Leon County Public Schools

The Leon County School District says lower speed limits are in the works for 20 school zones.

Riley is part of the Classroom Connection effort, which partners various private sector businesses with schools in low-income neighborhoods.

The concept, tapped several times in the past for adult members of the Tallahassee community, is designed to break down social, economic and racial divides.

The program focuses on the highly computerized nature of modern cars and the complex networks that keeps them running.

The Leon County Sheriff’s Office says it has received several reports of a child pornography video being circulated among middle school students and shared on social media.

Breaking from efforts by Florida lawmakers to punish school districts that imposed mask mandates during the pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday directed Florida’s new education commissioner to ignore a plan that would have made the districts ineligible for $200 million.

A Rickards High School student was arrested at school Friday for having a loaded gun in his backpack.

Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna addressed Florida lawmakers Tuesday as they discussed education funding. He asked them to reconsider a plan to cut $200 million from a dozen school districts that defied the state’s rule against mask mandates.

Gifts came for not only the students, but also their family members.

Some school districts that have imposed student mask requirements aren’t backing down, despite state threats of financial penalties and a revamped Florida Department of Health rule aimed at bolstering parental choice on masks.