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74° F, Clear/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WBFQJHHVMWZPB4W42GGNZZPOKE.jpg "Students from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek walk out of the school building Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in support of a trans student who plays on the girls volleyball team. The school principal and other administrators were removed from their positions for allowing the student to participate in the activity. Florida passed a law prohibiting trans girls to play on female sports teams.")
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/H4US3ERP6NB45IJQHNYLLLPAC4.jpg "Florida Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla.")
An attorney representing Christian Ziegler said his client would be exonerated.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/PBP2P7TNWBGPBDMNMCFO2UL264.jpg "The Hillsborough County school district is the subject of a discrimination investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, but officials aren't releasing details.")
Information is elusive because of agency rules and privacy concerns.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5C62PMHSQ5D5NO4OUA3MP2OTAA.JPG "Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Kevin Hendrick, shown at an October school board meeting, says his district aims to respect every student and employee. The district recently issued an Inclusive Schools Support Guide toward that end.")
Districts like Pinellas County say they have found ways to show compassion while following new rules.
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SBMPCY4MTVH2LBZT3F3X4UN7QM.jpg "The next Spotlight Tampa Bay panel will feature, from left: teacher union president Andrew Spar, education advocates Erika Donalds and Goliath Davis and school district administrator Monica Verra-Tirado. The group will participate in a discussion about the future of Florida public schools during a Jan. 30 event at the Tampa Theatre.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7KTKGM2FIVFDFKZLNU4T5XBXMA.jpg "Pinellas County English teacher Philip Belcastro is one of several Florida teachers looking to leave the state.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TZBTLD4C37NOIEOLWBXFXDMW2Q.jpg "Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/B2POK7VMEAOVVSTSEVYJDNBQ2A.jpg "Palestinians flee to northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Complaints about discrimination at schools have grown as the war has continued.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/HYTF42BWLVHHJKEFQYE6MHSAGE.jpg "The entrance to Bailey Elementary School, which will welcome a new principal in December.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/D6RRRW43QRGHHKTVXDJTTQPGUU.JPG "A campus walkway at the University of South Florida, where about 1,700 students take an introductory sociology course every year. State officials have proposed removing sociology as one of the options for core courses students must take as part of their studies.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GRVJJNWS7Q2YNDVY6XSHPACJMM.jpg "A student publication at an Orange County high school has come under fire for including information about Florida's law requiring students to use restrooms according to their biological sex at birth.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/L5TYPYFPMRDB3MB5EY62VVRLEU.jpg "Tansheka Riggins, a student at St. Petersburg College, meets in person for the first time with her completion coach, Matt Smith, who works for local nonprofit LEAP Tampa Bay.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/EVSROXN7JRG3NINLEQ3MF4EJGM.jpg "St. Petersburg College student Tansheka Riggens, left, meets with her completion coach, Matt Smith, for the first time in person on Monday in Clearwater. Smith works for LEAP Tampa Bay. Riggens is a mother of three from St. Petersburg who has been trying to finish her associate degree for two decades and is one exam away from graduating.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/2TSD4ZUUANCZNBXEV7OC5RE3TM.JPG "Evan Rowlands, left, high-fives his mother, Jessica Rowlands, after answering a question while completing schoolwork at Riverview Public Library on Nov. 8.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SZXPVMAJQ5DAJNQR7DWWZU4YBM.JPG "Djimtry Gerard, 16, center, makes a lab observation as South Florida Bulls Tight End Gunnar Greenwald, right, assists him during a biology class at Wharton High in Tampa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/A2HRF4FU45HANJGI6ZS3LOF3KA.JPG "Students on campus at the University of Tampa, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is investigating an allegation of antisemitism at the school.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/JOG2BT5VYVFRLDO4DBFUQKDBXI.JPG "Imam Abdullah Jaber, executive director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, speaks during a news conference announcing a federal lawsuit against state and University of South Florida officials on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/P7SVTOHMWNAKVO4JJPPNREFMMU.JPG "Hundreds of attendees browse booths during the national convention of the American Association of School Librarians on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 in Tampa. Some Pasco County residents want the school district to end any financial support of the association and its parent, the American Library Association.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/RBT36BE6TRBPZBKTR57U2OWEOE.jpg "State Rep. Randy Fine, left, and University of Florida President Ben Sasse engaged in a testy exchange over a social media post on the Israel-Hamas war.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/35AGA7DECFHHLDFURYSADYUP24.JPG "Automotive instructor Frederick Lawrence explains the function of rocker arm springs while teaching students at Northeast High School’s Automotive Academy on Friday, Nov 3, 2023, in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/EAAT3GVQYZAOFN6UKMGL4OMJP4.JPG "Diana Gallant, 14, uses an impact tool to remove bolts on a Chevy Camaro engine while fellow student Nigella Gerena, 16, observes.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/R4WDY5B5BBEEBG6H5GLBR2DESE.jpg "The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association has been leading a petition drive to get the union re-certified to meet new state law requirements.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TNMATDPYC5H3FO6E2JSULHFK7M.jpg "Lee Bryant, president of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, displays stacks of petition cards at the union's office in Largo on Friday. Bryant has been leading a drive to get the union recertified but says new state rules are making it difficult.")
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