Charlotte County School Board members debated whether to enforce the policy of requiring masks on all school property — including meetings tha…
Students at St. Charles Borremeo Catholic School in Port Charlotte learned a little bit about what life was like in 1996 on Thursday morning.
NORTH PORT — Krysta Fowler stopped by the Girl Scouting office on March 13. Excited to share her plans for leading the STEM camp she designed,…
Congratulations to the Florida SouthWestern Collegiate High School students of the month. The following were selected by faculty as the Septem…
A private school in Port Charlotte, Community Christian School, had six cases of coronavirus in its school last week — three times the amount …
Tension over police presence in schools is nothing new, but recent protests against police violence across the United States spurred school di…
A 12-year-old Englewood boy was arrested on 11 felony counts of sending written threats to kill.
OSPREY — Pine View School used webinars to bring professionals for “fireside chats” for its 2020 Virtual ReadAThon.
“They are going to the bathroom just because they need a break.”
A majority of parents of local charter school students have chosen to send their children back to school since this fall, and one local princi…
Port Charlotte High School was on lockdown Monday morning, but only for a short time.
In rehearsing a pivotal scene for a Shakespearean play, I imagine every director has had their patience tested by a pretentious actor asking, …
The Florida Department of Education is issuing grant funding to 18 rural Florida School districts — one of them being DeSoto County.
Champ’s Cafe will be offering free breakfast and free lunch meals to students of Charlotte High and Lemon Bay High schools effective Monday, i…
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PUNTA GORDA — New traffic signs are in the works for the intersection of Cooper and East McKenzie streets to help keep parents in line during …
Students at Port Charlotte United Methodist Church preschool celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day on Thursday morning at the school.
Charlotte County Public Schools devised a new “innovative” virtual education plan that was rolled out last week, but teachers are still in the…
If you can spare an hour each week to mentor a local student to focus on school success, there is an upcoming free training session that you m…
Florida SouthWestern State College student Sherri Zimmerman has been working to earn her college degree for more than 30 years.
What child doesn’t love the feeling of sailing down a playground slide in the summer? It takes no effort (if you don’t count climbing up the l…
Do you have an old computer or extra keyboards and mice around the house collecting dust?
Over two weeks after reopening, Charlotte County Public Schools are catching up to the rest of the state and rolling out a remote learning opt…
Girls who wish to stay active and healthy during the pandemic can register now to be a part of Girls on the Run of Southwest Florida.
SARASOTA— The Sarasota County School District reported the first positive COVID-19 case from a staff member at the district office, according …
Can you hear the collective exhale across Charlotte County? Parents and caregivers have been holding their breath through the first two weeks …
Peace River Elementary School first-grade teacher Danielle Vivian was named the Achieva Credit Union Teacher of the Year for 2019/2020.
The Charlotte County School Board passed a budget of nearly $360 million for the upcoming school year by a unanimous vote Thursday evening.
NORTH PORT — A North Port High School student has tested positive for COVID-19, as reported on the district dashboard Thursday afternoon.