Posted on January 16th, 2019 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Kennedy re-certified as a certified school board member The Florida School Board Association today informed me that I have once again been re-certified as a FSBA Certified Board Member. The FSBA CBM Program requires at least 96 hours of initial training, and at least 15 hours of additional training annually. Training sessions focus on building […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2019 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Washington Post: Citrus’s High Schools are AGAIN among America’s Most Challenging High Schools 2018 Citrus County high schools tops again! While this past year’s report was delayed the news was all the more sweet. Today Citrus County Schools Director of Research and Accountability, Amy Crowell shared that all three of our high schools in Citrus […]
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Posted on January 4th, 2019 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Chronicle gives kudos for Citrus grad rate Thank you to the Citrus Chronicle Editorial Board for sharing about Citrus county school high school’s graduation rates. Follow this link to read editorial: https://www.chronicleonline.com/opinion/editorials/graduation-rate-upturn-great-news/article_89aa99f8-0f8a-11e9-a1b2-3f0928b00189.html
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Posted on December 21st, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
This week the Florida Department of Education released the graduation rates for the 2017-2018 school year. We were so excited to learn that Citrus’s rate rose to an all-time high of 84.1 percent. In addition, each of our high schools improved in overall grad rate, grad rate of students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, and at-risk. […]
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Posted on December 12th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Keep faith… “Kids First”! Yesterday was the opening School Board meeting for the new Board term. As the new chairman, I shared the board’s theme for the coming term. As School Board Constitutional officers, we are charged with one of the greatest responsibilities— that is to care for our kids’academic education, and we do not […]
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Posted on December 4th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Florida Edu Commissioner steps down We will miss you and hope you come to visit us in Citrus County real soon. I am saddened by this news. Commissioner Stewart was the third (and longest serving) of three Florida Education Commissioners that served while I have been a school board member. (The first two resigned to […]
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