BACK-TO-SCHOOL

First day of school canceled at Eau Gallie High over power outage

Thursday morning, Brevard Public Schools announced it had decided to cancel the first day of classes at Eau Gallie High School due to a power outage.

📷‘Old school’ photos, memories shared by Orlando anchors, reporters

News 6 anchors and reporters share their back-to-school memories with old school photos.

Orange County offering free school immunizations to kindergarteners and 7th graders until Saturday

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is offering free school immunizations for kindergarteners and seventh graders at an event on Saturday.

Brevard Schools Foundation to give away school supplies on July 30

The Brevard Schools Foundation is partnering with several sponsors to give out school supplies to 2,000 students.

5 new schools opening in Orange County. Here’s where they’re located

Five new schools are opening in August in Orange County, adding student capacity in growing areas of the county.

Ways to make start of school year more memorable

Back-to-school season is an exciting time and here are several ways to make the start of the new school year more memorable for your family.

Central Florida school districts respond to governor’s education plan for spring semester

Another change leaders explained going into the spring semester is regarding students struggling with online learning. Under the new executive order, all Florida school districts and charter schools must submit a new learning plan to the Department of Education by Dec. 15. For those virtual students who are not making adequate progress, we are asking them to return to in-person instruction. Flagler CountyFlagler County school officials say they’re also encouraged by the new executive order. In addition, all school districts will continue to offer virtual learning platforms as an alternative option for families.

Coronavirus: Parents form ‘pandemic pods’ to teach kids

When asked how many parents had reached out to her, Weinstein said, “My emails are overflowing. My text messages are overflowing.”Weinstein is helping parents form what they're calling learning pods, small groups of young children paired with a single teacher in a home. My kids are going to get their backpacks, laptop in their backpack, their water bottle and a snack and they're going to take it to whatever house they're going to. We hope we're going to stay pretty consistent with that," said Meredith Copley, a mom and organizer of the learning pod. Another mom and learning pod organizer Andrea Labouchere said, "I've envisioned a one room school house.