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School Choice Begins In Bay County
Last Updated: 8:01 PM 02/01/12 - Wednesday is the first official day to submit applications for School Choice in Bay County.
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Chipley High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple
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Last Updated: 9:32 AM 01/27/12 - Chipley - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a math teacher at Chipley High School. Her students say Millie Kindig is giving them the tools and the confidence they need to pursue careers in the fields of math and science.
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Instate College Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants
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Last Updated: 9:02 PM 01/26/12 - Children of illegal immigrants born in Florida are asking lawmakers to lower their college tuition. They’re paying out-of-state tuition, even though they’re US citizens. Legislation to give the students in-state tuition has been filed, but isn’t going anywhere. (Full Story)
Bay District School Board Discusses Charter School Issues
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Last Updated: 8:33 AM 01/25/12 - Board members are trying to come up with a plan for Newpoint Bay Charter High School which recently received its third straight "D" grade. They also decided to closely examine the Bay Haven Charter Schools' demographics before voting to renew the school's charter and allow an expansion at their the elementary and middle schools. (Full Story)
Ponce de Leon High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple
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Last Updated: 8:41 PM 01/19/12 - Ponce de Leon - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a teacher at Ponce de Leon High School. Janice Andrews is so well-loved, her nomination received more than one thousand hits on our website in just one day!
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Bay Haven Charter Academy Considers Expansion
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Last Updated: 8:36 AM 01/19/12 - Panama City - Bay Haven Charter Academy might increase it's elementary and middle school enrollment by 15%.
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UF, FSU presidents suggest higher STEM tuition
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Last Updated: 4:42 PM 01/13/12 - Presidents of Florida's two leading research universities suggested Friday that lawmakers let them pay for expanding expensive science, technology, engineering and math programs by charging those so-called STEM students higher tuition. (Full Story)
Cherry Street Third Grade Teacher Wins Golden Apple

Last Updated: 2:34 PM 01/13/12 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a third grade teacher at Cherry Street Elementary in the Cove. Music and motion. Two tools Amanda Roberts uses to teach all kinds of subjects in her third grade classroom. On this day it's a lesson in prefixes and suffixes. "My kids know we dance, we move, we are collaborative and we work together to increase our learning," said teacher Amanda Roberts.

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Surfside Middle Awarded $24,000 Grant for Pre-Engineering Program
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Last Updated: 2:20 PM 01/11/12 - Panama City - On Wednesday the Society of American Military Engineers will donate a large check to three Bay County educational institutions. Seventy-four thousand dollars will be given to Haney Technical Center, Gulf Coast State College and Surfside Middle School. Surfside will receive a $24,000 grant for it's Gateway to Technology pre-engineering program which began in 2007. Program administrators say without these grant funds, their materials would be 5 years behind.
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