Back to School

A new and worrisome school year began Tuesday in Uvalde. There is new high fencing around the Texas community’s public school campuses that still isn’t finished, a heavy police patrol that many families don’t trust and no classes ever again at Robb Elementary School, three months after a gunman with an AR-15-style rifle killed 19 […]

In her 24 years as a school board member in Florida, Marta Perez proposed a Bible study class for students, opposed a measure to boost anti-racism curricula after the killing of George Floyd and spoke out against adopting a textbook that included pictures of contraceptive methods that she considered inappropriate for her 13-year-old granddaughter. Her […]

The College Board has announced it will begin offering an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course at 60 unnamed high schools across the U.S. this fall, CBS News has learned. The AP program, which gives high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses before graduation, currently covers 38 subjects, including English literature and […]

We are three weeks into the new school year, more than enough time for teachers, parents and students to have a feel for how things are going. Thanks to the hundreds of you who answered the WINK News back-to-school survey, we can say what Southwest Florida feels is good and not-so-good at school and what […]

More police will be seen on the campus of Ida Baker High School in Cape Coral on Monday morning as a precaution after a threat, deemed non-credible, was reported against the school Sunday. On Sunday, parents of students at Ida Baker High received an automated call about a threat. Neighbors called WINK News to report […]

Lots of people think they know what’s happening inside of our Southwest Florida schools, but we want to know what’s actually happening. So, teachers, parents, and students, we have put together a back-to-school survey for you. It’ll take less than five minutes, and we need you to fill it out because we’re taking the results, […]

The School District of Lee County began distributing EpiPens to every one of its schools Monday to use in case of students’ severe allergic reactions. According to Rob Spicker, spokesman for LCSD, the EpiPens were picked up at Golisano Children’s Hospital on Friday. A standing order from Lee Health allowing school clinics to provide epinephrine […]

A Florida judge on Thursday declared a Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education unconstitutional. Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a 44-page ruling that the “Stop WOKE” act violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague. Walker also refused to issue […]

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was contacted Thursday evening to assist with the investigation into a threat that was made by a student that attends Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda. CCSO detectives made contact with the student and his family at their Punta Gorda home. CCSO said the threat was “investigated thoroughly and was […]

Southwest Florida students may be back in school already, but the area’s teacher shortage is still a problem. State officials hope that temporarily certifying veterans to teach will be a solution, but not all parents are on board with the plan. This new recruitment plan would allow former military veterans who have not yet received […]