BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Source: FAU) — The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced Florida Atlantic University’s A.D. Henderson University School (ADHUS) as an National Blue Ribbon School for 2018. The exemplary high performing recognition is based on ADHUS’ overall academic performance. ADHUS was one of 12 schools in Florida to be named a […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Source: Palm Beach County School District) — Parents and students have an opportunity to learn about the 310 Choice Programs offered through the School District of Palm Beach County at the 22nd annual Showcase of Schools. WHAT: 2018 Showcase of Schools WHEN: Tuesday, October 16 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Palm Beach County School principals are facing criticism from parents for using the school district’s robocall system to promote a tax increase appearing on November’s ballot. Unmistakably using the Parkland massacre as a rallying cry for the tax increase, the script — which school principals have been ordered to deliver […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: 10:21a Tuesday, May 29, 2018: Here is the official statement from the Palm Beach County School District: “It is a school by school decision for various reasons. This isn’t unusual across the country.” BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Neither the Palm Beach County School District nor the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The ongoing drama between Boca Raton High School Phys. Ed. teacher Max Spinner and the Palm Beach County School District is set for a showdown on June 7th. That’s when the District will ask the court to dismiss Spinner’s suit. Spinner was ousted from his position of coach of the […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A report obtained by BocaNewsNow.com confirms that schools near GL’s new Boca Bridges, Seven Bridges and The Bridges are expected to experience massive overcrowding as school starts next year. The situation worsens through 2022-23, the end of the five year projection. Both Seven Bridges and Boca Bridges should be largely […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Nothing says “small and personal” like mass graduations nowhere near your actual high school, but that’s the name of the game in Palm Beach County, where a 90 percent graduation rate is considered great. To directly quote a district release: The graduation rate for District-operated schools increased to 90 percent […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The good news: if your kids go to public school in Boca Raton, they are more likely to graduate high school than in pretty much any other part of the county. The bad news: they’re going to school in a county where only 85 percent of all students leave with […]
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