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View MoreSt. Johns County Utilities staff judged and promoted water-industry careers at a regional engineering competition where about 70 students built miniature water towers at the University of North Florida on Oct. 24.

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View MoreFlorida says a breach of its student financial aid website may have affected about 4.9 million people. Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been exposed.

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View MoreThe Florida Department of Education named 27 St. Johns County schools as Schools of Excellence for 2025-2026, placing them in the top 20% statewide, while the district earned one of only 18 Academically High-Performing designations in Florida.

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View MoreThirty-nine Stellar Academy of Engineering students at Nease High School spent the morning of Monday, Oct. 12, working alongside professional engineers at five Jacksonville-area firms during a teacher planning day.

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View MoreThe St. Johns County School Board voted Oct. 13 to acquire land and begin design for a new middle school in Silverleaf, reversing course just two months after Superintendent Brennan Asplen said no new K-8 or middle schools were planned.

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View MoreThe St. Johns County School District is recruiting local businesses as job-training partners for its Life Work Program, which supports young adults with disabilities after they earn a standard diploma, during Disability History and Awareness Weeks in October.

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View MoreBartram Trail High School's Fashion Academy students will present their "Character Counts" dress collection alongside professional designers at the JAX FUSE Fashion Show on Saturday, Oct. 10, at The Link in Nocatee.

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View MoreThe St. Johns County School District's new Parent University series hosts its second session on bullying Oct. 20 at Bartram Trail High School, with Superintendent Tim Asplen leading the forum in person and virtually.

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View MoreINK! St. Johns reports that 85% of first-graders in its FLY tutoring program finished the 2025-26 school year reading at grade level, with gains across all three grade levels the program serves.

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View MoreThe St. Johns County School Board will hold a public workshop at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 40 Orange St. in St. Augustine, with virtual access via Webex.

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View MoreSeniors at Pedro Menendez High School have begun annual internship rotations at UF Health St. Johns and AdventHealth, shadowing clinical staff across hospital departments as part of the school's healthcare career academy.

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View MoreThe St. Johns County School District finalized 2026-27 contracts with its teacher and support-staff unions, delivering base raises of up to $2,400 for experienced teachers and at least $900 for support employees, plus millage supplements funded by the 2024 referendum.
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