May 29, 2020

View this email in your browser May 29, 2020 State Senate Tom Lee resigning from Florida Senate; no decision on local office yet - FL Politics Wilton Simpson endorses Danny Burgess to succeed Tom Lee - FL Politics Tampa Bay Times A hurricane during the pandemic would be bad. The economic crisis will make things worse. Virus slows tax collections, but Hillsborough school AC projects still on track Reopening Florida universities will take ‘shared responsibility,’ education leaders say Re-opening Education will look different when students return, but no one is yet sure what will change - TC Palm NCAA offers plan to bring athletes back to campuses - TBT End of Year The school year wraps up Wednesday in Miami. Do students need a grading curve? - Miami Herald 74 Jeb Bush: Evolution of Republican Party ‘a Mess’; Americans Must Stop ‘Obsession About Washington, D.C.,’ and Look Toward States to Lead Through Coronavirus Crisis News-Press State audit questions how Lee schools spent $5.5 million in property taxes FOX 13 Remote learning, summer vacation increase kids' risk of predatory online encounter Opinion Parents of students: should you receive cash for teaching your kids this fall? - The Capitolist Economy U.S. consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% in face of virus - AP Duval Duval County Public Schools announces July graduation ceremony dates - News4Jax Odds and Ends Meet the 13-year-old who graduated from college with four associate’s degrees - News4Jax Government Updates Link to all State and Local Orders FL DOE COVID-19 Update (dedicated page) DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-02 - May 13 Breakdown of DOE EO 2020-02 FL DOHCOVID-19 In Florida (dedicated page) Governors Office  COVID-19 Resource Page (dedicated page) Pasco County SchoolsCOVID-19 (dedicated page) FL DEM COVID-19 FLSERT (dedicated page) COVID-19 Data - Daily Report - May 29 Pasco County Pasco EOC Briefing - May 27 COVID-19 Data COVID-19 Projections (IHME) Frequently Used Links Florida Governor's Office Florida DOE Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida Channel Pasco Schools Government Relations Tracking Page Copyright © 2020 District School Board of Pasco County, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

May 28, 2020

View this email in your browser Pasco County Schools Named College Board  AP District of the Year for Large Districts May 28, 2020 Florida Senate Memo: General Revenue Collection Report for April Tampa Bay Times Pasco County named top AP school district Pasco band kids create a virtual ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ for graduation Reopening Florida universities will take ‘shared responsibility,’ education leaders say Saint Leo University to move online after Thanksgiving. Enrollment trends close 17 campuses. Class of 2020 'You Lose Being Able To Say Goodbye': How Students Are Documenting Life During Coronavirus Shutdown - WUSF Re-opening College kids be prepared: ‘The traditional campus experience for students will be different from past years’ - FL Phoenix FL officials hold closed meetings on logistics of opening schools, leaving the press and public in the dark - FL Phoenix Manatee schools to look very different in the fall - Herald Tribune Education will look different when students return, but no one is yet sure what will change - TC Palm What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios - EdSurge Summer Florida's school meals benefit program receives USDA's OK - FL Politics Economy Unemployment: Florida’s weekly new claims drop to 173,000 - FL Politics 41 million have lost jobs since virus hit, but layoffs slow - AP Bay News 9 Pasco Wedding Venue Hosting Proms for Bay Area Seniors This Summer CARES Polk school board wants Florida Department of Education to stop dragging feet on applying for federal aid - Ledger COVID-19/Hurricanes Statewide emergency hurricane shelter plan to consider COVID-19 complications - FL Politics Duval Jax Chamber backs school sales tax vote - FL Politics Government Updates Link to all State and Local Orders FL DOE COVID-19 Update (dedicated page) DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-02 - May 13 Breakdown of DOE EO 2020-02 FL DOHCOVID-19 In Florida (dedicated page) Governors Office  COVID-19 Resource Page (dedicated page) Pasco County SchoolsCOVID-19 (dedicated page) FL DEM COVID-19 FLSERT (dedicated page) COVID-19 Data - Daily Report - May 28 Pasco County Pasco EOC Briefing - May 27 COVID-19 Data COVID-19 Projections (IHME) Frequently Used Links Florida Governor's Office Florida DOE Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida Channel Pasco Schools Government Relations Tracking Page Copyright © 2020 District School Board of Pasco County, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

May 23-26, 2020

View this email in your browser May 27, 2020 FL DOE Communications New State Board of Education Rule for School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) Tampa Bay Times Meet Pasco County’s valedictorians and salutatorians for 2020 In-person ACT testing still set at schools in June Hurricane Season Hurricane season collides with coronavirus - NSF Re-opening How do you maintain social distance on a school bus? DCPS is trying to figure that out - News4JAX ‘Let kids be kids’: Jacksonville to open pools, summer camps, youth sports - FL Politics How schools will be reopening in the fall - WSJ Back to school? 1 in 5 teachers are unlikely to return to reopened classrooms this fall, poll says - USA Today OPINION: With education in turmoil, it’s time for students to attend school all year long - Miami Herald Disney, SeaWorld to present reopening plans on Wednesday - TBT Budget Florida revenue falls $878 million below April estimates - FL Politics Florida revenue plummets $878 million - in April alone - TBT WUSF Learning To Value Community Over Self: Local High School Students Reflect on Coronavirus Lessons News4Jax For trade students, online classes can't replicate hands-on CARES Devos Demands Public Schools Share Pandemic Aid With Private Institutions - NY Times DeVos defends policy boosting virus aid for private schools - AP ABC Action News Local school districts prepare for summer feeding programs to ensure kids still have meals COVID-19 ‘I was patient zero’: Pasco man surprised by hospital bills after COVID-19 battle - WFLA Government Updates Link to all State and Local Orders FL DOE COVID-19 Update (dedicated page) DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-02 - May 13 Breakdown of DOE EO 2020-02 FL DOHCOVID-19 In Florida (dedicated page) Governors Office  COVID-19 Resource Page (dedicated page) Pasco County SchoolsCOVID-19 (dedicated page) FL DEM COVID-19 FLSERT (dedicated page) COVID-19 Data - Daily Report - May 27 Pasco County Pasco EOC Briefing - May 27 COVID-19 Data COVID-19 Projections (IHME) Frequently Used Links Florida Governor's Office Florida DOE Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida Channel Pasco Schools Government Relations Tracking Page Copyright © 2020 District School Board of Pasco County, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

May 23-26, 2020

View this email in your browser May 23-26, 2020 Tampa Bay Times Students return, if only for a moment, to clean out their lockers Pasco to open enrollment in modified summer camps Pasco schools adopt rules for students’ final grades Pasco agrees to bond to move up improvements for Starkey Ranch and SunWest parks Child’s new normal: speech therapy through a computer screen Even remotely, Pace teachers and counselors work to get troubled girls back on track The Laker /Lutz News Pasco School District adjusting amid COVID-19 pandemic Pasco County Schools hits million-meal mark Bay News 9 Pasco Educators Switch Up Formula For End-of-Year Grades More Drive-Thru Graduations Held for Class of 2020 Bradenton Herald Stifled by online learning during COVID-19, some Manatee parents want their kids held back FL Phoenix Florida's state education officials have made civic literacy a joke Gov. DeSantis greenlights kids to participate in outside activities, including summer camp On-campus COVID-19 testing program expanded to Florida Atlantic University School Budgets A Looming Financial Meltdown For America's Schools - WLRN 2020-21 School Year Stifled by online learning during COVID-19, some Manatee parents want their kids held back - Bradenton Herald Online pre-K may be better than nothing - Herald-Tribune CBS 47 More than 120 students at Florida elementary school surprised with free bikes Economy For Many, $600 Jobless Benefit Makes It Hard To Return To Work - WLRN Government Updates Link to all State and Local Orders FL DOE COVID-19 Update (dedicated page) DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-02 - May 13 Breakdown of DOE EO 2020-02 FL DOHCOVID-19 In Florida (dedicated page) Governors Office  COVID-19 Resource Page (dedicated page) #2020-114 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – Extension of Executive Order 20-52 – COVID-19 May 8 #2020-52 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency March 9 Pasco County SchoolsCOVID-19 (dedicated page) FL DEM COVID-19 FLSERT (dedicated page) COVID-19 Data - Daily Report - May 26 Pasco County Pasco EOC Briefing - May 14 COVID-19 Data COVID-19 Projections (IHME) Frequently Used Links Florida Governor's Office Florida DOE Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida Channel Pasco Schools Government Relations Tracking Page Copyright © 2020 District School Board of Pasco County, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

May 22, 2020

View this email in your browser May 22, 2020 News FL DOE Weekly Memo: New State Board of Education Rule for School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) Tampa Bay Times New principals appointed for two Pasco schools Lower-priced home sales hit hardest by pandemic in Tampa Bay, new numbers show Graduation Principal travels 1,300 miles to hand-deliver diplomas to every student - News4Jax Unemployment Florida unemployment rate triples in April to nearly 13% - News4Jax Florida’s unemployment rate skyrockets to 12.9% in April - FL Politics CARES Betsy DeVos defends decision to direct stimulus money to private schools - WaPo COVID-19 Questions swirl around children's illness - NSF Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects, CDC says. But it still ‘may be possible. - USA Today Librarians, national guard recruited for states’ new contact tracing armies - FL Phoenix WUSF Helping Younger Children Advance When School Life's Been Upended Impact Fees Joe Henderson: Hillsborough County impact fee increase was long overdue - FL Politics Re-Opening Gov. DeSantis lifts all restrictions on youth activities - FL Politics Group looks to craft recommendations for return to classrooms - News4Jax Doctor: Reopening schools too soon could cause ‘super-spreading events’ of coronavirus - PNJ Embry-Riddle to reopen campus to students June 30 - News-Journal Talks begin in earnest on how to get students back into brick-and-mortar classrooms - FL Phoenix Poll: Tampa Bay residents want social distancing, even if it hurts business and threatens jobs - FL Politics Know before you go: Check this Pinellas County tracker to avoid packed beaches - FL Politics Government Updates Link to all State and Local Orders FL DOE COVID-19 Update (dedicated page) DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-02 - May 13 Breakdown of DOE EO 2020-02 FL DOHCOVID-19 In Florida (dedicated page) Governors Office  COVID-19 Resource Page (dedicated page) #2020-114 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – Extension of Executive Order 20-52 – COVID-19 May 8 #2020-52 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency March 9 Pasco County SchoolsCOVID-19 (dedicated page) FL DEM COVID-19 FLSERT (dedicated page) COVID-19 Data - Daily Report - May 22 Pasco County Pasco EOC Briefing - May 14 COVID-19 Data COVID-19 Projections (IHME) Frequently Used Links Florida Governor's Office Florida DOE Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida Channel Pasco Schools Government Relations Tracking Page Copyright © 2020 District School Board of Pasco County, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences