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Nadine Ebri answers questions during a District 1 School Board forum on July 25, 2024. | Jacksonville Public Education Fund/screenshot
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Duval School Board District 1 forum: Ebri alone as Ricardo calls out sick 

Nadine Ebri was one of five Teacher of the Year finalists in Duval County in 2020-21. Tony Ricardo taught at Andrew…

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The "after" photo from a green schoolyard makeover at a Colorado elementary school. | Children & Nature Network, "Green Schoolyards" report
24 hours ago

OPINION | “Go outside and play” -Every Boomer’s mother

Green schoolyards is a movement to turn public school playgrounds into “outdoor classrooms,” with plant and vegetable gardens, trails, trees,…

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July 17, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | Who’s behind mailers in School Board District 3 race?

Political action committees and parties can spend unlimited money to support candidates — even in school board races, which have…

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Then-General Counsel Jason Teal sets up proposed maps at a redistricting meeting after a federal court ordered the Jacksonville City Council to redraw its district maps. | Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary
March 4, 2024

Judge won’t order special election for gerrymandered Duval School Board

School Board members Darryl Willie and Charlotte Joyce will keep their positions without a new election this year.…

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Some of the district’s school transportation contracts are up for negotiation this year, pushing the district to look at ways to cut costs.
July 5, 2023

Duval considers cutting magnet school bus routes, other cost-saving options

To cut costs, Duval is combining a two magnet school bus routes and might end routes with low ridership. Bigger…