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Smith has taught music in private settings and public schools since 1998.

Metcalfe Elementary School music teacher Dwynette Smith was named the 2024 Alachua County Teacher of the Year on Thursday. The Education Foundation for Alachua County Schools hosted the ceremony at Trinity United Methodist Church.

The finalists and the district's 36 other nominees will be honored Thursday during a ceremony at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville.

You Live It, We Play It

Loften High School considered a hidden gem in Alachua County. It is the only whole magnet school in the district.

The 23rd annual Stop the Violence Back to School Rally will be held from 10 a.m.-noon July 30 at the Santa Fe College gymnasium, 3000 NW 83rd St.

Graduation season is upon us in Alachua County, so here is what to expect and how to celebrate our graduates.

Spokeswoman Jackie Johnson said the federal money changed the districts priorities. When Simon was chosen as interim superintendent in December, district officials didnt know that they were in for a $90 million windfall. "That is really a game-changer for us and thats something that we are going to need to be tackling, really, until the money runs out by September of 2023," Johnson said.  Johnson said she couldnt give a definite time for when the rezoning process would begin because it depen...

William McElroy was removed from his positions as principal and director of career/technical education at Professional Academies Magnet at Loften High School.  Among the others who lost their jobs: Deanna Feagin, principal of Glen Springs Elementary School, Tom Cowart, director of construction and maintenance; Chauncey Freeman, supervisor of information support; Donna Kidwell-Deihlman, executive of ESE student services; Raina Rivera, supervisor of food and nutrition services; Michele Shelar...

A year after COVID-19 meant high school graduations marked by an unusual drive-thru racetrack ceremony and yards full of signs celebrating individual graduates, this season’s graduation ceremonies will be back to normal ― sort of. For the public schools, next month’s ceremonies will be held at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center and the Phillips Center on the University of Florida campus. Each student is allowed four guest tickets. Face masks are required and a 3-foot distancing rule will b...