The 2026 Student Mental Health Conference gave nearly 500 Duval County Public Schools students a chance to share specificity about their mental health programming needs. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

People carry signs that read, in Spanish, "Justice for Immigrants" and "We are humans." Hundreds gathered to protest peacefully against Florida Senate Bill 1718, which imposed restrictions on undocumented immigrants, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

The Clay County Sheriff's Office arrested a Jacksonville teacher on charges of transmitting child sexual material. | File photo

Cameron Frazier is the founder and principal of Becoming Collegiate Academy. The school's mascot is a brown bear in homage to the children's book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

River City Science Academy Elementary School on Beach Boulevard. | Google Maps

Helmets sit on shovels at a groundbreaking for Villages at Lake Forest on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. | Leah Foreman, Jacksonville Business Journal

A crash crumpled this school bus on Zoo Parkway in Jacksonville. | News4Jax

A school bus and a truck collided Wednesday, April 8, 2026, near the Jacksonville Zoo and Botantical Gardens. | News4Jax

The Duval Schools headquaters building on Prudential Drive. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Cameras on Duval County school buses will capture images of people passing illegally. | Nancy Guan, WUSF

Read Jax is a literacy campaign designed to get all Duval County students reading on grade level by the end of third grade. Duval County Public Schools, the Kids Hope Alliance and the Jacksonville Public Education Fund are among the organizations that have collaborated for Read Jax since 2021. | Ben Brown, Special to Jacksonville Today

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during an event for the National Day of Prayer in Tallahassee on May 1, 2025.

The rear end of a school bus was crumpled when a truck hit the bus. | News4Jax

Highlands Middle School student Xavier Howard won the shot put at the first track and field meet held at the Bob Hayes Track and Field at Matthew Gilbert Middle School on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Students at SP Livingston take part in a new initiative designed to cultivate student wellness through screen-free, outdoor learning. | Duval County Public Schools

A Duval County school bus with the new camera installed behind its extendable flashing stop sign. The camera will record cars that pass a stopped school bus. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Ryan May learns on Match Day 2026 on Friday, March 20, 2026, that he will have an otolaryngology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Sandalwood High School. | News4Jax

Duval Schools' headquarters building, pictured here in March 2026, was going to be sold to Chase Properties, but the deal collapsed. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Houses seen in a neighborhood in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on Oct. 30, 2025.

The regular 2026 Florida legislative session ended March 13.

Mike Ludwick (center), seen here singing at a protest before an Oct. 7, 2025, School Board meeting, lodged a complaint with the Freedom From Religion Foundation about the School Board's practice of starting meetings with prayer. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Help a local child hit their reading goals by donating books to Tennika's Books for Kids. | Jessica Palombo

Annie R. Morgan Elementary had served students on Jacksonville’s Westside since 1916 before it closed. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today