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The problem, parents say, is that some Liberty Pines Academy students who live in the subdivision walk or bike to and from the K-8 school along a walkway adjacent to the entrance ramp to State Road 9B where cars routinely race by at speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour.
Under state law, students may not be bused if they live less than 2 miles from the school they are zoned for, so about 200 households have not received busing since the 2018-19 school year. Parents fought, unsuccessfully, for an exemption by the school district before the change was enacted at that time.
St. Johns County narrows in on name for new K-8 school in Nocatee
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Construction on new K-8 school in St. Johns County moving forward. (St. Johns County School District)
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The St. Johns County School Board got an update Tuesday morning from the school district on a flurry of new school construction happening in the fast-growing county.
The K-8 school, which is named “MM Academy” for now, will soon have a permanent name and a school mascot.
The name recommendations include:
Tolomato River Academy
The mascots for the $37 million, three-story school have been narrowed down to six choices: Cougars, Coyotes, Dolphins, Manatees, Pioneers and Terrapins. The district said the students will help make the final decision about the mascot in the coming weeks.