programs are deemed ready for kindergarten.

Florida received its portion of the federal relief money in late March, and is supposed to disburse it within 60 days.

Addison Davis said the moves have been hard but necessary to avoid a district takeover by state education leaders.

The school district says it must make the cuts, or risk not being able to pay its staff by summer.

The coronavirus outbreak has led the Florida Department of Education to close all public schools across the state through March 27.“Keeping students…