Retired Sarasota ROTC teacher charged with inappropriately touching students
A retired Sarasota County Schools teacher is accused of inappropriately touching multiple students. Frank Troxel is facing ...
Uncharted Territory: How Sarasota County navigates a growing charter school landscape
In the 2023-24 school year, 51 schools in Sarasota County averaged a school grade of 65.3% from the state Department of ...
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Retired Venice High School ROTC instructor arrested, accused of molesting students
A retired ROTC instructor from Venice High School has been arrested after multiple students came forward, saying they had ...
Pamela Schmidt Named Sarasota County’s 2025 School-Related Employee of the Year
Pamela Schmidt, Records Specialists for SCS Police Department, Has Been Named Sarasota County’s 2025 School-Related Employee ...
Sarasota County opens applications for 2026 mail-in ballots
Sarasota County has begun accepting vote-by-mail ballot requests for the 2026 midterm elections, the Supervisor of Elections ...
Homeless Sarasota students on their own now have help with housing
Unaccompanied homeless youth often fall through the cracks, but a new pilot program in Sarasota is hoping to help them put a ...
Deep impact: Five years on, Sarasota and Manatee counties still feel pandemic effects
One of the first two cases of COVID-19 reported in Florida came in County. The pandemic had lasting implications for the ...
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Sarasota Invites Public Input on School Avenue Greenway Extension at March Meeting
Sarasota residents are invited to a public meeting on March 13 to discuss the School Avenue Greenway extension, where they ...
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Police report almost 4,500 violations in first month of school speed zone cameras
In case you missed it: Six Sarasota schools to install speed limit cameras in school zones in January Sarasota County Schools ...
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Sarasota School Board says schools safe for students amid immigration policy changes
As tensions rise nationwide amid the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration initiatives, the Sarasota County School Board is urging families to trust that their students are still safe in ...
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Buck O'Neil's legacy lives on as Sarasota 4th graders learn about baseball great
Thousands of fourth graders across Sarasota County learned about Buck O’Neil on Wednesday, a Negro League star and civil ...
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Uncharted Territory: How Sarasota County navigates a growing charter school landscape
The publicly funded, independently run schools are often subjected to scrutiny, but in Sarasota County, several operate without issue. Some even thrive. Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences ...