A portion of SE 4th St. was renamed to honor local educators Dr. Simon and Verna Johnson.
Among Florida’s 67 school districts, Marion County now ranks 37th in kindergarten performance.
Since 2001, the Pace Center for Girls has served more than 1,000 girls in Marion County through its academic and counseling programs.
Last year, Florida became the first state to crack down on phones in school. A law that took effect in July requires all Florida public schools to ban student cellphone use during class time and block access to social media on district Wi-Fi.
A new open-air pavilion provides an event and education space at the park, as well as restrooms and drinking water fountains for visitors.
For $25 per campus visit, students will get the chance to tour up to seven colleges throughout the state and learn more about the campus culture and communities.
MCPS says Jennifer Brown, a teacher from Forest High School, now moves on to the state-level competition.
Madelyn Urbine will be traveling to Washington D.C. in March to compete in the final round of the competition.
CF says the huge state grant will be used to build a new state-of-the-art facility on the Ocala campus and revolutionize its technology and engineering education programs.
Metcalfe and Rawlings Elementary Schools will move to the year-round calendar beginning this July and running through the 2028-29 school year.