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EDUCATION
8 Pinellas schools get new principals for 2024-25 year
Eight Pinellas County schools that were left without leaders after a recent round of retirements and reassignments now have new principals. During a meeting Tuesday, the School Board approved the following appointments:. • Angela Lewis, an assistant principal at Boca Ciega High School, was named to lead Jamerson Elementary School....
Pinellas County School Board approved a new district-wide cellphone policy
The Pinellas County School Board voted and approved a new cellphone policy. The district-wide policy impacts all grade levels. Students can have phones at school, but usage depends on grade level.
Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation helping fill the gap for South St. Pete Students, with hopes to expand
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At the Shirley Proctor Fuller Foundation, their purpose is clear. “We’re an academically based after-school and summer program where academics is the focus of everything that we do,” said academic director Keisha Snead. “Our mission is to actually close the achievement gap for...
More Florida school districts are limiting cellphones on campus
The big story: The effort to continues to restrict student cellphone use in schools as a way to refocus attention on learning and reduce mental health problems. The Pinellas and Pasco county school boards are the latest to tighten up their usage policies, each adopting new rules on Tuesday. At...
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