The School Board of Manatee County has selected three finalists in its search to replace Superintendent Cynthia Saunders ahead of the next school year.
It hasn’t always had a positive connotation; some alternative schools are where students who struggled in traditional public schools would go to finish up their class credits. It’s not every day you see a student leading the class. "We've passed the age of just sort of factory cookie cutter preparation of our children," said Mikayla Streeter, the founding principal of The LIFE School.