Florida Schools Reopening

He said schools should not be quarantining healthy students.

A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal flatly rejected the conclusions of Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson, who in August sided with teachers unions that challenged Corcoran’s order.

The governor said children "are not vectors" for spreading the coronavirus and said those who advocate school closures "are really the flat earthers of our day."

The change is an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of a number of Tampa Bay area football games Friday, while state universities are being told to once again prepare for virtual commencement ceremonies.

Many Pinellas County teachers say they are working long days and even weekends to try and keep up with the demands of planning courses and delivering them to two separate groups of children at the same time.

A combination of cyber attacks and software glitches have disturbed the first week of online classes for 275,000 students in district schools.

While the number of students enrolled at USF is down slightly in Fall 2020 compared to a year earlier, it's a record freshman class in terms of their academic credentials.

It includes asymptomatic people waiting for test results, or with a sick family member with whom they live.

Teachers throughout Florida are juggling in-person instruction, e-learning, and safety concerns.

The state is appealing decisions by Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson, who twice last week sided with the Florida Education Association and the Orange County teachers union in lawsuits challenging Corcoran’s July 6 emergency order requiring schools to reopen brick-and-mortar classrooms in August or risk losing state funding.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we spoke with two delegates to the RNC, and also discussed what schools and universities are doing to stem the spread of coronavirus as they reopen.