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Orange Park teen graduates with perfect attendance from kindergarten through 12th grade
ORANGE PARK, Fla. — An Orange Park high school graduate is being recognized for her accomplishments beyond earning her high school diploma. Rikki Blaylock recently graduated from Ridgeview High School with an achievement few can boast: never missing a day of class from kindergarten through her senior year. Rikki...
Championship division in high school sports has potential, but still plenty of questions
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The best against the best in major team sports. That’s what the championship division that was approved by the Florida High School Athletic Association this week in Gainesville aims to create. What does that look like when it’s put into play, what schools will benefit...
They are the champions: Meet Jacksonville-area 2023-24 FHSAA team & individual champions
The 2023-2024 high school sports season is officially in the books, another campaign filled with memorable moments and a truckload of trophies for Northeast Florida athletes in Florida High School Athletic Association competition. In all, area athletes brought home dozens of individual and team championships in the FHSAA postseason, spanning from the fall to the end of spring. ...
Mark Woods: Signs of the times — a neighborhood rallies to save the neighborhood school
Tim Andrews went to Holiday Hill Elementary from 1966 through 1971. His brothers and sisters went there. All three of his children went there. Now his grandson, Kaiden, goes there and recently finished kindergarten. When Andrews went to the school for an end-of-year ceremony, his grandson asked him a question. ...
School closure concerns back in spotlight at Atlantic Beach community meeting
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – The Beaches community received updates Wednesday night on the Jaguars stadium deal, the future of Penman Road and the potential of school closures. Jacksonville Councilman Rory Diamond shared a presentation at the Town Hall meeting. School closures are a huge concern for many community members....
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