TRANSGENDER GRADUATE GETS SUPPORT DURING PRIDE MONTH
A small scholarship ceremony took place on June 2 at the beginning of Pride month. This was not an unusual occurrence, considering that Florida Keys’ high schools...
SCHOOL DISTRICT STILL WANTS HOUSING AT DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS
The school district has talked for 20 years about building workforce housing at its waterfront headquarters in Key West. They’ve created and then disbanded a task force...
BREAKING NEWS: SCHOOL BOARD GRANTS 7th STRAIGHT CONTRACT TO SAME COMPANY; QUESTIONS REMAIN
And the stadium makes seven.
Monroe County school board members on June 8 awarded Ajax Building Co. a seventh consecutive contract — this one at $15 million for...
CORAL SHORES GRADS MOVING ON
The Coral Shores High School Class of 2021 took their seats on the football field as loved ones sitting behind in lawn chairs watched them obtain their...
KEY WEST’S CLASS OF 2021 INCLUDES NEARLY 300 GRADUATES
With the sun still high in the sky on a brilliant Key West evening, the Coffee Butler Amphitheater filled to capacity with crimson- and white-gowned graduates and...
PKS EIGHTH GRADERS ON TO HIGH SCHOOL
Plantation Key School eighth graders are making the next move in their schooling careers as they prepare to head across the street to Coral Shores High School....
FLORIDA KEYS SCHOOLS NEED TO HIRE 120 TEACHERS
Staffing shortages represent a new pandemic, and those plaguing the Florida Keys aren’t limited to hotels, restaurants and private businesses.
Local governments, too, are struggling more than usual...
NEW PRINCIPALS TAKE HELM AT 2 KEYS HIGH SCHOOLS
Two of the Florida Keys’ three public high schools will have a new principal in the fall.
Chistina McPherson is leaving Key West High School for an administrative...
’Canes class of 2021 parades Old Highway in final goodbye
Some seniors rode in vehicles dressed in green and gold colors. Others perched themselves on the back of classic cars or on the passenger side as they...
KEY WEST STUDENTS GRADUATE ON GULF OF MEXICO
Somerset Island Prep's graduates, families and guests took to the Gulf of Mexico May 25 for a commencement ceremony aboard a Fury catamaran in the waters off...
