SUGARLOAF ROBOTICS TEAM WINS WORLDWIDE COMPETITION
Robots that swim, robots that think and robots that bend time: Monroe County schools have them all. Competitive robotics teams in the district’s middle...
SCHOOL BOARD SELECTS ED TIERNEY AS SUPERINTENDENT
The school board’s five-month search for its next superintendent ended this week, with the selection of Ed Tierney for the school district’s top job.
The...
KEY LARGO’S MARINELAB JOINS BLUE STAR OPERATORS
MarineLab Environmental Education Center recently joined the network of Blue Star operators organized by NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Blue Star operators are committed...
SCHOOL BOARD NARROWS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FROM 32 APPLICANTS TO 11 SEMI-FINALISTS
The school board’s search for the next superintendent continued on April 8, when the five board members narrowed the field from 32 total applicants...
SUPERINTENDENT APPLICATION DUE BY APRIL 1; SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTED APRIL 8
The county school district is accepting applications for the Florida Keys’ next superintendent of schools until Tuesday, April 1, and as of March 18...
COLLEGE LECTURER DISCUSSES CORAL CONSERVATION
The College of the Florida Keys will continue its 2025 VIP Series with “Coral Restoration: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome” on Thursday, Feb. 20 at...
IN PICTURES: LITTLE SWITLIK HISTORIANS STAGE LIVING WAX MUSEUM
The cafeteria at Stanley Switlik Elementary took a trip through the decades on Jan. 29 as costumed fifth-graders presented the school’s annual Living Wax...
SCHOOL BOARD REACTS TO A FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE LATER RESCINDED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
The Jan. 28 Monroe County School Board meeting was marked by careful studies of long-term plans and literally second-by-second changes to critical funding categories...
SCHOOL BOARD PLANS NATIONAL SEARCH FOR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT
Turmoil and turnover at the top levels of government have burdened Florida Keys officials for the past two years.
The county needed a new administrator...
FLORIDA KEYS’ ONLY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OPENS JAN. 6
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Key West has a Catholic high school housed in its own building, complete with a state-of-the-art...
