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Duval Schools will resume classes Friday

By Will Brown
Published on August 30, 2023 at 4:37 pm
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Many schools will resume classes Thursday after Hurricane Idalia, but not in Duval County.

The Duval district plans to remain closed Thursday and resume classes Friday.  

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Spokesman Tracy Pierce said the logistics of closing shelters and ensuring the district has enough food for students are among the considerations for reopening.

The district also plans to hold high school football games Friday night. Fifteen of the 16 programs that were scheduled to play this week will play.

Six games will kick off Friday; Baldwin will host Bradford on Saturday night; and two other games will be moved to Sept. 5. Stanton’s contest against the North Florida Education Institute has been moved to Oct. 20.

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Both Clay County and St. Johns County schools plan to return to class Thursday.

Reporters Casmira Harrison and Steven Ponson contributed to this report.

author image Reporter email Will Brown is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Will Brown is a reporter and photographer focusing on issues related to race and inequality, as well as sports and photography. He originally joined Jacksonville Today as a Report for America corps member. Will previously reported for the Jacksonville Business Journal, The St. Augustine Record, Victoria (Texas) Advocate and the Tallahassee Democrat. His accolades over his nearly 20-year career include photography for the Health News Florida’s national Murrow Award-winning series “Committed: How and Why Children Became the Fastest Growing Group Under Florida’s Baker Act.” Brown is a graduate of Florida A&M University and has a master’s from the University of South Florida. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and soccer. He lives in Clay County with his wife and son.

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