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Ex-Jupiter Middle student could get $250K settlement from school board
UPDATE: The teacher accused in the lawsuit of sexual harassment is no longer with the school district. A spokeswoman said the teacher took an early retirement as administrators began termination...
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Update: Teachers fired after midnight student meet, cockroach strong-arm
UPDATE: The School Board voted unanimously and without discussion to fire these two teachers at its meeting Wednesday, Dec. 9. Still wondering, how a cockroach figured into a classroom confrontation...
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Palm Beach County schools to pay architects $175K to help compile list of...
Palm Beach County School District officials say they want to pay a group of architects $175,000 to help compile a list of the school system’s most urgent repairs – part of the push to make a case for...
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School board votes to join county on sales tax ballot
Impatient after months of negotiations, Palm Beach County School Board members voted Wednesday to join the county government in asking voters to raise the sales tax, but they gave county commissioners...
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Bus drivers, teachers, school staff set to see raises; Board vote tonight
Schools Superintendent Robert Avossa is expected to announce the district has reached agreements that will land its employees – from bus drivers to principals – raises for this year. This morning,...
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Two high school teachers to be fired for inappropriate acts in class
Palm Beach County’s public school system is moving to fire two high school teachers after allegations of inappropriate behavior in the classroom. Scott Erich Landstrom, who was a Suncoast High School...
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Indicted school board member Mike Murgio resigns
Mike Murgio One day after his federal indictment, Palm Beach County School Board member Mike Murgio resigned Friday, saying that remaining in office after his arrest in connection with a bribery scheme...
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BREAKING: PBC Commission, school board members approve new sales tax plan
Palm Beach County Commissioners vote 5-2 to eliminate economic development incentives and construction projects at cultural institutions from the split of money collected by a proposed sales tax...
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Palm Beach County schools: Five stories this week you can’t miss
The St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton.(Greg Lovett / The Palm Beach Post) A lot happened in Palm Beach County schools this week, from an assistant principal accused by students of sexual harassment to...
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School Board’s Whitfield falls off hoverboard, breaks back
School board member Erica Whitfield read with students at Poinciana Elementary in 2015 as part of a Children’s Services Council literacy event. (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post) Posted: 6:00 p.m....
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