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Sarasota School Grades: See which Sarasota and Manatee school rose and fell
Sarasota Schools earned its 21st consecutive "A" rating from the state on Wednesday, marking the district's continued achievement following a series of School Board controversies and leadership turnover. The district also maintained its fifth-place ranking among all 67 of Florida's school districts, trailing only Lafayette, St. Johns, Nassau and Walton counties. The A rating also comes as the school district grew its third-grade reading achievement in 2023-24, a metric generally used to measure literacy. ...
Sarasota, Manatee high school football teams welcoming 7 new head coaches to sidelines in 2024
The area high school football coaching carousel has seven coaches in new spots. Two of the new coaches were at Braden River High, one, Curt Bradley, for a dozen years and the other, Eric Sanders, for a handful of months. The other five come from outside the area with four receiving their first high...
High School Football: The must-watch Manatee, Sarasota county games of the 2024 season
Don't look now but the start of high school football season is rapidly approaching. Football practices across the state begin Monday with the preseason classics set for about two weeks later. With that in mind, The Herald-Tribune compiled a list of what we think will be the best showdowns in Southwest Florida for the 2024 season. There's at least one game highlighted for every week of the regular season (and threw in some secondary options). ...
Free expression, civil debate thrive at New College of Florida
Over the past 18 months, we at New College of Florida have become central players in the debate about civil discourse and the free exchange of ideas. Of course, given that a “debate” is little more than a free exchange of ideas subject to a few rules that promote civility, there’s more than...
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