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St. Johns County Insurance Committee Meeting

NOTICE OF MEETING
OF THE
ST. JOHN’S COUNTY
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the St. Johns County Insurance Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Supervisor of Elections Training Room, 4455 Avenue A, # 101, St. Augustine, FL  32095.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss insurance issues and any other business of the committee. It is anticipated that one or more of the St. Johns County Commissioners may attend and participate in the meeting.

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Active Parenting Class

Family Integrity Program Active Parenting Schedule  Tuesday MorningsFebruary 12  – March 19, 201410:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.Solomon Calhoun Community Center1300 Duval Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084To Register – Contact: Brenda Ware…
Posted inGovernment

New judge joins 7th Judicial Circuit

300-JUDGE-DAWN-D.-NICHOLSHistoric City News learned that yesterday, Circuit Judge Dawn D. Nichols, the newest jurist in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, was sworn into office at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand by Chief Judge Terence Perkins yesterday; and, she has already started work.

Letter: A teacher’s Value-Added Model score
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Letter: A teacher’s Value-Added Model score

DR. JOSEPH G JOYNER
DR. JOSEPH G JOYNER
Letter: A teacher’s Value-Added Model score

Joseph G. Joyner
Superintendent of Schools
St Johns County, FL

Dear Editor and Teachers:

As many of you are aware, The Florida Times-Union filed suit against the Florida Department of Education requesting the release of individual teacher’s Value-Added Model (VAM) scores. The school district views VAM data as part of a teacher’s performance evaluation, and thus, not public information for a year. Unfortunately, the First District Court of Appeals for the State of Florida has ruled in favor of the Times-Union and the data has been released today.

Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us
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Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us

PAMELA L STEWART
PAMELA L STEWART
Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us

Pamela L Stewart
Commissioner of Education
St Johns, FL

Dear Editor and teachers:

As many of you know, we at the Department of Education have been fighting for you and for all teachers in an effort to maintain the confidentiality of teachers’ names and their individual value-added data.