Only one week into returning to classes from winter break, South Florida schools are already bracing against the crunch of staffing shortages caused by COVID-19 and the highly contagious omicron variant.
Last year, disruptions came in the form of distance learning and decreasing academics, while this year it's a scarce pool of teachers and substitutes and bus driver shortages. As a result, schools warn of impacts on the delivery of education and support services such as transportation.
Omicron, teacher shortage create 'perfect storm" for schools | WUSF Public Media
Florida students are back in school this week, after the omicron variant combined with the winter holidays have caused record numbers of coronavirus cases.
WMFE's Amy Green talked with the Florida Education Association president Andrew Spar about how schools are bracing for the impact of the surge.
Fight ends over school masks in Florida schools - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
TALLAHASSEE — After both sides said the case was moot, a South Florida appeals court dismissed a legal fight about school mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal issued an order Wednesday ending the case, which involved school boards challenging a Florida Department of Health emergency rule aimed at preventing mask requirements for students.
Central Florida schools prepare for more call-outs as students return from winter break
FOX 35 is working to find out if there are a large number of call-outs in Seminole County schools.
With COVID cases on the rise, officials say they will be putting some measures into place, but masks for adults isn’t one of them.
Orange County began the week with more than 866 students and 309 employees testing positive for COVID according to their COVID-19 dashboard. Hundreds of teachers and bus drivers called out.
Florida schools seek solutions to bus driver, teacher shortages
The big story: School districts across Florida and the nation have struggled with bus driver shortages all year. Some, like Pinellas County, have offered students free public transit passes to help ease the load. Others have boosted driver wages and paid signing bonuses.
Pasco County schools took one of the most unusual and drastic steps in the effort to get children to campuses on time. The district changed all school start times and bus routes . The effort began on Tuesday. We asked residents to share their first-day experiences via Facebook.
Character Education in Florida Schools | WFLA
A federal grant available to schools has made a new program called "Character Education" possible at a school in Florida. Students are learning the skills it takes to become a quality person now and as they head into adulthood.
Bloom airs in 40 markets across the country, with a reach of approximately 36 million households, and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Madison, WI.
Northwest Florida schools experiencing more COVID cases | WKRG
MILTON, Fla. ( WKRG ) — COVID cases are on the rise in schools across Northwest Florida but not what was seen at peaks in the pandemic.
"We certainly anticipate that number will go up based on the fact that this variant seems to highly contagious, although the symptoms seem to be milder," said Santa Rosa County Superintendent Karen Barber.
Crisis in the Classroom: How is 'Stop WOKE Act' impacting NWFL schools? | WEAR
U.S. Department Of Education OKs Florida Plan For Education Money – CBS Miami
Federal officials had been withholding a third of the more than $7 billion dollars that was allocated for Florida schools under the American Rescue Plan Act, a stimulus law that passed last year.
The federal government released the initial two-thirds of each state’s allocation in March, with Florida receiving just shy of $4.7 billion.
Pandemic graduation rates climb - except in Broward - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Graduation rates for the Class of 2021 reached an all-time high in Florida schools, at 90.1%, up from 90% the previous year, according to graduation data released Wednesday.
That's a stark contrast to standardized test scores and student grades, which fell dramatically last school year. It's the second year in a row where graduation rates climbed during the pandemic .
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