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FCAT Scores in; 4 Failing Schools Likely to Stay on Intervene List

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 11:51pm

FCAT Scores in; 4 Failing Schools Likely to Stay on Intervene List

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Duval school district's four intervene schools likely will remain failing schools based on the FCAT scores released today.

North Shore K-8 received a D and the other three, Ribault, Raines and Andrew Jackson high schools, got Fs on the FCAT. Because of the grades, the schools likely will not meet the intervene exit standards set by the state.

The schools have not received their school grades for this year yet. For the high schools the FCAT scores count for half the school grade and other factors such as enrollment in advanced placement courses make up the remaining fifty percent.

In 2010, North Shore K-8 was an F school and the three high schools were D schools.

Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals addressed the media at 12:30 p.m. today at Duval County Public Schools' in Jacksonville.

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“Save High School Golf Open” in Response to Duval County Budget Cuts

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, June 20th, 2011, 10:39am

“Save High School Golf Open” in Response to Duval County Budget Cuts

Signs-N-Motion, a Jacksonville-based sign design and development company, is hosting a golf tournament on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Windsor Parke Golf Club in an effort to raise funds to save high school golf in Duval County.

Education budget cuts recently approved by the State of Florida will likely mean the end of several sports in Duval County schools, including golf, cross country, lacrosse, and several others, according to the chairman of the Duval County School Board. The county must raise $70,000.00 by August 1st in order to take high school golf off the chopping block.

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Duval County Public Schools' Provides Breakfast and Lunch This Summer to Children Under 18

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Thursday, June 9th, 2011, 12:33pm

Duval County Public Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program during the months of June, July and August.

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UNF English Professor Authors Third Mystery Novel

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011, 11:54am

UNF English Professor Authors Third Mystery Novel

Dr. Michael Wiley, a University of North Florida associate professor in the Department of English, has authored his third mystery novel, “A Bad Night’s Sleep,” which is scheduled to be released by St. Martin’s Press Tuesday, June 21.

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Transportation Cuts for 5,000 DCPS Students in the Works

Submitted by Erin Hawley on Wednesday, June 8th, 12:02 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Within four years, Duval County Public Schools are considering cutting transportation to all secondary Magnet schools.

Parents of the first 5,000 students affected say it's not fair to working parents.

One of those parents is single mom, Charlene West.

"He's a good student because I made sure he went to good schools that were going to teach him," West says of her son, A.J. Mitchell. "I, as a parent, did my part by making sure he did his homework and learned what he was supposed to learn."

Every day after school, Mitchell rides the bus home from Stanton.

While he waits for his single mother Charlene West to get home from work, he does the dishes and his homework.

Stanton is one of the seven Magnet schools potentially losing transportation.

According to a letter sent home with students, James Weldon Johnson, Landon, Darnell-Cookman, Kirby Smith, Lavilla, and Paxon are also on the list.

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JPEF Releases Report on Reading Proficiency in Duval County

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, 4:30pm

The Jacksonville Public Education Fund released a study on the reading proficiency of a cohort of more than 10,000 students over the past ten years Sunday, seeking to investigate the academic trajectories of students based on their third grade reading level.

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Duval County Public Schools Launches “Read it Forward Jax”

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, 2:26pm

Duval County Public Schools Launches “Read it Forward Jax”

Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) is proud to announce a comprehensive reading initiative aimed at raising the literacy rate of every student inside Duval County public schools. The “Read it Forward Jax” campaign will partner city, business, faith based and non-profit leaders throughout the community to share in helping teach Jacksonville’s children about the importance of reading.

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