Hillsborough County School Board candidates gathered at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club
Candidates for the Hillsborough County School Board discussed many issues, and all disagreed with the proposal that the superintendent should hold an elected role.
Students showed up to the Pasco County School Board meeting to speak against changes to the student code of conduct
After student protests, the Superintendent suggested replacing the outlined assembly section with one sentence saying “peaceful student assembly” is a protected student right, but students and community members called the language too vague.
Pasco County’s Connected City is under the spotlight again
At its recent Planning Commission Meeting, many residents voiced opposition to a commercial development proposal where 10 acres of agricultural lands which would be turned into a community hub.
Florida International University students are feeling unsafe after conservative group chat blowback
A group chat created by Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party to connect with conservative students is under criminal investigation after it was filled with racist slurs and descriptions of ways to kill Black people.
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