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SARASOTA — Come Monday, things may not be alright for Sarasota County Schools.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was corrected Aug. 25 to reflect that the policy includes all school property.
VENICE — Following a shortened summer break, students crowded onto school campuses across Sarasota County on Tuesday morning.
WELLEN PARK — Taylor Ranch Elementary teachers Carrie Koontz and Amy Swen celebrated one year of their first published book, “Scooter and the …
VENICE — The Diocese of Venice Catholic Schools released a statement Thursday mandating masks before students returned to school this week, sp…
Almost 1,000 backpacks were given to kids at two back-to-school bashes held on Saturday to help prepare them for the first day of school.
VENICE — After a shortened summer break, Sarasota County schools will welcome students back on Aug. 10.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida students could soon use state-backed vouchers to transfer to private schools if they object to wearing masks in classroo…
OSPREY — “COVID-19 pediatric cases are growing exponentially,” Sarasota County Health Department epidemiology program manager Michael Drennon …
Florida students’ scores on standardized tests dipped in 2021, with the sharpest decline in math scores, according to data released this week …
NORTH PORT — When Felia Rizk first went to North Port Youth Basketball, she was in a stroller watching her older brothers play ball at the Mor…
SARASOTA — To require recordings or not, was one of the major items on the Sarasota County School Board workshop on Tuesday afternoon.
Nearly 500 backpacks were placed on tables waiting for families to pull up and pick them up on Saturday morning at the Back 2 School Backpack …
VENICE — Parents can be forgiven if they’re scratching their heads about sending their kids back to school in a couple of weeks.
With schools about to open, administrators, educators, social workers and others are gearing up to make sure no child is left behind.
SARASOTA — The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School dancers go “On Stage 2021” on July 31.
SARASOTA — The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation is accepting applications for a grant for area high school students “lacking college …
SARASOTA — ALICE — asset limited, income constrained, employed — family youth and children living below the poverty line will continue to get …
Charlotte County’s aspiring actors have the chance to return to the stage in July.
VENICE — The new Venice High School principal, Zoltan Kerestely, recently took over as head administrator for the facility.