Chronicle Editorial Board: Back at It

Posted on August 11th, 2012 by

Chronicle Editorial Board: Back at It

Opening of local schools a milestone
Saturday, August 11, 2012

THE ISSUE: School has started in Citrus County.
OUR OPINION: Brings promise and opportunity.

If you are wondering whether you were seeing mirages of large yellow school buses suddenly popping up on your streets this past week, your vision is fine.

Citrus County schools started Wednesday — a full 13 days earlier than most other school districts in the state. This is because the Citrus County School District is designated as “academically high performing.”

Academically high-performing districts must be A-rated with no F schools, in compliance with class-size laws and have passed the financial audits. Only 18 other districts in the state have that distinction.

The advantage to starting early is teachers can finish the first semester and give their exams before winter break.

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Citrus School Board Meetings Now Available on Web

Posted on August 9th, 2012 by

Citrus School Board Meetings Now Available on Web

It is official! The Citrus County School board will begin streaming its meetings over the Internet next week, superintendent Sandra Himmel said.

The live video stream will be available for public access beginning at the next meeting Tuesday, August  14th beginning at 1:30 p.m. and then again at 3:00 p.m.

In addition to the live video stream, meeting videos will be archived on the same website for later viewing. The live stream is compatible with all current viewing platforms, including Windows, Macintosh, iOS devices (iPads, iPhones) and Android devices.

The web address for the live video stream is http://new.livestream.com/citrusschools.

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10 News Story on Citrus County Goes Back to School

Posted on August 8th, 2012 by

10 News Story on Citrus County Goes Back to School

Tampa Bay’s CBS affiliate WTSP ran a story today on” Back to School Citrus County: District pushes innovative ideas”.  Watch the video below or follow this link:  http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/267404/8/Back-to-school-already-District-pushes-innovative-ideas

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Florida PTA Action Alerts and eNews

Posted on August 3rd, 2012 by

Florida PTA Action Alerts and eNews

It is not just Bakes Sales and Movies Nights

With the election year upon us I would like to encourage you to register for the Florida PTA legislative action alerts (click here to register for PTA Legislative alerts). Signing up for these alerts means when important educational issues comes up in Florida, PTA will then send you an alert and provide you information as to the situation and where you can help by send a message to those needing to be contacted.

After registering I would encourage you to send a message to Governor Scott and provide him input into the selection of the new Commissioner of Education. (Click here to send message to Gov. Scott)  You can just copy the message that PTA supplies or write your own message.

Also sign up to receive our the PTA eNews emails (click here to register for PTA eNews).

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‘Stuff the Duck’ returns to help students with school supplies

Posted on August 1st, 2012 by

‘Stuff the Duck’ returns to help students with school supplies

Not to be confused with “Howard the Duck” or Foie Gras.

If you’ve never before seen an amphibious armored personnel carrier up close and personal, then Saturday will be your lucky day.

That’s when the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office will have its highly specialized crime-fighting tool, affectionately dubbed “The Duck,” in the parking lot of the Inverness Walmart Supercenter on East Gulf to Lake Highway.

On Aug. 4, from 8 a.m. to noon, the agency will team up with Walmart and the Citrus County School District to “Stuff the Duck” with much-needed school supplies for the county’s children as they head back to classes on Wednesday, Aug. 8th, 2012.

Please help by making sure every schoolchild, regardless of family finances, has the tools he or she needs to be successful in the classroom. Brand-new items, such as pens, notebooks, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, pencils, crayons, loose-leaf paper, book bags, memo pads, index cards, binders and more, are much appreciated.

School Resource Officers (SROs) Joe Faherty, Tim Langer and Todd Farnham will be on hand to collect donations and showcase the program’s brightly detailed Camaro and Dodge Magnum FOCUS (Filtering Out Crime United with Students) cars for all to see.

Every little bit helps, so please stop by on Saturday and help “Stuff the Duck!”

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Florida Sales Tax Holiday 2012

Posted on August 1st, 2012 by

Florida Sales Tax Holiday 2012

August 3 through August 5, 2012

Attention Parents, NO SALE TAXES!!  That is correct from August 3 through August 5, 2012 no sales tax shall be collected on the sale of clothing, wallets, or bags, including handbags, backpacks, fanny packs, and diaper bags, but excluding briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags, having a sales price of $75 or less per item, or on sales of certain school supplies having a sales price of $15 or less per item for the period beginning 12:01 a.m. on August 3, 2012, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on August 5, 2012.

  • “Clothing” means any article of wearing apparel, including all footwear (except skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates), intended to be worn on or about the human body. However, “clothing” does not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, or sporting equipment. (Follow this link for a full list of clothing and accessory items.)
  • “School supplies” means pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, notebook filler paper, legal pads, binders, lunch boxes, construction paper, markers, folders, poster board, composition books, poster paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue, paste, rulers, computer disks, protractors, compasses, and calculators. (Follow this link for a full list of clothing and accessory items.)

For more information on Florida Sales Tax Holiday 2012 visit the Florida Department of Revenue’s web page at: http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/

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