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ORLANDO, Fla. — Dagmar Kilp was doing a math review with her fifth-grade class preparing them for annual state exams. She was trying to make it engaging for students with

By Leslie Postal From Orlando Sentinel Orlando–Dagmar Kilp was doing a math review with her fifth-grade class preparing ...

Nearly 6,000 OCPS 12th graders, about half the district’s graduating seniors, wrote thank you letters this year

A state rule adopted in 2018 makes graduation harder for the class of 2022. Because of the pandemic, Florida may delay the requirement.

LAKELAND — Frederick Heid is ready to bolt from the gate once he begins his tenure as the new Polk County Public Schools superintendent after being unanimously selected Tuesday night by the School Board.  One of his first priorities, he said, is to figure out who to hire for his executive leadership board – one that currently has several openings.  “I need to understand the vacancies and why those vacancies exist,” Heid said in an early morning telephone interview a little more than...

• Harold Border — current chief of Orange County High Schools in Florida;  • Frederick Heid — current superintendent, Community Unit School District in Algonquin, Illinois;  • James McIntyre, Jr. — assistant professor of practice and director of the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville;  • Michael Ramirez — deputy superintendent of Denver Public Schools in Colorado;  • Nakia Towns — deputy superintendent of...

As superintendent, Frederick Heid says hed give teachers a louder voice LAKELAND — Frederick Heid is the superintendent of the Community Unit School District in Algonquin, Illinois, but has worked extensively in Florida, rising from teacher to working with the Florida Department of Education’s school turnaround office. Heid, 50, was adamant that he wants to work as a partner with the School Board, but also with those in the classroom every day to ensure they feel valued and respected. At...

“I would lead from a perspective of leading to listen and understanding what’s going on at all levels,” Ramirez said. “It starts with you as a board and understanding.”  He wants to develop trust among district employees because, he said, “when the trust is not there, it really slows down the work.”  In addition, he said he wanted to talk to high school graduates and find out if they felt like were prepared for the real world, something he has done in other school districts....

Nakia Towns is vying for PCPS superintendent

Harold Border, 48, is currently chief of high schools for nearby Orange County and said he would communicate daily with board members.