A sign saying guns are prohibited is posted on the door of Duval Schools headquarters. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Duval School Board member Tony Ricardo sits on the dais during a break in public comment at the Nov. 9, 2026, School Board meeting. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Raines High School Principal Vincent Hall is shown during an assembly April 12, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Duval School Board member Tony Ricardo is one of six board members who voted to remove the book "Identical" from school shelves in April 2025. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Yard signs supporting the 1-mill tax extension for Duval Schools read "Keep our best teachers in Duval." Duval School Board candidates weighed in on the tax and other issues before the November election. | School Board member Cindy Pearson via Facebook

The sign outside Fletcher High School, where a volleyball coach was removed from his position. | News4Jax

A graphic novel adaptation of the literary classic "1984" was one of four books removed from Duval Schools' libraries at October's School Board meeting. | Kailyn Mallicoat, special to Jacksonville Today

Jackson volleyball coach Rochelle Strowder provided each of the five seniors on the 2026 team with a gift box after their Senior Night victory over Ed White on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. From left: Jazmine Kelly, Brayla Hill, Davita Kelly, Natalia Hamilton and Skyler Mitchell. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

City Council Member Tyrona Clark-Murray addresses the School Board on March 3, 2026. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The Duval School Board voted Oct. 6, 2026, to sell the district's waterfront property to a developer. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

From left, Aoife Lewis, Shannialia Perez Montero and Nicole Jiang were the winners of the Duval County Public Schools Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest. The trio were celebrated during a luncheon at the Schultz Center on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Janelle Cox, a Venetia Elementary parent, tells district officials she's looking forward to a rebuilt school at a community meeting on Sept. 29, 2026, as School Board member Reggie Blount and district COO Jim Culbert look on. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Currently, Duval Schools does not allow guns on school property. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Hope McMath and her attorney, John Phillips, speak at a news conference about the case against her teaching license on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The Rev. Darrien K. Bolden Sr. prayed for unity and love at the outset of a Sept. 15 community conversation following racism accusations at a Sept. 10 volleyball match in Fernandina Beach. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Superintendent Christopher Bernier addresses reporters at a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Michael Smith, left, leaves a School Board meeting Aug. 4, 2026, after Superintendent Christopher Bernier recognized his new appointment as principal of Baldwin Middle-Senior High School. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

A map of Jacksonville shows where the district is searching for a new headquarters building. | Duval County School District

Community members raise their hands at a School Board meeting on June 10, 2024, in a show of support for keeping Holiday Hill Elementary open. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

A Student Transportation of America school bus. | News4Jax

A partnership between Communities in Schools Jacksonville, Kids Hope Alliance and the city of Jacksonville led to a Little Free Library at Sallye B. Mathis Elementary School in Northwest Jacksonville on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. The effort provided nearly three dozen picture books and chapter books for students. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today