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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Florida education news: Class size, volunteering, school grades and more

Che-pi SCHOOL ACCUSED OF DISCRIMINATION: Parents charge the high-performing Sanibel School in Lee of turning away low-performing students, the Naples Daily News reports.

CLASS-SIZE THOUGHTS: Brevard schools find compliance with Florida's class-size amendment vexing and look for alternatives, Florida Today reports. • The Florida Senate is looking at options to hold off the final stage of the amendment, the Northwest Florida Daily News reports.

JUST KEEP WORKING: Post-construction woes at one of Lee's prototype schools will keep crews busy over winter break, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. 

SHOW THEM THE MONEY: The Palm Beach district sues a former high school basketball coach for its share of the money he made in a sports camp run on school property, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

FOR THE SMILES: Ninety-five-year-old Genevieve Russo keeps on volunteering at Pathways Elementary in Volusia, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

SPREADING THE WORD: Nilda Soto, a former migrant farm worker, works to get migrant families into school, the Lakeland Ledger reports.

UPSET WITH D: Families and community leaders in Royal Palm are upset with the reputation a D grade brings to their local high school, the Palm Beach Post reports.

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