A new conservative member appointed to New College of FL’s Board of Trustees received a death threat ahead of Wednesday's meeting: Report.
Departing Sarasota County Schools Superintendent Brennan Asplen said his forced resignation “is about politics,” reports said.
The Sarasota County School Board voted to begin resignation negotiations with Superintendent Dr. Brennan Asplen, reports said.
Sarasota County Schools added two extra days of student instruction after Hurricane Ian closed many district schools for weeks.
Dr. Stephen Covert of Pine View School was named Principal of the Year, Sarasota County Schools said.
Despite a drop in reading, math scores, FL students had some of the top test results in the nation after COVID: State education officials.
All northern Sarasota County schools will reopen Monday, while south county schools are scheduled to reopen Oct. 17, superintendent said.
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“There is no factual or legal basis” to lawsuit accusing Sarasota County Schools of exposing kids to sexually explicit content, judge said.
After a new education law went into effect, Sarasota County Schools halted all book donations and purchases, including dictionairies.
Sarasota County Schools has introduced a clear-bag policy for after-school athletic events.
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An Englewood man has filed for an emergency injunction to remove “sexually explicit materials” from Sarasota County schools.
Superintendent Dr. Brennen Asplen has been employed with Sarasota County Schools since Aug. 10, 2020.
Sarasota and other FL school districts will no longer lose funding for defying state orders by implementing a mask mandate during pandemic.
After having his grad speech censored, an LGBTQ student activist in Sarasota County used his curly hair as a metaphor for being gay.
Dr. Jennifer Jaso, a sixth-grade teacher at Sarasota Middle School, is a finalist for the 2023 Florida Teacher of the Year award.
“The Bluest Eye,” “Sold” are back on Sarasota County school shelves after 2 days, but students now need parental permission to read them.
A Pine View School student says his principal threatened to cut power to his mic during his graduation speech if he mentioned LGBT activism.
The annual ranking released by U.S. News and World Report evaluates schools based on graduation rates, academic performance and more.
A Booker High School teacher was asked to remove a “coexist” flag from his classroom, Sarasota County Schools said.
The principal at Garden Elementary School in Venice is one of three finalists for the 2022 Florida Principal of the Year award.
A Riverview High School math teacher was honored with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award, Sarasota County Schools said.
A team of students from Pine View School in Osprey has advanced to the finals of MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge.
2nd-grade teacher Teidra Everett dresses up as a different iconic African American woman daily in the classroom during Black History Month.
Scottie Littles, who previously served as assistant coach at Booker High School twice, will take over the football program as head coach.
The Sarasota High School football community is mourning the death of 49-year-old Elton Strawderman, known as “Coach E” by many.
Sarasota County Schools emailed parents throughout the district Monday to recruit them for the substitute teacher pool.
Since schools reopened after winter break, more than 300 COVID-19 cases have been reported among Sarasota County Schools students and staff.
Bookstore1Sarasota's owner canceled a poetry festival for students after “right-wing” parents demanded the removal of books from schools.
With Chief Tim Enos retiring after the winter break, Sarasota County Schools police has named his replacement, the school district said.
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Jennifer Jaso, who teaches social studies and critical thinking at Sarasota Middle School, is the 2022 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year.
Five Venice Middle School students have been “disciplined appropriately” after chanting expletives about President Joe Biden while on a bus.
School officials warned students after TikTok dance videos filmed on a Venice High School staircase have gotten millions of views.
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One of the three finalists will be named the overall Sarasota County Teacher of the Year at a Dec. 9 awards ceremony.
Most FL survey respondents said they don’t support vaccine mandates for students and said they won’t have their children vaccinated.