Staff Report
2020 s graduation festivities were dramatically scaled back due to the pandemic, with schools hosting drive-thru ceremonies. This year is a step back toward normal, albeit with some concessions. Many Sarasota-Manatee high school graduations were held in large outdoor venues, with the few indoor ceremonies scaled back to protect against COVID-19.
Sarasota-Manatee college graduation ceremonies ran the gamut, with University of South Florida combining its different colleges into one ceremony at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Ringling College going virtual, and both New College and State College of Florida holding in-person ceremonies.
Take a look at photos of the 2021 Sarasota-Manatee high school and college graduation ceremonies below.
The Sarasota County School Board took steps on Tuesday toward assuring families that officials expect the next school year will be a return to normal and that they plan to allow several COVID-19-related policies to expire.
The School Board will allow a policy requiring students to wear masks for the majority of the day and to sit behind a tri-fold desk shield during a “mask break” to end on June 30.
Next school year the district will no longer ask teachers to provide concurrent learning, teaching students both in person and remotely at the same time via web cameras.
The district will ask teachers to develop plans for how students can continue learning next year if they have to go into quarantine, without relying on the concurrent learning model, which has been widely panned by teachers, administrators and parents.
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North Port pop-up clinic next week will vaccinate 4,000 people heraldtribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldtribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.