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FHSAA 1A Boys Basketball Semifinals: Williston and Hilliard reach FHSAA championship
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – Fans will be "seeing red" when they gaze upon the basketball court at the RP Funding Center during Saturday's FHSAA Class 1A Boys Basketball state championship game as the Williston Red Devils clash with the Hilliard Red Flashes. Both squads secured their spots in the title game ...
Charter schools for Newberry? School district spells out some of the details
The city of Newberry has proposed converting its three public schools to public charter schools by 2026. Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) released an FAQ about this for teachers, students and parents. Here’s what the district says may happen during the conversion from public to charter schools: Earlier coverage: Initiative to convert Newberry...
Sister cities? Archer passes resolution opposing Newberry's charter conversion plan
The city of Archer passed a last-minute resolution Monday in opposition of a plan by the city of Newberry to convert public schools into charter schools. Last month Newberry announced a plan to convert its three public schools — Newberry Elementary School, Oak View Middle School and Newberry High School — to public charters. Since launching the public-to-charter plan on Feb. 19, the group spearheading the campaign has been unable to offer any guarantees to the public....
Save our Schools: Plan to convert Newberry schools to charter faces opposition
The city of Newberry announced a plan on Feb. 19 to convert its public schools — Newberry Elementary, Oak View Middle and Newberry High — to public charter schools. Since then, residents have voiced their concerns and multiple changes have been made to the plan. A new update...
School district finalizes details of voting process for Newberry charter conversion
The vote for parents and teachers is scheduled for the six school days from April 5th through April 12th The post School district finalizes details of voting process for Newberry charter conversion appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Newberry's charter school conversion plan faces questions, criticisms at meeting
A community input meeting was held at the Mentholee Municipal Building in Newberry Wednesday evening by Education First for Newberry Inc., the group helping to facilitate the city’s plan to convert public schools to charter schools by the 2025-26 school year. The meeting began with a presentation by Joel Searby, Education First for Newberry board member, who explained details of the plan such as funding, the vote and future plans, among other things. He then answered community member’s...
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