• The Orange County School Board just voted to approve next year’s budget. Included in the budget- extra funding for School Resource Officers. Activists say putting additional resource officers in schools elevates the risk of over-policing.
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• The First District Court of Appeal reinstated a stay on a judge’s ruling that gave school districts the authority to decide whether to reopen brick and mortar campuses.
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• The Orange County school board voted late Monday night to stick to the plan to reopen brick-and-mortar schools Friday for face-to-face learning.
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• A newly-appointed medical advisory committee is advising the Orange County school board on how to reopen brick-and-mortar schools safely next week.
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• School restarts this month across Florida, but most counties still don’t have a solid reopening plan. Sean Griffin is an elementary school teacher with Orange County Public Schools, and this past year was his first year teaching. 90.7’s Talia Blake caught up with Griffin ahead of the upcoming school year. He says the pandemic has forced him to make big changes to how, and where, he’ll teach.
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• Orange County Public Schools says it is sticking with its plan for reopening brick-and-mortar schools next month for the upcoming academic year.
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• Florida teachers and Democrats say it would be reckless to reopen schools now as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida surges.
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