LET’S GIVE A HEARTY WELCOME TO THE NEW TEACHERS OF MARATHON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
For the 2021-22 school year, the Middle Keys has fresh recruits to teach our public school students. We thought you’d like to meet a few of our...
SCHOOL MASK OPT-OUT IS UPHELD AFTER TENSE EXCHANGE ON BOARD
On Sept. 7, the school board, district staff, health officials and the public sat together through another tense four-hour meeting. At least three hours were devoted to...
WHILE WE WERE DEBATING MASKING, A 1/4 BILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL BUDGET QUIETLY PASSED
The last school board meeting on Sept. 7 was almost four hours long, with three hours of it taken up with debating the finer points of whether...
Emergency rule: Students exposed to COVID no longer required to quarantine
The Florida Department of Health has issued a new emergency rule declaring that parents now have a choice whether to quarantine a child who has been exposed...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
