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4 days ago
- Climate
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ALERT: T'Storm warning for Osceola and Brevard
A thunderstorm warning has been issued for southwestern Brevard and east-central Osceola counties until 6:15 pm. Movement is to the northeast at 25 mph. Greatest threats are winds over 50 mph, intense lightning and hail. Additional storms are possible this evening, with the best chance south of Orlando. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- General
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Is there school today in Florida for Memorial Day? When is school over?
Memorial Day is here and for many it's the unofficial kickoff to summer. For students in 16 Florida counties, school is already over for the year. For those still waiting for the last day of school, Memorial Day is a holiday. Kids across most of Florida will see the last day of school arrive this week, between May 27 and May 30. For a few, school won't end until June, with some students having to wait until June 5. No, for schools still in session, Memorial Day, May 26, is both a federal and state holiday. Memorial Day is always observed on the last Monday in May. In 2025, Memorial Day is on Monday, May 26. 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Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is inaugurated. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Jan. 20. Here are 2025 federal holidays: Jan. 1: New Year's Day Jan. 20: Inauguration Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 17: Washington's Birthday. Many state and local governments designation it as Presidents Day. May 26: Memorial Day June 19: Juneteenth July 4: Independence Day Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 11: Veterans Day Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Day Dec. 25: Christmas Day When are 2025 Florida state holidays? The Florida Department of Management Services lists the following days observed as paid holidays by state agencies: Jan. 1, Wednesday: New Year's Day Jan. 20, Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day May 26, Monday: Memorial Day July 4, Friday: Independence Day Sept. 1, Monday: Labor Day Nov. 11, Tuesday: Veterans Day Nov. 27, Thursday: Thanksgiving Nov. 28: Friday after Thanksgiving Dec. 25, Thursday: Christmas Day ➤ See list of 2025 Florida, federal holidays, including new one for Sunshine State Florida law prohibits school from starting any earlier than Aug. 10. For the 2025-2026 school year, Aug. 10 falls on a Sunday. Florida school districts set their own start dates, but the earliest date school can start is Monday, Aug. 11. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Is Memorial Day school holiday Florida? All schools in session closed
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- General
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Hooray! Heritage High School graduation ceremony in Palm Bay honors Class of 2025
Congrats, grads — it's time to celebrate! Dressed in dark blue gowns, Heritage High School's Class of 2025 stepped into the future and accepted their diplomas at the school's May 23 commencement held at Heritage Stadium, surrounded by family and friends cheering from the bleachers. Check out more coverage of Brevard's Class of 2025 graduation ceremonies on Finch Walker is the education reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at fwalker@ X: @_finchwalker. Instagram: @finchwalker_. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Heritage High School's Class of 2025 honored during commencement
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
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Board meeting: Advocates speak up for Satellite High teacher who used student's chosen name
A protest in the rain, a person escorted from the room and, to kick off public comments, a warning from the board chair that disruptions could lead to trespasses being issued. All of that transpired just before and in the first half of a nearly four-hour May 6 Brevarard school board meeting. And just as at the April 22 meeting, the evening was filled with public comment about the fate of a teacher whose contract was not renewed. More than 28 members of the public, young and old and of different political allegiance, signed up to voice their thoughts on Melissa Calhoun, whose tenure with Brevard Public Schools will end this month. The Satellite High AP English Literature teacher's departure comes after the district opted not to renew her contract because she used the chosen name of a 17-year-old dual-enrolled student in her class without parental permission — an action in violation of a 2023 Florida Board of Education rule. She is the first known educator in the state to suffer job loss in relation to the rule. Nearly every commenter urged the board and Superintendent Mark Rendell to reconsider their decision, speaking to her merits as an educator and as a compassionate person. Loren Kingsley, a teacher of 23 years at Brevard Public Schools, spoke of how Satellite High was "the happiest place on Earth" before the district opted not to renew Calhoun. But everything changed this spring, she said. "I'm here today because I'm grieving," she said. "With one rash decision, you've stolen a highly effective teacher's livelihood, (and) you've destroyed our entire school's culture." Over the course of the night, fewer people were complimentary toward the board's decision not to renew Calhoun. Karen Fulton, chair of the Brevard chapter of Moms for Liberty, thanked board members and Rendell for their choice. "I think teachers should stay in their lane," she said. "I think teachers should teach. It might not be popular, but that's what I think." Unlike the previous meeting, when board member John Thomas made a motion to retrain Calhoun and renew her contract — a move shot down by every other board member — the board made no comment about Calhoun, though Board Chair Gene Trent repeatedly interrupted speakers during the agenda-related portion of public comment to ask how their comments related to the agenda. Ahead of that, he cautioned the audience not to be disruptive. "A warning to those in attendance: If you cause a disruption, you will be asked to leave the premise," Trent said. "If you continue to cause disruption and/or fail to leave the premise, you are in violation of Florida state statute 877-13 and you will be committing trespass, and the board will enforce these rules." During the agenda-related public comment section, one speaker was escorted from the room after Trent interrupted the man's comment, saying the speaker wasn't addressing an agenda item. The speaker continued to talk and was removed from the meeting. About 25 protesters in support of Calhoun gathered ahead of the meeting. They first congregated under the building's portico, but were told by Brevard County Sheriff's deputies that they needed to stand outside despite the ongoing rain and lightning. Inside, additional supporters joined them to address the board. Nearly everyone spoke about Calhoun, though the focus of the comments ranged from supportive classroom environments to how using a student's preferred name can affect them. Ellen Tetlow brought up how she is known by multiple names and the impact that respecting someone's chosen name can have on them. Becky McAleenan also spoke of her personal experience with using a chosen name. "Allowing a teacher to call someone by the name they choose gives them confidence in their ability to discipline themselves," she said. "I didn't ever feel big enough to wear the name Rebecca, but I damn sure rock Becky." For Fulton, the issue wasn't so simple. "I think that in education, there is a team of people that affect the child, and I think when a teacher goes against the parents' wishes, then it drives a wedge in that team, and that is not good for anybody," the Moms for Liberty chapter chair said. "It's not good for the teacher, it's not good for the parents, it's not good for the student." But for several students who spoke at the May 6 meeting, it wasn't complicated — Calhoun was respecting the student and providing a safe environment. One student, Davin, said teachers like Calhoun make him feel safe. "I don't think you'll listen to me," he told the board. "I'm just a student, but I do know this: If someone asks me if I ever saw courage in action, I'm going to say yes. I saw it in my stepdad, I saw it in Ms. Calhoun and I see it every day in teachers who still care, even when you make it this hard." Multiple speakers criticized the district's decision to not renew Calhoun, raising questions about whether or not that punishment was too harsh and if the district was interpreting statute correctly. Neither the 2023 Florida Board of Education rule that requires parental permission for a student to go by any alternative to their legal name nor House Bill 1069, the law the rule is implementing, lay out a punishment for teachers who use a student's chosen name without parental permission. "(HB 1069) states that the school board is required to adopt procedures for notifying a student's parent if there is a change in the student's services," said Pamela Castellana, whose family member attends class with Calhoun's student who goes by a chosen name. "Using the same name the student had used for five years is literally the opposite of a change." Commenters also brought up that HB 1069 says educators can't be required to "refer to another person using that person's preferred personal title or pronouns if such personal title or pronouns do not correspond to that person's sex." "If a teacher can deny a name based on any grounds, regardless of parental consent, that tells us it's not about parental rights," said Travis Furst, a veteran, father of four BPS students, husband of a teacher and self-described Republican. "It's about enforcing one belief over another." Finch Walker is the education reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at fwalker@ X: @_finchwalker. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Community continues to urge Brevard Schools to renew Sat High teacher
Yahoo
03-05-2025
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Family of mentally ill man fatally shot and left in the street, still waiting for justice
The Brief Jabez Brevard was shot and killed about one year ago and his family is still waiting for answers. Brevard was found shot and left in the street at Belleterre and Collingwood in Detroit. Brevard suffered from mental illness and lived in a group home, near Dexter and Fullerton. DETROIT (FOX 2) - The family of a man suffering from mental illness killed last year, still doesn't have justice. The backstory They don't know who killed Jabez Brevard, we spoke with his family and someone from the group home where he was living, about the case. Brevard was found shot and left for dead in the middle of the steet at Belleterre and Collingwood in Detroit, near Livernois and just north of I-96. His family thinks he may have left his group home for a trip to the store or gas station. "She said please get down here, it's not looking good," said Iman'nia Barber, her sister. "She said get all your family members together." Jabez Brevard had been shot three times. One of the bullets tore through an artery in his leg. The damage was devastating - Brevard needed dialysis and 14 pints of blood. His body gave out after multiple heart attacks. "Please just let us know something so we can have comfort," Barber said. On November 23rd of last year police found him after investigating due to ShotSpotter. By the time officers arrived, they rushed him to the hospital themselves. "Whoever out here that did this is a coward," Barber said. "They should be reprimanded. I just hope we find justice for Jabez." Jabez had been raised by his siblings after their mother died when he was just 8 years old They stepped in, and became his caretakers. Now they carry the weight of staying in the fight for justice. "It's been really hard," his sister said. "He was like my son. It hurts. It hurts a lot." In the year before his death, Brevard had been living in a group home near Dexter and Fullerton, he was suffering from mental illness. "He just was everywhere. You never knew where he would be. He walked the streets a lot," she said. He was just 22 years old. Jabez Brevard never got the chance to grow into the man he was trying to become, she said. "He didn't really get a chance to live," Barber said. "Before he passed he really wanted to go back to school. Everything he was trying to do—he was trying to be a better person." FOX 2 spoke with a worker from the group home, he says there was nothing out of the ordinary from the day Brevard was killed. Detroit police did not have updates in the case, but Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 dollar reward for information that leading to the arrest of the culprit. Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP, you will remain anonymous. The Source Information for this story came from an interview with Jabez Brevard's family and Detroit police.
