The Duval County School Board on Tuesday approved not only a $17.2 million sale of its riverfront headquarters but also the purchase of a new HQ location: the Dream Finders building on Prominence Parkway off Baymeadows Road.
A long-awaited vision for Jacksonville’s riverfront is finally taking shape, as Chase Properties prepares to turn the Duval County School Board’s former headquarters into a luxury, mixed-use destination.
The Duval County School Board passed a new $17.2 million offer for its riverfront headquarters, following last month’s failed negotiations with Fleet Landing.
Duval County Schools is once again considering a move away from its headquarters on the St. Johns River after a potential buyer withdrew from the deal as the school district now has a new front-runner interested in purchasing the Southbank property.
The Duval County School Board’s decision to turn down a $20 million bid for its riverfront headquarters has ignited a deeper look at what other offers were in the running — and what they promised to bring.
The Jacksonville City Council voted against a resolution that would have allowed the Duval County School Board to change the city charter and hire its own attorney.
The Jacksonville City Council is expected to vote on a resolution on Tuesday that could change how the Duval County School Board gets legal advice by allowing the board to hire its own attorney.
Since Duval County School Board members opted out of a proposal that would have sold the district’s riverfront headquarters, questions loom about the site’s future.
The Duval County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night against selling its Southbank headquarters and buying another building in the Baymeadows area.
News4JAX wants to know, if the Duval County School Board takes up the issue of selling the Southbank property again, what do YOU want to see replace the headquarters along the Southbank?
In a unanimous 0–7 vote, board members rejected a proposal that would have sold the district’s riverfront headquarters to Fleet Landing, a nonprofit planning to redevelop the site into a retirement community.
As the Duval County School Board prepares for a pivotal vote on the future of its Southbank headquarters, some Jacksonville residents are raising concerns about what could take its place.
Duval County School Board members are holding a workshop on Wednesday to learn more about a possible move for the district’s headquarters.
A bus driver with Duval County schools was arrested and accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
Currently, all city agencies, including the school board, must rely on the OGC for legal representation. Supporters of the change believe it could attract better candidates and potentially save the district money. However, some board members and community members worry the move is politically motivated.
The Duval County School Board has approved a measure to change school boundaries for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the goal of better balancing student populations across the district.
The Duval County School Board has voted to ask the city of Jacksonville to amend its charter, paving the way for the board to hire its own legal counsel—independent from the city’s Office of General Counsel. The move passed by a 5-2 vote.
Council Member Matt Carlucci is set to file a resolution urging the Duval County School Board to further consider Downtown Jacksonville as the location for its future consolidated administrative headquarters.
The Duval County School Board approved a comprehensive initiative called “Duval Reimagine,” which is aimed at reshaping the district’s approach to school infrastructure and student distribution.
The Duval County School Board is set to vote on a proposed comprehensive initiative called “Duval Reimagine,” an 81-page strategic blueprint that could reshape the district’s approach to school infrastructure and student distribution.
The Duval County School Board voted 6 to 1 on Tuesday night to remove all mentions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs from its business enterprise policy.
In a decision that has sparked significant debate, the Duval County School Board voted 6 to 1 to implement changes to the district’s health education program.
The Duval County School Board (DCPS) will vote Tuesday on whether to return a challenged book to high school shelves.
The changes relate to how employees and students communicate and interact with each other. The goal is to keep things as professional as possible.
The Duval County School Board settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money after a student died from an allergic reaction to nuts last year.
The Duval County School Board is considering changes to school zone boundaries for Chaffee Trail Middle School in response to higher-than-expected enrollment.
The Duval County School Board discussed policy revisions to the Chapter 6 board policy Tuesday night. Ultimately they decided to postpone the vote to discuss two similar policies together.
The Duval County School Board held a workshop Tuesday where it discussed a potential change to its employee conduct policy.
An investigation into a 59-year-old elementary school teacher began last summer after the woman was accused of forcing her way into a Jacksonville apartment to retrieve items that she said belonged to her adult son, according to an arrest warrant.
The Duval County School Board is set to vote at its meeting Tuesday night on a $365,000 settlement for another lawsuit connected to former Douglas Anderson School of the Arts teacher Jeffrey Clayton.
The Duval County School Board is scheduled to vote Nov. 4 on its Master Facility Plan. During the final public hearing on the Master Facility Plan Tuesday night, parents and students asked why the plan includes closing schools in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Duval County School Board members are looking to strengthen the district’s ethics policy to ensure student safety and the accountability of employees in the wake of multiple allegations of teacher misconduct.
The August primary election in Duval County has four school board seats on the ballot. District 5 is an open seat because current board member Warren Jones has reached his term limit.
More than 60 buses bringing students to school on the first day of classes in Duval County were delayed Monday morning, according to the district’s website.
The Duval County School Board has revised its “out-of-sight” cell phone policy under the Student Code of Conduct for the upcoming school year.
Four of seven seats on the Duval County School Board are up for election this year. These are nonpartisan races that will appear on the August primary ballot. In District 5, school board member Warren Jones can’t seek re-election due to term limits. Reginald Blount, Nahshon Nicks, and Hank Rogers are on the ballot for this open seat. This race will appear on the ballots of all voters in the district, regardless of party affiliation. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters will advance to the November general election.
Some Duval County middle and high school students will be losing bus transportation in the upcoming school year.
Jacksonville Today reader Henry T. received a political mailer that caught his eye in late June. In Henry’s eyes, its message against District 3 Duval County School Board incumbent Cindy Pearson was “over-the-top scaremongering.” A second anti-Pearson card soon followed. Henry wrote to us, asking for info on who sent the mailers, which is listed on them as a political action committee called Educated Professionals for Jacksonville.
Nearly every seat was filled at the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) candidate forum with hopes of hearing from the two women running in the District 3 election for the Duval County school board.
The Duval County School Board is making changes to its school bus policy just weeks ahead of the start of the upcoming school year.
The Duval County School Board will look much different after the Aug. 20 election, but there’s potential that one seat stays the same.
Incoming Duval Schools Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier made his second appearance at a community meeting to hear from the parents about the proposed Master Facility Plan.
The property tax hike designed to increase teacher pay, bolster arts and athletic programs and support charter schools was approved by Duval County voters in 2022.
Following negotiations over the weekend, the district is now offering Dr. Chris Bernier a base salary of $320,000, but without many of the perks the incoming superintendent originally asked for.
Duval County School Board Chairman Darryl Willie will join parents and other stakeholders Tuesday night for a panel discussion about issues the district is facing.
After the Duval County school board presented the counteroffer for incoming Superintendent Dr. Chris Bernier’s $350,000 salary proposal, the DCPS chair said it’s normal to have back and forth during contract negotiations.
Jacksonville community members expressed concerns and support for the new Duval County School Board superintendent after learning the incoming district leader is asking for a starting salary of $350,000.
Ahead of Tuesday’s Duval County School Board meeting to discuss new superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier's contract, News4JAX news partner WJCT reported new details about Bernier's abrupt resignation from Lee County Schools in the Fort Myers area.
As the future of public education in Jacksonville will likely look different over the next couple of years, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund gave people an opportunity to hear from panelists.
Duval County School Board Chairman Darryl Willie will join parents and other stakeholders Tuesday night for a panel discussion about issues the district is facing.
Parents and children demonstrated what their walk to school would be like if Fishweir Elementary School closed and those students were forced to attend Ruth Upson Elementary.
After the Duval County School Board selected Dr. Christopher Bernier as the district’s next leader on Thursday, News4JAX started looking into his record on student safety.
Wednesday, DCPS staff presented a proposed framework for making sure stakeholders' voices are heard in a process that could see schools consolidated in Duval County.
The Jacksonville City Council joined with the Duval County School Board on Wednesday morning to hear about some of the school district’s key issues.
It was a jammed-pack house at Tuesday’s Duval County School Board meeting. It was the first meeting since the school district announced it would cut 700 positions due to dwindling enrollment and the end of COVID-19 funding.
It was a jammed-pack house at Tuesday’s Duval County School Board meeting. It was the first meeting since the school district announced it would cut 700 positions due to dwindling enrollment and the end of COVID-19 funding.
It was a jammed-pack house at Tuesday’s Duval County School Board meeting. It was the first meeting since the school district announced it would cut 700 positions due to dwindling enrollment and the end of COVID-19 funding.
The Duval County School Board is expected to narrow the five remaining candidates for the Duval County Public Schools superintendent position down to finalists on Tuesday.
The Duval County School Board will select semifinalists Tuesday from a list of 20 applicants for the superintendent position of Duval County Public Schools.
Duval County Public Schools’ deadline to submit applications to become the next superintendent is Monday.
The Atlantic Beach City Commission ruled unanimously in support of a proposal requesting the Duval County School Board to ensure that Atlantic Beach Elementary School will remain open after the school board said it’s looking to consolidate and close several schools.
Dozens of schools across Duval County could be closed under a proposal currently being examined by the Duval County School Board, as the district tries to address a financial shortfall in a broad plan to renovate and rebuild the district’s schools.
The Duval County School Board decided to push back the consolidation of R.L. Brown Elementary School and R.V. Daniels Elementary School by one year to give parents the same amount of time to adjust to the changes as other parents received for previous school consolidations.
Some parents and teachers are not happy about a new policy for Duval County Public Schools that requires students to have a permission slip to participate in any school-related activity.
The Duval County School Board on Tuesday heard a presentation about what went wrong in Parkland in 2017 when 17 people were killed in a school shooting.
When the board paused the search last year, it said there were a lack of qualified applicants and the plan would be to re-advertise the position later.
Parents raised concerns in the Duval County School Board meeting on Monday over books that some feel are too explicit for children to read. The group Public School Defenders (PSD) also hosted a rally before the meeting to advocate against book bans.
The Duval County School Board is letting parents and guardians know to expect bus delays on Thursday, Dec. 21.
A major plan to revamp and replace dated Duval County Public School buildings is now projected to cost billions more than originally anticipated.
Jacksonville City Council held a joint meeting Monday morning with the Duval County School Board.
After the Duval County School Board voted on Wednesday to pause the search for a new superintendent and re-advertise the position early on in 2024, questions remain as to why there was such a low number of applicants for the job.
The Duval County School Board decided to rename the Riverside High School football stadium to the “Leon Barrett Stadium at a Monday school board meeting.
The Duval County School Board is implementing enhanced security measures at local high school football games following two incidents at local that happened within the last two months.
The Duval County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss the search for a new superintendent for the first time since the job was posted online and opened for applications.
The Duval County School Board is holding another workshop Tuesday to reveal the results of the community feedback on the search for a new superintendent.
The Duval County School Board hopes to have a permanent superintendent in place by January after the early retirement of Dr. Diana Greene in July. Dr. Dana Kriznar is currently serving as interim superintendent.
The Duval County School Board is asking community members to take part in shaping the future of the school district by sharing their opinions in an eight-question survey that’s now available online.
The Duval County School Board met today to discuss the next steps in the search for a new superintendent, including the timeline and how you can make your voice heard in this process.
Members of the Jacksonville City Council and the Duval County School Board meet Thursday morning to discuss a long list of topics including the current state of public schools and the search for a superintendent.
A Duval County School Board member is speaking out to the News4JAX this evening about Florida’s NEW controversial educational standards for African American Studies and how the new curriculum could be rolled out into local schools.
The Duval County school district is inching closer to hiring a new superintendent to replace Dr. Diana Greene, who recently retired early amid turmoil in the district.
The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP and the other civil rights groups involved in the city of Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit have filed a motion asking a federal judge to order special elections for Duval County School Board Districts 4 and 6, in 2024.
The Duval County School Board has taken the next step in its search for a new superintendent following the retirement of Dr. Diana Greene.
The Duval County School Board has named an interim superintendent after voting 5-2 to promote Deputy Superintendent Dr. Dana Kriznar to acting superintendent of Duval County Public Schools.
In its policy handbook, the hiring of a superintendent is described as “the most important and fundamental responsibility of the Duval County School Board.”
The Duval County School Board could soon adopt official rules for how a school or facility is named or renamed and a new transgender bathroom policy.
A special meeting of the Duval County School Board has been postponed, as the district continues to investigate misconduct by multiple teachers at Douglas Anderson.
The Duval County School Board will meet again on Friday to address the ongoing controversy over teacher misconduct at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.
Duval County School Board members plan to meet Friday at 2 p.m. to continue a discussion about recent misconduct issues at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and about the district’s methods for reporting instances of employee misconduct to various state agencies.
The Duval County School Board will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to mark the beginning of a new place to learn for sixth through eighth graders.
The Duval County School Board held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday to mark the beginning of a new place to learn for sixth through eighth graders.
