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Gene Witt Elementary Principal David Marshall
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 14, 2019
School Board of Manatee County votes to renovate Gene Witt

Gene Witt Elementary School will undergo a complete renovation rather than replacement.

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Eric Holt aims a thermometer at his egg to measure its temperature.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 13, 2019
Can't beat these lessons at Braden River Middle School

Braden River Middle School students learn about thermal energy through eggstronaut experiment

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  • November 12, 2019
Bradenton school celebrates freedom

Freedom Elementary School in Bradenton honors military veterans, first responders with Veterans Day ceremony.

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  • November 9, 2019
Tara Elementary honors its veterans in Bradenton

Tara Elementary School honors veterans and first responders during Veterans Day ceremony.

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Robert E. Willis Elementary School Guardian Lenny Gutmann and student support specialist Kim Thomas dump ice cream on top of Principal Katy Price, before letting the children add the toppings.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 7, 2019
Human sundaes sweeten deal at Lakewood Ranch school

Children smother Willis Elementary School administrators in ice cream after beating fundraising goals.

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Columbia University professor Joaquim Goes listens as Out-of-Door Academy junior Reece Whatmore explains her work on creating oyster housing units.
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  • November 6, 2019
For ODA students, the world is their oyster

Columbia University professor and Out-of-Door Academy students find the world is their oyster

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Senior Raisa Matin and juniors Paige Forrest and Fred Rios help to construct the growth chamber used for the Growing Beyond Earth project at Braden River High School. About 140 students will be participating in the NASA project.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 6, 2019
Braden River High School project is out of this world

Braden River High School agriculture project helps NASA scientists through Growing Beyond Earth program

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Alina Petkov made Amelia Earhart reappear during her boo-ography report. Earhart disappeared in 1937.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 6, 2019
Gullett Elementary students bring history to life

Historical figures haunt Gullett Elementary for boo-ography reports

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Senior Madison Facciolla talks to volunteer George Kruse about possible insurance options.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 6, 2019
Lakewood Ranch High School students learn financial realities

Lakewood Ranch High School seniors get a glimpse into life as an adult through Big Bank Theory program

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A crowd of more than 50 showed up to the meeting.
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  • Brynn Mechem
  • November 5, 2019
Sarasota County School Board puts Bowden on 30-day notice

The school board will decide whether to do nothing, reprimand, suspend or fire Superintendent Todd Bowden at a special meeting at 9 a.m. Dec. 10.

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Linda Bryan-Beachler, a teacher at Freedom Elementary School, shows students how to access an online stopwatch for an experiment. File photo.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 5, 2019
Manatee County School District, Manatee Education Association reach salary agreements for teachers, paraprofessionals

School District of Manatee County and Manatee Education Association reach tentative agreements for 2019-2020 contracts.

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  • November 4, 2019
Riverview High Kiltie Band in search of donations for parade performance

The band needs about $40,000 to support its trip to participate in the Hollywood Christmas Parade.

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  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 31, 2019
Sarasota County schools resource officers aim to do more than protect

A few months in to the first fully-staffed department, Sarasota County school police officers hope to make bonds, be mentors to students.

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Seventh graders Lily Irelan and Barbara Baeza-Soria-Galvarro look for microplastics under a microscope.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • October 30, 2019
Braden River Middle students wrap up plastics project

Braden River Middle School students see reality of microplastics environmental impact

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Maeve and Owen Studdiford said they have learned to appreciate the things they have, including their education, more after visiting Gocio Elementary School regularly.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 30, 2019
Lakewood Ranch family offers two steps up for education in Manatee County

Lakewood Ranch family offers two steps up for education in Manatee County

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