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School district wasted $750K on deseg fight

During the past three years, the school district under Superintendent Mark Rendell wasted three quarters of a million ...

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Schools spend $10 million to beef up security

The school district is spending more than $10 million on security this summer, with much of the money ...

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Judge to make recommendations for new teacher contracts

Representatives of the school district and the teachers union quarreled angrily for eight hours over proposed pay raises ...

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School district finances are in better shape than expected; 30 teachers to retain jobs

Thirty teachers facing possible layoffs will retain their jobs for the 2019-20 school year after a relieved School ...

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School district is getting new chief financial officer

After a nearly a year of financial confusion and uncertainty, the Indian River County School District is getting ...

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Teacher contract negotiations go to mandatory mediation

After 15 months of futile contract negotiations, School District officials and the union that represents the county’s 1,100 ...

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New superintendent reverses transfer of popular Sebastian High assistant principal

Sebastian River High School Assistant Principal Billy Wilson will remain at the school where he has worked for ...

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New sculpture to honor veterans

A Vero Beach veteran’s group stepped up its efforts to raise $300,000 to create a monument that will ...

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Continuing teacher exodus is likely to cost school district $1 million this year

The exodus of teachers from Indian River schools continues with more teachers leaving in May, bringing the total ...

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Central Beach townhome residents caught between city and landlord

Residents at a Central Beach townhouse complex are angry that the city of Vero Beach has not yet ...

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School board holds off on raising employee health insurance rates

The Indian River County School Board last week put off a vote on a staff recommendation to raise ...

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School District to spend $1.5M on school roofs, other upgrades

Indian River School District will spend more than $1.5 million this summer to replace roofs at Dodgertown Elementary ...