• A former high school principal is suing a central Florida school district over allegations she was wrongly removed from her job and discriminated against because of her “alcohol dependency problem.”
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• Orange County students start the spring semester Tuesday in an extraordinary school year.
WMFE News’ Amy Green talked with Robert Prater, dean at Oak Hill Elementary, about how the year is going.
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• Orange County Public Schools and the Classroom Teachers Association reached an agreement this week to raise starting salaries.
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• It’s our third year, so we decided to go big or go home. This year we’re opening up the contest to college students!
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• We’re more than 6 months into the coronavirus pandemic and college students are halfway through an unprecedented fall semester. For many, knowing where the next meal will come from or how nutritious it will be can be stressful. 90.7’s Talia Blake spoke with the Jeannie Kiriwas, Associate Director of the Student Union at the University of Central Florida, to see how students are coping with food insecurity now compared to the beginning of the pandemic.
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• Bethune Cookman University is finally off probation from its accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission. It’s a big step forward for the university after almost 2 years of financial issues. 90.7’s Talia Blake talked with BCU President Brent Chrite, who began by explaining what coming off probation means for the historically black university.
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• 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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