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Which Duval County schools have recorded the most COVID-19 cases? DCPS has reported just under 1,400 cases since the start of the school year Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools has reported 1,397 COVID-19 cases since the start of the school year, the district’s dashboard showed Thursday afternoon. Duval County school officials learn about new cases of the coronavirus among students and staff every day, although administrators say most cases have been contracted outside of the schools. Since tracking began on the district’s dashboard, which has undergone ...

Coronavirus 1 year later: How our lives have changed Not much looks the same as it did when COVID-19 first hit the U.S. 12 months ago Frank Powers, Assignment manager Updated:  Tags:  A look at what coronavirus has changed over the last year From ubiquitous masks to economic pains to vaccine hopes, our lives look vastly different from this time one year ago. Exactly 12 months ago today, the first documented case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States -- a man in his 30s from Washington state who had traveled to Wuhan, China, tested positive for the virus. According to Johns Hopkins U...

Duval School Board approves outdoor graduation ceremonies Duval County Public Schools will host outdoor commencement ceremonies for the second consecutive year. The ceremonies will take place on school football fields for class of 2021 graduates. The move provides some certainty during a largely uncertain school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. School officials say making the call now gives the district time to prepare for safe, social-distanced ceremonies compared to last school year, when the pandemic prompted mass rescheduling.  When the COVID-19 pandemic originally struck, Duval Sc...

Marine Science Center (at Fletcher High) Duval Virtual Instructional Academy (at Wolfson High) Separate contracts will be negotiated for ceremonies at the following schools, which lack campus football stadiums:  Andrew Jackson High Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Darnell Cookman School of the Medical Arts Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology It's not immediately clear where ceremonies will be hosted for schools that lack football fields. Last school year, the remaining schools' ceremonies took place at TIAA Bank Field.  One welcome change this year versus last year's outdoor ceremo...

Fletcher High School in Duval County, which in November ranked behind only Fort Walton Beach in COVID-19 cases, saw its virus burden rise by 20 to 77, which put it seventh in the overall state rankings. Okaloosa County Health Department head Dr. Karen Chapman has said at least some of the blame for the large coronavirus caseloads at each of Okaloosa County's high schools can be attributed to the age of the facilities. Older buildings have smaller classrooms and older ventilation systems which can to contribute to the spread of disease, she said.  "We're at something of a disadvantage," she ...