Sentinel School Zone

UCF solar car: name it, drive it (for a little while, anyway)

Luis Zaragoza — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:53 -0500

UCF claims to have the only solar-powered staff vehicle on a U.S. college campus. But the colorful car doesn't have a name. The folks at Sustainability and Energy Management at UCF are holding an online naming contest to fix that....

UCF medical school outreach: Students volunteer to prepare home-cooked meal for Ronald McDonald House residents

Luis Zaragoza — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:02:16 -0500

The community donated money so the first class attending UCF's new medical school could receive a free medical education. Now those students are starting to give something back to the community. Twenty students plan to serve a home-cooked meal to...

UCF opera workshop gala concert Saturday: pizzeria-based 'mini-opera' included

Luis Zaragoza — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:00 -0500

Curious about what an 11-minute mini-opera depicting a slice of life at a busy New York pizzeria might be like? You can see for yourself at 7 p.m. Saturday as students in UCF's Opera Workshop perform "La Pizza del Destino"...

Homeless student count high in Seminole

DaveWeber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:58 -0500

Imagine if every student at Longwood Elementary School were homeless, with nothing to hope for after school but a stay at a shelter or sleeping on a relative's couch, and the source of the next meal uncertain. That's what it...

Lake superintendent will give State of the District address Monday

Denise Balona — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:52 -0500

Lake County Superintendent Susan Moxley will give her first annual State of the District address Monday following a series of performances by students from various parts of the county. When Moxley interviewed for her job as the school district's top...

More on ACLU lawsuit over Florida's low graduation rate

LesliePostal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:17:10 -0500

As we reported yesterday, the lawsuit focuses on Palm Beach County schools (the Palm Beach Post reports on it here), but the ACLU says Palm Beach is an example of a national problem, not an isolated case. The problem, the...

Two Lake students diagnosed with potentially-deadly MRSA

Denise Balona — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:02:31 -0500

East Ridge High School officials have ordered extra cleaning at the campus and are taking other precautions after they learned at least two student were diagnosed with MRSA, a drug-resistant staph infection that can be fatal. Principal David Cunningham said...

Sublette's campaign for OCPS elected chairman kicks into gear

ErikaHobbs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:21:28 -0500

The leading contender (so far) for the 9th seat on the OCPS school board has launched a slick, comprehensive website that carefully lays out his plan for leading the nation's 10th-largest district, and for coaxing it into a sophisticated, high-performing...

ACLU tries again, files lawsuit over Florida's low high-school graduation rates (focused on Palm Beach County schools)

LesliePostal — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:46:16 -0500

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the state, charging it provided an "inadequate" education to Palm Beach County students, particularly black and Hispanic youngsters. The class-action lawsuit argues that the district's low graduation rate is proof...

Seminole's new math texts to be "fuzzy", too?

DaveWeber — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:38 -0500

A statewide textbook selection committee has been meeting over at the Sheraton in downtown Orlando the past couple of days. The math books it chooses for use in Florida public schools could decide whether the Seminole school system continues on...