For 2019 and 2020, the city funded the two sites that kicked off the program with $3.4 million total. They added $1.5 million for 2021. The $470,000 for the start-up of the third site on the westside is the first money to not come out of the city coffers.
In addition, city staff are currently working on the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which will ask for $2.4 million total for the three sites: $800,000 each.
Cure Violence, a Chicago-based program that has been implemented in cities across the country, is designed to prevent violence . Dozens of trained community members, most of whom have also previously had brushes with the law, are sent out into specific zip codes to intervene when violent crime occurs by talking with family and friends of victims. The goal: stop retaliatory violence and ultimately stop the spread of violence altogether.
Jacksonville community groups are holding a rally to urge the school board to approve recommended name changes of six schools named after Confederate leaders.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Southbank headquarters of Duval County Public Schools Wednesday evening as the school board considers whether to rename nine schools with controversial names.
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 city s 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, Greene has revealed that she agrees.
The schools Greene recommends renaming are:
Joseph Finegan Elementary to Anchor Academy
Stonewall Jackson Elementary to Hidden Oaks Elementary School
Duval County Superintendent releases school name change recommendations
Activist groups urged Duval County Schools to change the names of schools that are named after controversial historic figures such as Confederate leaders. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 12:42 PM EDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 12:57 PM EDT May 25, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Duval County Public School Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene has released recommendations that the School Board change the names of the six schools currently named for Confederate leaders.
The names were released via email Tuesday in a press release from DCPS.
Joseph Finegan Elementary School would become Anchor Academy
Stonewall Jackson Elementary School would become Hidden Oaks Elementary School