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St. Ed’s students have outdoor class down to a science

Class has barely started when 11-year-old Payton Andrews shouts, “There’s an Anhinga,” as she points toward the lagoon ...

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Panel sees busing as way to promote racial equity in schools here

Remember the battles in cities around the country in the ’60s and ’70s over court-ordered busing of students ...

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School district employee arrested in Maine for assaulting a police officer placed on leave

Randall Hunt, an Indian River County School District employee who was involved in a racially-motivated disturbance and charged ...

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School Board authorizes $175,000 salary for a new superintendent as part of search process

The Indian River County School Board is willing to pay a new superintendent up to $175,000. In return ...

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Equity Committee hoping School Board will set more specific desegregation goals

Representatives from the NAACP and school district agree the School Board needs to set more specific desegregation goals ...

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Community forums create profile of ideal Indian River School Superintendent

The next superintendent of the Indian River County School District needs to be able to unite the community, ...

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Judge issues split decision in mediation between school district and teachers union

School teachers will pay less for health insurance than the School District wanted, but will not receive a ...

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Dorian has impact on schools even though no buildings were damaged

After Vero Beach’s brush with Hurricane Dorian, students and teachers have resumed their normal school routines. Indian River ...

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Will School Board try to skirt law in search for Superintendent?

A search firm hired to find a new school superintendent is encouraging School Board members to skirt Florida’s ...

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School Board’s search firm has a shaky record

The search firm that the School Board hired to lead the effort to find a new superintendent for ...

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Rendell said to hide info from School Board

Former Superintendent Mark Rendell faces the prospect of a lawsuit for withholding financial information from the Indian River ...

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3 more St. Edward’s graduates heading to Harvard this fall

Saint Edward’s School has produced plenty of outstanding students over the years, but even school officials were surprised ...