Florida School Boards Association
May edition of Board Notes … with features on Fremont Public Schools, a follow-up from last month’s Reinke/Deshler feature on creating opportunities in a small town, a list of upcoming events and networking opportunities, and much, much more! Board Notes Link – May 2015 As always, Board Notes, and other key resources can always be found here too, as…
Even if the much-debated bills to revamp Florida high school athletics won’t be passed in 2015, the ideas aren’t dead. The bills – House Bill 7137 and Senate Bill 948 – would’ve created more-lenient eligibility rules for transferring student-athletes and revamped the Florida High School Activities Association. The House passed 7137, but its premature adjournment…
Dennis Mope’s dream of running a network of military-themed charter schools for at-risk students ended quickly and with little warning this month in Jacksonville and Orlando. Two of Mope’s Acclaim Academy charter schools closed abruptly, displacing hundreds of students just three weeks before the end of the school year. A third school in Kissimmee was…