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April 14, 2021 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When the next school year begins in August, students across South Florida will be expected to return to their classrooms. Online classes, which started when schools shut down March 2020 because of the coronavirus, are ending in three of the state’s largest school districts. The superintendents in Miami-Dade and Broward counties made the announcement on Tuesday, while Palm Beach County officials announced their decision last Friday. Schools re...

  >> Natasha Singer, The New York Times  Published: 12 Apr 2021 12:53 PM BdST Updated: 12 Apr 2021 12:53 PM BdST Rory Levin, 11, works at a desk at his familys home in Bloomington, Minn, April 5, 2021. Levin, a sixth grader, has been attending an online school and plans to re-enrol this fall. Virtual schools are poised to outlast the coronavirus, creating cohorts of students who may never return to traditional classrooms, though questions about remote learning persist. (Jenn Ackerman/The New...

Students in the School District of Palm Beach County will be returning to brick-and-mortar instruction next school year. That means distance learning options related to the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end.

Students in the School District of Palm Beach County will be returning to brick-and-mortar instruction next school year. That means distance learning options related to the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end.

Voters in four municipalities in Orange County will be electing several city officials on Tuesday.

Virtual, E-School attendance dips as spring semester starts for some Bay Area districts Virtual, E-School attendance dips as spring semester starts for some Bay Area districts and last updated 2021-01-22 07:47:01-05 As we rebound amid the pandemic, many students are making the switch from distance learning to face-to-face learning. We asked five local school districts to provide us enrollment data from Fall 2020 and Spring 2020. Four districts responded, as well as Florida Virtual School thats ...

  Elliston, a Horizon West resident, was Teacher of the Year at Sand Lake Elementary in 2015 and also received the Kessler Grand Bohemian Teacher of Excellence Scholarship award for excellence in teaching fine arts. Elliston launched Kids Create Art with the belief that a child’s creativity and imagination are two of their most precious gifts. Her goal is to provide an artistic experience that allows students to grow in a safe and nurturing environment that promotes artistic freedom. That’...

Florida’s first lady recognizes Orlando first grader in Hispanic art contest Orlando Sentinel 12/24/2020 Ingrid Cotto, Orlando Sentinel © Ashley Cisneros Mejia (Custom credit)/Suministrada/Orlando Sentinel/TNS From left to right, Ashley Cisneros Mejia and her 6-year-old daughter Eden Mejia one of four Hispanic Heritage Month student contest winners. Like any typical 6-year-old, Eden Mejía enjoys drawing and coloring. One of her paintings earned her a bright spot among Fl...

School districts call back struggling students as they plan for second semester Several school districts are asking struggling students to head back onto campus for the second semester. SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Several Central Florida school districts are encouraging parents whose students are struggling with distance learning to consider returning to campus for the second semester.  Seminole County Public Schools said it sent a survey to parents in November, and 7,600 said they plan to send th...

Parents scrambling after Jacksonville charter school announces end of virtual learning Published:  Tags:  Jacksonville Classical Academy (Screenshot via Facebook) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Parents with students at Jacksonville Classical Academy, a charter school in Mixon Town, said they were surprised to learn that the school made the decision to end its virtual learning program starting in January. The decision to move students back into classrooms full time comes as cases of the coronavirus co...