When she retired after 40 years of teaching, including 18 years at Crookshank Elementary School, reading specialist Joanne Marziani wanted to leave behind something special for the students. Her husband suggested she write a children’s book.
Marziani wanted to write a book that would fill an unmet need. She interviewed some of her struggling readers and asked them what they would like to read about and 90% said they would choose a book about football. When she researched children’s books about the sport, Marziani found there were plenty of football books written at a third-grade reading level or higher, but there were hardly any written on a first- or second-grade level.
St. Johns County School District looks to join lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The St. Johns County School District may join a multi-district lawsuit targeting pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids, as well as companies that distribute the drugs.
The lawsuit, involving at least 60 school districts across the nation, alleges the district has “suffered significant damages” as a result of the national opioid epidemic including the expenditures of public funds to address the impact of this epidemic on students and teachers, specifically providing special education for students.
The key focus of the claims is the increased expense of special education and supplementary education costs caused by the growing number of children born with disabilities as a result of maternal opioid use during pregnancy.
Dress code violations tripled over previous year in St. Johns County schools
Social worker says how discipline is handled could have long-term repercussions for students’ mental health
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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The number of recorded violations of the St. Johns County School District’s student dress code has skyrocketed during the 2020-21 school year, according to data provided by the district.
So far in the current academic year, 518 dress code violations have been recorded in the SJCSD, 302 of which happened at Creekside High School. Bartram Trail High School students received 33 violations.
In the 2019-20 school year, 164 violations were recorded across the district and the 2018-19 school year saw 101 violations.
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A growing number of students and parents are putting pressure on the St. Johns County School District to revise its dress code, calling it unfair and sexist following a March 26 building-wide inspection at Bartram Trail High School that resulted in 31 students cited for violation of the policy on that day, all female.
The school district is accepting parental input on the issue now through April 30 in its annual look at dress code policy as part of the larger student code of conduct review it does annually.
According to Bartram Trail students and parents, administrators and other school staff lined up in hallways on March 26 to monitor the wardrobe of students, with girls being asked to hold their hands over their heads to check if shirts exposed any skin on their midriff area.