KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY HONORS OCEAN STUDIES’ ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) recently honored Ocean Studies Charter School with a plaque for completing a five-year stewardship project as part of the Ocean Guardian...
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TENTATIVE BUDGET WITH SPENDING INCREASE
A tentative Monroe County School District spending plan totaling nearly $300 million seeks to raise even more property tax dollars than the previous year — and that’s...
KEY LARGO SCHOOL STUDENTS AWARDED FOR PENNING ESSAYS ON RESILIENCE
Key Largo School (KLS) eighth grade graduates Marisol Sanchez and Kameron Vetter recently received special awards from Learning for Success, Inc. (LFS) during the school’s promotion ceremony...
3 MORE NEW PRINCIPALS NAMED FOR FLORIDA KEYS SCHOOLS
Monroe County Schools Superintendent Theresa Axford has named three new principals for the 2023-2024 school year — in addition to the new principals already announced for Key...
KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEAVING; PERKINS APPOINTED IN INTERIM
Larry Schmiegel, principal of Key West High School for the past few years, is leaving at the end of the month to take a superintendent job in...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT’S RATING DROPS TO ‘B’ BY THE STATE
Florida Department of Education’s school ratings released on July 7 gave the Monroe County School District a “B” rating for the 2021-22 school year.
It’s the first time...
KEY LARGO STUDENTS RECOGNIZED OVERCAME PUBLIC SPEAKING FEARS
Key Largo School eighth-grade graduates Nicholas Calderon and Sophia Jackson received special awards from Learning for Success Inc. (LFS) through its Kids and the Power of Work...
VAPING – WHY ARE SO MANY KEYS KIDS DOING IT?
The national trend of teens vaping nicotine or marijuana has hit the Keys en masse, officials say. Monroe County children have some of the highest rates of...
KEY LARGO’S OCEAN STUDIES SCHOOL MARINE LAB NAMED TO HONOR LIFE OF PASCAL WEISBERGER
Ocean Studies Charter School students gathered in the back courtyard facing the marine science lab. On the window next to the door were a painted jellyfish and...
KEY WEST ATTORNEY DARREN HORAN ENTERS SCHOOL BOARD RACE
Key West attorney Darren Michael Horan is running for the Monroe County School Board's District 1 seat, according to Supervisor of Elections Joyce Griffin.
Incumbent District 1 board...
