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Chronicle: ‘School district put in no-win situation’

34522-10Chronicle: ‘School district put in no-win situation’

Following my column last week, ‘New Co-Located Schools Law gets an F‘, The Citrus County Chronicle‘s Editorial Board today wrote an editorial on the Co-located schools which is much appreciated.

Chronicle’s Position:

THE ISSUE: Co-located schools.

OUR OPINION: Law that penalizes arrangement inane.

Read the whole editorial by following this link: http://goo.gl/fQ9zij

FREE SPORTS PHYSICALS!!

PPE FlyerFREE SPORTS PHYSICALS!!

Get read for the coming school sports season!

UF Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute will be providing PRE-PARTICIPATION/SPORTS PHYSICALS to all youth that will be participating in athletics for the 2016-2017 school year.

April 23, 2016
8 am—12 pm

UF Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute

2nd Floor
3450 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL
*Forms can be found on the FHSAA website at www.fhsaa.org*
[Click on EL2 Form under For Students and Parents]
*Pop warner forms can be found at www.popwarner.com

Students Jump Start April’s School Board

Students Jump Start April’s School Board

12998268_10153940026696259_632245189587936069_oTuesday, April 12th, 2016 the Citrus County School Board met for our April Regular began with opening exercises by the Honorable Doug Dodd.

Mr. Dodd brought Citrus Springs Middle School Principal John Weed and AVID teacher Jill Lynch to introduce Emily Brock, an eighth-grade student at CSMS who recently won first place in the national AVID E-Binder Contest. Miss Brock played her winning video which can be viewed by clicking play on video or by following this link: http://youtu.be/pXQxZRMN5cE

For more information on Miss Brock’s video and project with AVID, read Chronicle column, ‘A fun, creative video propels her to the top’ by Julie Gorham at: http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/fun-creative-video-propels-her-top

Following the presentation of Miss Brock’s video Citrus High School student Mackenzie Barnett performed a wonderful rendition of the National Anthem.  Watch Miss Barnett’s performance by clicking play on video or by following this link: https://www.facebook.com/CitrusCountySchoolDistrict/videos/10153940001866259/

School Zone Features CHS News Productions

CaptureSchool Zone Features CHS News Productions

March’s School Zone, features Citrus High School’s news production team. These students put out professional quality products. Click here to WATCH!

Citrus Tech Help Line

Citrus Tech Help Line

ATTENTION Parents, students… Have IPAD questions? Need tech help for homework? Help is only one phone call away!
Citrus Tech Help Line : (352) 400-1943 Monday – Friday 4pm-8pm

Here is a great show with guests Lecanto Middle School Assistant Principal Brian Lancaster and the District’s Title 1 Coordinator Patricia Douglas on WYKE’s Citrus Today program hosted by Dennis Miller, talking about technology and the new tech line were the topics. You can catch the show by clicking play below or following the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/kPoU2TNlCXE

Former Teacher, now board member, ‘gets it’

Former Teacher, now board member, ‘gets it’

“I never gave up on him even when he doubted himself”

becki-couch-duval-school-boardThe Honorable Becki Couch and I were first elected the same year (2010) and began our school board training together. Over the years Ms. Couch and I would often chat at Florida School Board Association trainings and conferences. In FSBA we regularly have been on the same side of issues and I have much respect for Ms. Couch and her county is blessed to have her as one of their School Board representatives.

Please this post by the Honorable Becki Couch, Duval County School Board, District 6; https://goo.gl/QCH9DM