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Coronavirus takes its toll on Florida studentsâ grades
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
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Published Dec. 18, 2020
Grace before grades? Grades before grace? Maybe a little of each? Teachers in Florida, as around the nation, have a tough task when determining how to rate their studentsâ performance in a pandemic. The decisions take on a greater significance this winter, as the state has told schools to encourage âfailingâ students in remote learning to return to classrooms. But what does failing really mean? Read on for that story and other Florida education news. ⢠With schools going on holiday, this roundup also will take a break, resuming in January along with classes. See you in 2021.
Flagler County School Board adopts gender identity protections
By : Jeremy Williams
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ABOVE: Flagler County School Board during its Dec. 15 meeting. (Screenshot from FlaglerSchools.com)
After a 13-month battle, LGBTQ activists in Flagler County are ending 2020 with a huge victory for transgender students.
In a 3-2 vote, the Flagler County School Board added gender identity to the policy manual’s section 217, the district’s nondiscrimination policy, Dec. 15.
The fight to update the district’s nondiscrimination policy began in the fall of 2019 when Elliott Bertrand, a transgender high school student in Palm Coast, had to change high schools because of a teacher’s bullying behavior that Bertrand saw as transphobic.