Jefferson County Schools

Florida is back to issuing school and district grades after a two-year pause due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This year, no district in the Big Bend earned less than a “C” while the long-troubled Jefferson school district got an incomplete grade.

The Department of Education will allow the Jefferson County School District to regain oversight of its school system after five years of charter school control. The abrupt new development comes on the heels of a failed effort to find another charter school operator for the district.

Jefferson County fired its popular football coach at the start of the month, but didn’t give a reason. Now a documentary about the Jefferson County School…

Two years after being forced to become the state’s first and only Charter School District, North Florida’s Jefferson County is being touted as a model for…

Somerset Academy Inc., is one of new “Schools of Hope” operators in Florida. A law approved last year allows additional state funding and exemptions to…

Florida has more than 100 schools that it labels persistently failing. Those schools have earned D’s and F’s for several years in a row. Many of them…

Three charter school companies expressed interest. Two fit the criteria. Only one submitted an application. This week the Jefferson County School District…

Full Story: The Jefferson County School system will be the state’s first charter district at the start of the next school year. The district's board…

The Jefferson County School Board has voted to close its last elementary school at the end of the school year and merge it with the existing middle-high…

President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Education is a conservative fundraiser and vocal critic of traditional public schools. While Betsy…