The pilot program for year-round school has been going on for more than six months and leaders at one Florida school district say, so far, it has been a success.
Marion County school board members are discussing which schools need help the most as they look ahead to the November election where voters could help fund those projects.
News 6 investigated and found 80% of Marion County's school maintenance requests do not get fixed because the district does not have the $840 million to do it.
Controversy sparked in Marion County after one elementary school send out a permission slip to learn about the Black National Anthem ahead of an after-school performance.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods invited News 6 to meet the newest member of the SRO team. Covered in hair, only two years old, a four-legged pup named Albi is MCSO’s first firearms detection K9.
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The State of Florida currently has billions of dollars earmarked to help local school districts through the pandemic that has not been dispersed, according to records obtained by News 6.
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Just like many other school districts in Central Florida, Marion County Schools is having a difficult time hiring bus drivers.
