Parents, Teachers Say Anti-Masking Parents Are Bullies Who Have Kids Who Are Bullies. BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Parents and teachers contacting BocaNewsNow.com say they are growing increasingly concerned that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants kids who wear masks to be bullied. […]
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Palm Beach County School District Needs School Bus Drivers. Now. BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Palm Beach County School District has an urgent need for school bus drivers. While it’s unclear if the shortage is so dire that it will affect picks up […]
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Facial Coverings Optional In Palm Beach County. Registration Is Not. BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — If you don’t register your child to ride the school bus, your child will not be riding the school bus. That’s the message from the Palm Beach County School […]
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Updated Policy To Expand Help Offered To Middle School, High School Students Who Claim To Be Victims. BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Victims of dating violence in the Palm Beach County School District may request class changes, a locker in a different location, time […]
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BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The classroom teachers association which represents teachers in the Palm Beach County School District wants masks to remain mandatory through the end of the school year. The school year ends in mid-June. This email was just sent to the […]
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Cumulative COVID Count Nears 2000 BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District has recorded at least 148 COVID-19 cases in just 3 days, and 696 cases since school resumed on January 4th. The school district is now teetering on 2000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since some students returned to “brick and mortar” […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Just a reminder: the Palm Beach County School District is closed on Monday, January 18, 2021 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. day. There will be no in-person or distance learning. The closure, which of course has nothing to do with COVID, comes as the school district is again […]
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School Continues Until June 18th. Parents Must Now Decide Whether Students Will Learn Remotely, Or In Person. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Pediatric Positivity Rate for COVID-19 is now 12.6 percent in Palm Beach County. That includes all children 18 and under. The high number comes as the Palm Beach County School District officially […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The long standing, somewhat inexplicable tradition of teachers in Palm Beach County starting the calendar year with an “in-service day” after being off for several weeks is a tradition no more. The Palm Beach County School District resumes classes for students and teachers on Monday, January 4th, 2021. With the […]
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Milestone Reached In Just Three Months BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Winter Break is now underway in the Palm Beach County School District under the ominous cloud of rising COVID-19 counts. The school district reports 1,214 COVID-19 infections as of December 21, 2020. The split: 683 students and 531 employees. The number is notable. “Brick […]
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Teacher In-Service Day Remains On The Calendar For December 4th, 2020 BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District is sticking with its plan to use this coming Friday, December, 4th, as a teacher in-service day. That means no school — distance or in person — for the school district’s 180,000 students. […]
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Teachers Ask For Help While Teaching Live. Palm Beach County School District Confirms Issue. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Teachers apparently complaining of heat, poor ventilation and unteachable conditions at Calusa Elementary School in Boca Raton Wednesday afternoon got such attention that multiple parents called our newsroom asking for help. Calusa is a COVID hotspot […]
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Schools Are Used As Polling Locations Across Palm Beach County. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District is closed for instruction on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. That, of course, is election day. Even though the majority of students remain learning remotely, schools are used as polling places so the annual election […]
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Watch His Videotaped Apology On BocaNewsNow.com. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — In a videotaped message just released by fired Spanish River High School Principal William Latson, the man accused of being a Holocaust denier says he doesn’t deny the Holocaust happened, at all. “I am not a Holocaust denier. I am sorry that my comments […]
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Hundreds In South Palm Beach County Expected To Take PSAT’s This Week In Spanish River High School Gym. Parents, Students Concerned Over COVID Spread. Watch Video. Read Document. BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher UPDATE 12:16 PM: After being “unaware” of the situation, the Palm Beach County School District tells BocaNewsNow.com officially that 150 […]
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