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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Pine View ranked No. 1 public high school in Florida
Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey earned the No. 1 public high school ranking in Florida and No. 13 nationally among public schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best High Schools list.
Education
New College students settle into former USF campus as classes begin
New College of Florida students began their first week of classes on the North Campus, the former USF Sarasota-Manatee property transferred to the college in July, with students reporting short dorm-to-class commutes but challenges navigating between the two campuses.
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Education
Pine View ranked No. 1 public high school in Florida
Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey earned the No. 1 public high school ranking in Florida and No. 13 nationally among public schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best High Schools list.
Sarasota, FL
89°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 98° · 48% rain
SunMostly Sunny93°F68%
MonMostly Sunny92°F82%
TueMostly Sunny92°F84%
WedMostly Sunny91°F79%
ThuIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms90°F77%
FriScattered Showers And Thunderstorms89°F75%
SatScattered Showers And Thunderstorms89°F63%
Education
Pine View ranked No. 1 public high school in Florida
Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey earned the No. 1 public high school ranking in Florida and No. 13 nationally among public schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best High Schools list.
Sarasota, FL
89°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 98° · 48% rain
SunMostly Sunny93°F68%
MonMostly Sunny92°F82%
TueMostly Sunny92°F84%
WedMostly Sunny91°F79%
ThuIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms90°F77%
FriScattered Showers And Thunderstorms89°F75%
SatScattered Showers And Thunderstorms89°F63%
Education
Snook Haven sets Oct. 15 reopening after $8.75M rebuild
Snook Haven, the beloved riverside barbecue and live music spot on the Myakka River in Venice, will reopen Oct. 15 after an $8.75 million rebuild that added ADA-compliant facilities, a new bandshell, a fishing pier and accessible walkways across the growing 40-plus-acre regional park.
Education
Two early learning centers advance in North Port as city recruits childcare providers
North Port is actively recruiting childcare providers, with a proposed Learning Experience center under city review on Price Boulevard and a YMCA early learning academy under construction on Toledo Blade Boulevard expected to open in 2027.
Education
Imagine School at North Port opens $50 million campus Monday
Imagine School at North Port opens its new $50 million, 139,500-square-foot campus on East Price Boulevard on Monday, Aug. 10, consolidating its K-12 program under one roof for the first time since 2008 and nearly tripling capacity to 1,500 students.
Education
Sarasota Military Academy to move 600 high schoolers as downtown campus hits the market
Sarasota Military Academy listed its nearly 5-acre downtown campus at 801 N. Orange Ave. for sale, assessed at $17.11 million, and plans to consolidate all students at its Bethel Lane location by 2028.
Education
Sarasota schools cut 194 teaching positions in tentative $1.3 billion budget
The Sarasota County School Board unanimously approved a tentative $1.3 billion budget for 2026-27 that cuts the property tax rate by 2% but eliminates 194 teaching positions, with the district's CFO warning that three years of overspending have eroded financial reserves.
Education
Ringling College lands on Princeton Review's green list for second time
Ringling College of Art and Design earned a spot on the Princeton Review's 2026 Green Colleges list for the second time, scoring 89 out of 99 and ranking as one of only three art schools among 388 institutions recognized nationwide.
Education
Wellen Park High School opens Aug. 10 as county's first new high school in 25 years
Sarasota County Schools cut the ribbon on the more-than-$200 million Wellen Park High School campus on July 29, with approximately 1,200 founding Eagles set to start classes on August 10 at the county's first new high school in 25 years.
Education
New College Foundation dissolves alumni association, eliminating critics' board seat
The New College Foundation Board voted Wednesday to dissolve the college's nearly 50-year-old alumni association, eliminating its chair's voting seat and replacing it with a Foundation-controlled committee, prompting alumni leaders to pursue legal action over a 2002 affiliation agreement.
Education
Alliance Française de Sarasota to launch children's French program this fall
The Alliance Française de Sarasota is partnering with Pathways of Play, a homeschool enrichment cooperative, to offer French instruction for children pre-K through fifth grade starting in fall 2026.
Education
Sarasota preschoolers grow their own food in new Liberty Garden
St. Wilfred's Preschool in Sarasota opened a hands-on "Liberty Garden" on Thursday, July 17, where 35 enrolled students will grow vegetables as part of the school's permanent curriculum, in a partnership with the Daughters of the American Revolution tied to America's 250th anniversary.
Education
Sarasota school board to vote Tuesday on raising student meal prices
The Sarasota County School Board will vote Tuesday, July 21, on raising breakfast and lunch prices to help close a $6.6 million district revenue shortfall, as Florida ranks last nationally in average teacher pay.
Education
Sarasota families face July 27 bus deadline as school supply drive approaches
Sarasota County Schools partners with Carl Reynolds Law and ABC 7 for a school supply drive on Thursday, August 6, with two drive-thru drop-off locations, while families face a Monday, July 27 deadline to register for bus transportation before the August 10 first day of school.
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