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Week 7 football report: TFA falls; Oviedo, Bishop Moore overcome early deficits
Fans of high school football got a smorgasbord of choices on Week 7, with games Monday through Saturday. Tuesday included Edgewater playing a game against another ranked team in Winter Park. And Dr. Phillips and West Orange put perfect records on the line in games rescheduled due to Aug. 23 stormy weather. One succeeded, the other did not. The First Academy (6-0), which has climbed to No. 1 in ...
Florida looks to improve pre-K quality with new preschool ratings
For decades, Florida faced criticism for judging the quality of its pre-K program on a “readiness” test given to young students after they started kindergarten. It was a system, critics argued, that penalized preschools serving the kids who struggle the most — often those from low-income families. Now, the state is debuting a new rating system that gives more credit for the progress these ...
Week 7, Football Rewind: Oviedo stuns mistake-prone Hagerty in comeback
There aren’t many Central Florida High School football rivalries quite like the yearly Seminole County showdowns between Oviedo and Hagerty and Lake Mary vs. Seminole, and the first two teams did not disappoint Friday night. The Huskies gave the home crowd exactly what they wanted for the first 18 minutes as they rode the legs of running back Porter Williams to jump out to a 21-7 lead. As ...
Endorsement: Local school boards need experience, focus — not politicized distractions
Across Florida, school board meeting rooms have become battlegrounds, with the warfare spilling over into classrooms and communities. The far-distant commanders of this conflict — Gov. Ron DeSantis and his legislative majors — act as if public schools are little more than cannon fodder in their culture wars. The ensuing chaos and disruption for children and their education seem like acceptable ...
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