and it looks like Florida will soon follow. If that happens, the cutbacks will be catastrophic. Voucher payments in Sarasota are now going to 52 private schools – an increase of 31% from ...

The Sarasota County Schools logo as seen from behind the School Board table. This brewing perfect storm needs to be viewed in a multi-year budget context. Budget experts at the Florida Policy ...

But while Florida's public-school districts, including Sarasota County, are navigating complex financial and policy shifts due to the Florida Legislature, this moment offers something far more ...

The Sarasota Sailors lost 35-12 as they played ... starting to be announced all across the Sunshine State and High School On SI Florida will share these as we see them. Recently, the Sarasota ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving forward with a series of proposals that would help charter schools, while Democrats argue the measures would chip away at ...

The big story: Officials in one Florida school district are hoping less is more as they seek to improve student outcomes. Steve Lanier, the superintendent of Franklin County schools in the ...

Florida House passed a bill allowing school districts to submit a report outlining costs and impacts of later school start times instead of implementing them. The 2023 law requiring later start ...

If HB1267 becomes law, Sarasota County’s public schools risk being downgraded. Florida’s Department of Education grades public schools, giving points on such criteria as graduation rates ...

Most Florida schools are closed for Good Friday on April ... Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington ...

What was the most outstanding high school play you saw this past year in the Sarasota-Manatee area? The nomination period is under way and will end on Tuesday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. Tickets for ...

The 2024-25 Sarasota-Manatee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Sarasota Ford, is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the winter sports season. The winners will be announced ...