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School employees Jarvis Delon West, left, and Dontae Antonio Thomas, right, were both arrested in connection with the assault and injury of a 12-year-old boy who attended AMIkids in Pinellas Park. The state shut the school down. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
Staffer accused of body-slamming AMIkids student arrested; state shuts school down
Dontae Antonio Thomas, 34, turned himself in on a charge of aggravated child abuse. He is the second AMIkids school staffer to face charges in the assault of a 12-year-old boy.
Feb. 21• Education
Body-slammed by school staffer, Pinellas boy suffered brain bleed and neglect, police say
Jarvis Delon West was arrested on child neglect charges after he didn't report an employee at AMI Kids who slammed a boy to the ground, according to police. [Courtesy of Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
A supervisor at AMIkids in Pinellas Park didn’t seek help for the boy or tell his mother that another staff member had slammed him to the floor.
Feb. 18• Education
Next Hillsborough superintendent offered $310,000 contract
Clay County Schools Superintendent Addison Davis (wearing a pink tie), center, takes photos with the Hillsborough County Public Schools board members after being voted unaminous as the new incoming superintendent in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
The agreement would run through the end of 2023.
Feb. 14• Gradebook
‘School choice’ is dividing Florida Democrats along racial lines. Could it help Donald Trump?
Janiyah, left, and Stephanie Davis of Philadelphia, stand as they are recognized by President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) [SUSAN WALSH | AP]
The president’s appeal to black voters includes school vouchers that most often go to children of color. Many Democrats oppose them.
Feb. 13• The Buzz

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  1. Staffer accused of body-slamming AMIkids student arrested; state shuts school down
    Feb. 21• Education
    School employees Jarvis Delon West, left, and Dontae Antonio Thomas, right, were both arrested in connection with the assault and injury of a 12-year-old boy who attended AMIkids in Pinellas Park. The state shut the school down. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
  2. Mental health lessons coming to Pasco schools
    Feb. 21• Gradebook
    First Lady Casey DeSantis talks with students during the Hope for Healing a mental and substance abuse initiative held Roland Park K-8 School in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said state officials worked closely with DeSantis to craft the new rule. OCTAVIO JONES | Times
  3. Florida education news: Term limits, alternative schools and teacher discipline
    Feb. 21• Gradebook
    Pinellas County School Board member Carol Cook, left, celebrates her reelection to her fifth term in 2016. If ultimately approved, a term limits proposal would force Florida's school board members out after two consecutive terms.
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  5. Florida education news: School names, term limits and a cafeteria taste test
    Feb. 20• Gradebook
    Chicken and vegetable dumplings with soy sauce were offered to students to test during the 2nd Annual Student Food Connection taste-testing, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Pinellas Technical College. Twenty-eight new food items were tested and rated. Some will be added to next year's school menus. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
  6. Admissions halted at AMIkids Pinellas after staffer slammed boy and failed to report it
    Feb. 19• Education
    Jarvis Delon West was arrested for child neglect after failing to report an employee at AMI Kids who slammed a boy to the ground, according to police [Courtesy of Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
  7. Birthday cake applesauce? Pinellas students try 28 new school menu items
    Feb. 19• Gradebook
    Patrick Suiters, 10, left, and Gabriel Stanford, 9, both fourth-graders at San Jose Elementary School in Dunedin, fill out a survey after tasting falafel tots and nuggets during the 2nd Annual Student Food Connection taste test at Pinellas Technical College. About 120 students tasted and rated 28 new food items that could be added to school breakfast and lunch menus next year. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
  8. Pinellas offers driver education camps. Signup deadline is Sunday.
    Feb. 19• Education
    The Pinellas County school system is offering driver education camps to hundreds of students like this one over the summer. The program will be held over two sessions at nine high school campuses across the county. [Times (2011)]
  9. Florida education news: Public meetings, school zones and inaction after a student’s injury
    Feb. 19• Gradebook
    Incoming Superintendent Addison Davis (center) and School Board Chair Melissa Snively (right) sign Davis' contract with the Hillsborough County School District after it was unanimously approved by the school board on February 18, 2020. [JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ | Times]
  10. Hudson closure approved, school district prepares to rezone elementary students
    Feb. 19• Pasco
    The attendance zones for Northwest, Gulf Highlands and Fox Hollow elementary schools would shift under a proposed rezoning that also includes the closing of Hudson Elementary. [Pasco County School District]
  11. Middle school move from Barrington to Rodgers upsets some Hillsborough parents
    Feb. 19• Education
    Incoming Hillsborough School Superintendent Addison Davis (center), School Board Chair Melissa Snively (right) and the other board members pose as Davis signs his contract with the district on Tuesday night. The board unanimously approved the contract beforehand. [JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ | Times]
  12. Body-slammed by school staffer, Pinellas boy suffered brain bleed and neglect, police say
    Feb. 18• Education
    Jarvis Delon West was arrested on child neglect charges after he didn't report an employee at AMI Kids who slammed a boy to the ground, according to police. [Courtesy of Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
  13. Pasco-Hernando State College to let public speak at meetings without advance notice
    Feb. 18• Gradebook
    Associate professor of biology Caitlin Gille leads the Pasco-Hernando State College faculty union, which challenged the school's public comment rules. (Photo Courtesy of Caitlin Gille)
  14. Florida education news: Prekindergarten, turnaround schools and campus closures
    Feb. 18• Gradebook
    Prekindergarten students at James B. Sanderlin IB World School in St. Petersburg, show the peace sign during an assembly in 2012. New state data show children in prekindergarten are better prepared for kindergarten than those who don't attend. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]
  15. Senate committee advances strict turnaround school bill, calls for changes
    Feb. 17• Gradebook
    Leon County fifth-grader Ingrid Hanley asks the Senate Education Committee not to adopt legislation that would get tougher on D-rated schools, during a Feb. 17, 2020, session. [The Florida Channel]
  16. Video raises more questions in Jacksonville 6-year-old’s Baker Act case
    Feb. 17• Education
    Nadia King, 6, is smiles for a photo. The special-needs student was taken from school Feb. 4 and placed in a mental health facility under Florida's Baker Act, and now her mother and a team of attorneys are asking why. [The Cochran Firm]
  17. Florida’s pre-k program yields 63 percent ready for kindergarten
    Feb. 17• Gradebook
    The Voluntary Prekindergarten room is one feature of the new Bardmoor Branch of the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg. The location also includes a child-care center and Preschool Academy.
  18. A drug house has been operating 315 feet from Largo High School, police say
    Feb. 17• Crime
    Robert Nathaniel Bacon, 54, left, was arrested on a felony charge of operating a drug house in addition to a charge of methamphetamine possession. Martin Skelly, 41, was arrested on multiple drug charges, including possessing and selling methamphetamine and heroin with 1,000 feet of a school. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
  19. Florida education news: A superintendent’s contract, teacher shortages and school security two years after Parkland
    Feb. 17• Gradebook
    FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus. School districts continue to improve their security plans in the aftermath. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File) [MIKE STOCKER | AP]
  20. Next Hillsborough superintendent offered $310,000 contract
    Feb. 14• Gradebook
    Clay County Schools Superintendent Addison Davis (wearing a pink tie), center, takes photos with the Hillsborough County Public Schools board members after being voted unaminous as the new incoming superintendent in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
  21. ​​University of Florida to professors: Stop requiring coronavirus tests for sick students
    Feb. 14• Health
    University of Florida students walk through Turlington Plaza in between classes on Thursday afternoon, February 13, 2020, in Gainesville, Fla. [[Justin Bright | FRESH TAKE FLORIDA]]
  22. Florida education news: School choice politics, panic alarms and a day in the life of a high school theater group
    Feb. 14• Gradebook
    Chikara Parks, right, along with her children in front of their home in St. Petersburg. In the back is Kamijah Laswon, 14. In front of Kamijah is her sister Tanijah Clark, 12. Their brothers are 7-year-old Tai'jon Carter, left, and Dai'quan Carbart, 9. The four children used to attend Pinellas public schools. Now they are in private schools, using Florida's tax credit scholarship program. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  23. Scholarship discrimination should be ‘obliterated,’ Florida Board of Education member says
    Feb. 13• Gradebook
    Florida Board of Education member Michael Olenick speaks during a July 17, 2019, board meeting in Polk County. [The Florida Channel]
  24. Hillsborough school officials request impact fee hike
    Feb. 13• Gradebook
    A new house under construction in Waterset on Big Bend Road in Hillsborough County's Apollo Beach area. Developed by Newland Communities, which also developed Fishhawk Ranch in Hillsborough, Waterset has had more housing starts in the past year than any other new-home community in the Tampa Bay area. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]
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