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A school board in Florida voted on Tuesday to rename six schools that were named after Confederate leaders.

Duval Schools Superintendent Diana Greene thinks six Jacksonville schools should be renamed, her recommendations obtained by the Times-Union said.  The news comes after nearly a year of debates prompting locals to reckon with the citys ties to Confederate leaders and colonizers. After a contentious set of community meetings and balloting, voting results showed that Jaxsons wanted to see schools tied to the Confederacy renamed. Now, through a formal set of recommendations to the school board, G...

Deborah B. Herr of Quarryville went home to be with the Lord at Lancaster General Hospital on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. She was 71. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Shirley Brown. Debbie graduated with Honors from Henderson High School. She received a scholarship to attend Chester County Hospital School of Nursing, where she served as President of her class. It was on a blind date that she met her faithful and loving husband, Kenneth H. Herr. Three months later t...

Is your school affected? A line-by-line look at Hillsborough staffing cuts. Schools adjusted their course offerings, and some parents want to push back.     Parents, teachers and students from Hillsborough County schools came together to protest budget cuts for arts programs before a School Board meeting in September. Their advocacy helped convince district leaders to lessen the blow of staffing cuts in the fall. Some hope they can accomplish the same objective in the spring as the distri...

Carol Kelley Princeton school officials announced on Thursday afternoon that Carol Kelley, the superintendent of a PreK-eighth grade district in the Chicago area, has been selected to lead the Princeton Public Schools. She will begin her new post as superintendent on July 1. She will be the second African American named to the top post in Princeton’s public schools. Edith Francis was the first African American superintendent for the Princeton school district. Kelley will be paid $240,000 pe...

BISD tables stadium issue, expands charter presence FacebookTwitterEmail MLK Middle School will be operated by a college-prep nonprofit called Green Dot Public SchoolsIsaac Windes / Beaumont ISD livestream The Beaumont School Board on Tuesday expanded charter school control in the district but postponed a discussion on renaming Memorial Stadium, a vague proposal that drew a vigorous backlash from parents and other community members as soon as word got out about it the night before. The board ha...