District 1 School Board Member Steve Gallon resigned from his seat representing much of the northernmost stretch of Miami-Dade County on Monday, setting up an election to fill his seat for the remaining two-plus years in his term.
Category: Florida Education News
Posted inHigher Education
GOP restructuring of higher ed touches everything, including UF presidential search
The task of finding university and college presidents – once an academic exercise – is now a secretive, thorny project closely linked to Republican politics
Posted inHigher Education
Latest hope for downtown Jacksonville, taxpayer-financed UF campus, might start very small
UF has big plans for its downtown Jacksonville campus, but is only obligated to enroll 50 students.
Posted inFlorida Education News
School bus camera program became a bungled mess in Miami-Dade. It’s coming to Duval next
The Duval County school district decided to partner with BusPatrol America despite its major issues in other parts of the state.
Posted inFlorida Election Coverage
Meet the 5 candidates running for Alachua County School Board elections in August
Alachua County school board election overview
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With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed
Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida’s governor, face new legal peril
Posted inFlorida News Articles & Reporting
As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers and bicyclists.
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Janine Plavac announces run for School Board of Alachua County District 1 seat
Janine Plavac, the current holder of the District 5 school board seat, told Mainstreet on Wednesday that she intends to run for the District 1 seat this year – a position currently held by Tina Certain. Plavac’s and Certain’s seats are among three on the school board that are up for reelection this year, with District 3 (Sarah Rockwell) being the other.
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UWF OKs DeSantis favorite Manny Diaz Jr. as president, with $946K pay package
Diaz has limited education experience but was approved in a single-candidate competition – despite rules intended to normally require “more than two” finalists for the trustees to consider.
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With army of loyalists, DeSantis built a conservative higher-ed empire
With an ally expected to take over at UWF early this year, and a presidential vacancy at UNF, DeSantis is poised to build on his remarkable transformation of Florida higher education.