Rawlings Elementary News Today

Under the new year-round schedule, the first day of school for students at Rawlings Elementary will be Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Opposition among parents and teachers is brewing over the introduction of a pilot program that would bring year-round classes to two Alachua County schools.

A trio of Florida school districts are piloting year-round curriculums in a bid to curb summer learning loss -- and the state's education bosses are mulling a permanent shift in all schools statewide if the program is successful.

Metcalfe and Rawlings Elementary Schools will move to the year-round calendar beginning this July and running through the 2028-29 school year.

Metcalfe and Rawlings Elementary Schools will move to the year-round calendar beginning this July and running through the 2028-29 school year.

51st anniversary of Black Thursday at UF with students arrested demanding admission of Black students and hiring of Black teachers.

The non-profit Gainesville for All will go before the board Tuesday, Feb. 15.

In January, the finalists for Principal and Assistant principal of the Year honors will be identified. Winners will be announced in February or March.

No child left hungry Children of all ages throughout Alachua County will again be fed breakfast and lunch this summer. Thanks to a federally funded food service program that runs from Monday through July 23, children from infants to 18 years old can receive free breakfast and lunch at 93 locations with a multitude of options that include in-person, bus routes, curb side grab and go and the Alachua County School Districts food truck, which visits underserved neighborhoods including Hidden Oaks, ...

Years later, in honor of Lewis life and death, he will transition this July from University of Florida Levin College of Law professor to the Emory University School of Laws inaugural John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice. "That means a lot to me on a personal and professional level because he is such an important figure in history," Hutchinson said. "He was a civil rights advocate. Thats who I am. Im not a wealthy donor. Im not a person who had a very powerful background .....