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Wekiva loses close game to Lake Minneola
The Lake Minneola Hawks defeated the Wekiva Mustangs 24-13, with Jamar Collins rushing over 190 yards and scoring multiple touchdowns. Wekiva struggled defensively with poor tackling and allowed three sacks on quarterback Dominick Sanguine in the fourth quarter. The Wekiva Mustangs took an early lead but fell to the Minneola...
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Pair of Florida high school football programs barred from postseason after fight
The Florida High School Athletic Association is starting to send a clear and distinct message to its member schools: If you partake in any sort of fight during a game, expect real and harsh consequences. Matanzas and Deltona both found out the hard way this week. The FHSAA placed both programs on restrictive probation and ruled them ineligible for the 2026 postseason following a postgame fight between the teams. The news was first reported by the Daytona Beach News-Journal , part of the USA TODAY Network. The incident occurred Oct. 1 after Deltona's 21-12 victory over Matanzas. Players from both teams became involved in an altercation during the postgame handshake line. The FHSAA reviewed video of the incident before handing down its punishment. For Deltona, the Wolves entered the week 3-3 and were in position to make a postseason push. That opportunity is now gone. Matanzas, which fell to 1-5 with the loss, will also be unable to compete in the postseason although their chances were slim to begin with. The penalties are another example of the FHSAA taking a hard stance against fighting and sportsmanship violations, particularly when an altercation involves multiple players. And Matanzas and Deltona weren't the
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Apopka students dropped off at wrong location by bus driver, parents say
APOPKA, Fla. — Parents in the Winding Meadows subdivision in northwest Apopka are seeking answers from Orange County Public Schools after they said their children were dropped off at the wrong location by a school bus driver Monday afternoon. The students attend Kelly Park School and are normally dropped...
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PRINT: Robinson High School Ranks 106th in Florida, 1,588th Nationally
Robinson High School is marked an “A grade” school for the fifth year in a row. For RHS, strong academic performance is earning recognition beyond the Tampa Bay area, placing the school among some of Florida’s highest ranked public high schools. Robinson ranked 106th among Florida high schools and 1,588th nationally in the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High School rankings, highlighting its performance and academics, college readiness and advanced coursework.
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Winter Springs charter school gets key approval to add middle school
Seminole County Public Schools has approved a new charter middle school in Winter Springs. Choices in Learning currently operates an elementary school nestled in Central Winds Park. With the Oct. 2 approval, the school will eventually open a middle school on the campus and become a Voluntary Pre-K through 8th grade campus.
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WATCH: Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High, Rockledge High and Space Coast Jr./Sr. High Make Among Florida’s Top Robotics Teams
The Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson are with four of the team members, Nathan, Sasha, Kaitlyn, and Madi, as they explain what the Pink Team is all about. [...] The post WATCH: Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High, Rockledge High and Space Coast Jr./Sr. High Make Among Florida’s Top Robotics Teams appeared first on Space Coast Daily .
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Speed cameras at 20 Orlando schools. Warnings now, but tickets coming soon
The city of Orlando is putting drivers on notice: speed in an active school zone and you’ll be cited and pay a $100 fine. Beginning Monday, a 45-day warning period was activated for the city’s new school zone speed camera program. Starting Nov. 30, drivers caught exceeding a school zone speed limit by more than 10 mph will be ticketed and fined. If it’s not paid on time, the $100 fine will increase.
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A Florida university focuses on space medicine to train future astronaut healthcare providers
The University of Central Florida is expanding its space medicine program to train students in providing healthcare for astronauts during missions. "Space medicine is a relatively new field in the realm of things when you think about the history of medicine, which really started in the 1960s with the first humans flown into space," said Dr. Manny Urquieta, founder of the division of aerospace medicine at UCF.
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The top K-12 conferences to attend in 2027
Whether it's policy, classroom resources, curriculum strategies, school operations or technology, education is a field always in a state of flux. Determining where to invest the time and funds to gain knowledge and best practices to meet those demands is a challenge unto itself. In 2027, a slew of K-12...
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Orlando instructor has reaching students down to a science
Orlando, Fla. — For A+ Teacher Tameka Solomon, teamwork makes the dream work. She has a unique style of teaching and reaching students down to a science. "So I'm working doing my best, they're working doing their best," Solomon said. "The parents are at home doing their best with the kids, so it's everybody working together."