
October 29, 2025
 Oct. 29, 2025  - On Oct. 28, new legislation under SB 2510 officially took effect in the state of Florida. Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) has been closely monitoring and revie...

October 28, 2025
  Oct. 28, 2025  – Miss Florida 2025.  Miss University of Florida. UF Cheerleader. Bachelor and Master of Health Administration.     And most recently – Second Runner Up in the 202...

October 16, 2025
  Oct. 16, 2025  – Juley’a Sanders remembers a time when her chances of graduating didn’t look promising.    “I went to school for the wrong reasons,” she recalled. “I was attendin...

October 8, 2025
  Oct. 8, 2025 –  ¡Felicidades! to the three outstanding winners of the district’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest:    Nathalie Raices, Beauclerc Elementary    Tania  ...

October 8, 2025
  Oct. 7, 2025  - Following thoughtful consideration and robust community engagement, the Duval County Public Schools School Board voted on October 7, 2025, to remain at it’s curre...

October 7, 2025
  Oct. 7, 2025  – Guitar in hand, music therapist Laura Fennell made her way around the Mandarin Oaks Elementary  classroom, singing and interacting with students. As Fennell visit...

October 6, 2025
 Oct. 6, 2025  — Duval County Public Schools through a partnership with the University of North Florida (UNF) and Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) has been awarded more...

October 1, 2025
  Oct. 1, 2025  – For Chaffee Trail Elementary School  Counselor Joshua Nelson, the reasoning behind bullying prevention education is simple.   “The overall purpose is we want stud...

September 30, 2025
  Sept. 30, 2025  — Mark Zuckerberg. Sam Altman. Elon Musk. The Pope. These are some of the world’s most influential people, and they all appear on TIME Magazine’s 2025 list of the...

September 15, 2025
  Sept. 15, 2025  – Chickens, rabbits, cows, and goats. For students attending Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology , working with animals in the classroom and on campus is pa...

September 12, 2025
 Sept. 12, 2025 –  Duval County Public Schools is proud to celebrate our 28 outstanding seniors who have been named 2026 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists! These academicall...

September 8, 2025
  Sept. 8, 2025  – Douglas Anderson School of the Arts has made it official: the long-awaited Betsy Lovett amphitheater was unveiled to a crowd of students, staff, local officials,...

September 1, 2025
 Sept. 1, 2025  – Since 2005, Duval County Public Schools has explored the idea of relocating its headquarters located on Jacksonville’s Southbank at 1701 Prudential Drive. The goa...

August 28, 2025
  Aug. 28, 2025  – From hospital beds to a top-of-the-line kitchen. It’s official –– Mandarin High School  is now home to new, state-of-the-art labs and classrooms in support of it...

August 22, 2025
  Aug. 22, 2025  - Congrats to five Team Duval high schools for ranking among the top 50 high schools in the state!   This is according to U.S. News & World Report, which recently ...

August 21, 2025
  Aug. 21, 2025  – First came the drumline. Then the cheerleaders. And finally, the announcement. In the middle of a regularly-scheduled high school counselors meeting at the Schul...

August 20, 2025
  Aug. 20, 2025  – Last week, Team Duval welcomed thousands of students back into the classroom for another dynamic school year. Below, we’re sharing some of the most important upd...

August 13, 2025
 Aug. 13, 2025  – For students and staff attending Southside Estates Elementary and Jean Ribault High schools, this marks the start of a historic school year – both communities are...

August 7, 2025
  Aug. 7, 2025  – Thousands of educators from across the district filled the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, proudly wearing their school shirts, dancing, cheering, holding up sign...

August 5, 2025
 Aug. 5, 2025  – Applications for Free and Reduced Price Meals for the 2025-26 school year are now available. Families with children attending one of the district’s 37 non-Communit...
