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Volusia County sheriff pushing education to prevent more school threats
The Volusia County sheriff is sticking to his guns about holding kids accountable when they make school threats. So far this ...
VSO weighs in on serious consequences waiting for students who make threats
After being in custody for 21 days for making a threat, the sheriff is asking for students to be put on 60-day probation and ...
Several schools 'swatted' in Volusia County on Monday
A number of Volusia County schools were the victim of "swatting" incidents Monday, according to Volusia County Sheriff Mike ...
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Hillsborough Schools face major challenges with $8.5 million software rollout
Hillsborough County Public Schools’ new software system has left teachers ... Counties such as Palm Beach, Pinellas, Manatee, Pasco, Lake, Charlotte, Polk, Duval, Escambia, Bay, Volusia, Lee, Collier, ...
Judge denies request to release 11-year-old charged in Port Orange school threats
Nearly 40 family members and friends attended the hearing to support the boy, who was charged with felony written threat of a ...
As curriculum demands increase, Florida schools seek ways to fit it all in
As lawmakers have pushed to add more lessons to the mix, such as 9/11 history and anti-communism information, the pressure has grown to find time to fit it all in. Pasco County schools this year ...
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Facing deluge of school shooting threats, sheriff pledges to perp walk students
A Florida sheriff who says he has been driven to frustration by students making false threats of violence against schools is ...
'We’re coming after you': Sheriff tired of school shooting hoaxes has message for students
Sheriff Chitwood is turning heads for his approach of putting students’ — and their parents’ — names, mugshots and “perp walk ...
This sheriff is tired of school shooting hoaxes plaguing his county. Here’s his message to students
You don’t stand up on an airplane and yell hijack. You don’t walk into a movie theater and yell fire, and you don’t get ...
This fed-up Florida sheriff has a message to students involved in shooting hoaxes: ‘It’s going to get your ass sent to jail’
You don’t stand up on an airplane and yell hijack. You don’t walk into a movie theater and yell fire, and you don’t get ...
School threats have 'life-altering' consequences, Flagler School Board chair warns
Flagler School Board members reminded parents and students that school threats aren't a joke and the consequences could be ...
Threats of violence vex Florida schools as parents seek greater security
Leaders have resumed their messaging to students and parents that making threats, regardless of whether they’re serious, come with major consequences including arrest. Some, including Volusia and ...