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The Pinellas County school district conducted air quality tests at Pasadena Fundamental Elementary after receiving questions related to a teacher's death connected to Legionnaires' disease.
Pinellas school resumes classes after checking air quality concerns
Concerns surfaced after a teacher’s death connected to Legionnaires’ disease.
Anti-censorship groups say sex ed changes should not impact school libraries
Many Florida school districts have removed books from classroom libraries for fear they violate state laws. Anti-censorship groups have urged districts not to take out more titles that contain material barred from sex education curriculum.
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
UF board OKs site in Jacksonville for new campus
The University of Florida approved a site to expand into Jacksonville.
The downtown site is several miles away from the University of North Florida’s campus.
Two Pasco high schools have no sports teams. That soon will change
Wendell Krinn Technical High School is on track to have their own sports teams by 2026.
A new state law allows technical schools to offer a limited number of teams without hindering students.

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  1. Pinellas school resumes classes after checking air quality concerns
    Yesterday• Education
    The Pinellas County school district conducted air quality tests at Pasadena Fundamental Elementary after receiving questions related to a teacher's death connected to Legionnaires' disease.
  2. Anti-censorship groups say sex ed changes should not impact school libraries
    Yesterday• Education
    Many Florida school districts have removed books from classroom libraries for fear they violate state laws. Anti-censorship groups have urged districts not to take out more titles that contain material barred from sex education curriculum.
  3. UF board OKs site in Jacksonville for new campus
    Dec. 13• Education
    The University of Florida approved a site to expand into Jacksonville.
  5. Expanded access to sports gives Florida students reason to stay in school
    Dec. 13• Education
    Kayla Cornuta, 14, catches a touchdown pass during a recreational flag football league co-ed game at the Land O'Lakes Recreation Complex in April. The Pasco County school district added flag football as a competitive sport at six high schools this year, and is preparing to add athletics at two technical high schools in 2026.
  6. Two Pasco high schools have no sports teams. That soon will change
    Dec. 13• Education
    Wendell Krinn Technical High School is on track to have their own sports teams by 2026.
  7. Pictures that defined the year in Tampa Bay
    Dec. 12• Photos
    Times photographer Dirk Shadd on assignment at City Hall in St. Petersburg.
  8. Florida lawmaker seeks to require active shooter training for teachers
    Dec. 12• Education
    Students, teachers, victims' families and passersby watch June 14, 2024, as crews start the demolition of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting. A state lawmaker wants to require teachers get active shooter training before they receive state certification.
  9. Florida schools grapple with role of religion on campus
    Dec. 11• Education
    Broward School Board member Allen Zeman is supporting changes to the school district's policy on advertising on campuses. The proposal would prevent religious groups from appearing on banners.
  10. Pinellas panel agrees to keep ‘The Artivist’ in elementary schools
    Dec. 11• Education
    Four Pinellas County parents sought to have "The Artivist" by Nikkolas Smith removed from elementary schools, in part because of pages that referred to transgender children.
  11. Florida GOP targets in-state tuition for ‘dreamers’
    Dec. 10• Education
    Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, shown speaking at a press conference in May 2023, was among the Republican backers of a 2014 bill granting in-state tuition to "dreamers." A decade later, Republicans have proposed undoing the legislation.
  12. Florida schools eye air quality issues
    Dec. 9• Education
    A photo montage of Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School teacher Katherine Pennington was displayed at her memorial service on Dec. 1.
  13. Pinellas classrooms vacated after school death linked to Legionnaires’ disease
    Dec. 9• Health
    An illustration depicting a three-dimensional (3D), computer-generated image, of a group of Gram-negative, Legionella pneumophila, bacteria. A teacher at Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School died Nov. 24 after testing positive for the bacteria. The school has moved classes out of the building where she taught kindergarten.
  14. Winter test time weighs heavy on some Florida high school seniors
    Dec. 6• Education
    Some Florida high school seniors still face state exit exams, or alternatives such as the SAT, to qualify for a diploma this spring.
  15. Pasco Sheriff’s Office settles ‘predictive policing’ lawsuit
    Dec. 5• Education
    People gather outside the Pasco School Board building on Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021, before the School Board meeting in Land O' Lakes. The PASCO Coalition planned the rally to protest the continued sharing of data between the school district and the Sheriff’s Office and is demanding an end to the practice.
  16. Hillsborough schools land on new tech system, but frustration remains
    Dec. 4• Education
    Hillsborough County Superintendent Van Ayres speaks during a back-to-school press conference in August. He's been charged with fixing the mess created by Synergy, the district's new student information system, which has proven faulty and difficult to use.
  17. Pinellas parents want children’s book on activism removed from schools
    Dec. 4• Education
    "The Artivist," a children's book by Nikkolas Smith, has been challenged by four Pinellas County parents.
  18. False threats cost Florida schools millions
    Dec. 4• Education
    A group of Largo police officers search an exterior courtyard for an assailant while helping an injured student while participating in a 2022 multi-agency Active Assailant / Mass Casualty Exercise at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County.
  19. New principals set for Hillsborough schools, including new one in Wimauma
    Dec. 3• Education
    Plant High School in Tampa is among three Hillsborough schools where new principals were approved Tuesday.
  20. Pasco elementary school gets new principal
    Dec. 3• Education
    Pasco County's Bexley Elementary School is getting a new principal this week, as its former leader transfers to prepare a new K-8 school to open next fall . [Times | 2017]
  21. Want to read ‘Wicked’ after the movie? Not in some Florida schools.
    Dec. 3• Education
    Ariana Grande, left, as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in "Wicked." The novel on which the movie is based has been removed from several Florida school districts.
  22. Florida county issues nearly $600K in fines from school zone speeding cameras in less than 3 weeks
    Dec. 2• Education
    Manatee County has issued nearly $600,000 in fines to driver caught speeding through school zones. This file photo shows school buses in Kentucky last year.
  23. How might Florida’s higher education vision play in Trump’s plans?
    Dec. 2• Education
    Christopher Rufo, one of the controversial new trustees for New College of Florida, center, is confronted by protesters moments after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Monday, May 15, 2023, banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at Florida's public universities, in Sarasota.
  24. Will Trump take Christopher Rufo’s conservative Florida vision nationwide?
    Nov. 29• Education
    Christopher Rufo speaks during a press conference before Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation on Monday, May 15, 2023, banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at Florida's public universities, at New College of Florida in Sarasota. In his second term, President-elect Trump could "do what we’ve done in Florida on a national scale," Rufo said.
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