Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Javier Aramayo-Angeles faces a battery charge for unwanted physical contact and kissing a student, according to the sheriff's office.
A Sarasota County Schools bus driver is now facing criminal charges and his job has been reassigned after kissing and massaging a 16-year-old student while on the bus. Javier Aramayo-Angeles, 51 of 4001 Beneva Road #330, Sarasota, is a Sarasota County school bus driver who now faces one count of misdimeanor battery, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The 16-year-old student reported that she was the last person on the bus with Aramayo-Angeles on Jan. 17 when he took a different route and pulled over on the side of Sarabay Drive, according to the affidavit. The bus driver told her to walk to the front of the bus to sit and then he proceeded to touch her on her lower back, sides and stomach, then kissed her face and lips and…
Friday, January 4, 2013
Desiree Henegar, former Sarasota County Schools' assistant budget director, resigned from her post in Hernando County where she was the chief financial officer.
The Hernando Schools chief financial officer who was caught blogging sexually explicit posts on Tumblr and Twitter during work hours was formerly employed as Sarasota County Schools' assistant budget director. Desiree Henegar's Tumblr account under Floridagirl46 was discovered by the Tampa Bay Times where the timeline of her posts showed that she posted sexually explicit posts and blogged during work hours, including workshops and budget meetings, the paper reported. Henegar initially told the Tampa Bay Times it was her account and would delete the account, the paper reported Thursday. However, the Tumblr blog "Secret Life of the MILF Next Door" [Ed. Note: Not Suitable For Work] remains public as of this post with new sexually explicit …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Booker High student Carlos Salcido earns school credit while picking up the trash with the Sarasota city Public Works crew in the mornings.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
The next time your trash gets picked up, you may want to thank a high schooler. Booker High School 11th grader Carlos Salcido gets up before the sun rises, and joins the City of Sarasota Public Works crew at 6:45 a.m. five days a week as a garbage man in training. “My friends say ‘that stinks’. But, I like it,” said Salcido with a smile and a shrug. “That’s what I want to do. I want to be a garbage man.” The 17-year-old is earning school credits as part of the Vocational Instruction Program with Sarasota County Schools preparing him and many other students in various fields with on-the-job training. This is the third year the city has participated in the program. “It’s making a difference,” said Omar Vega, who supervises the program …
Monday, December 10, 2012
The Sarasota County Schools bus carried 10 students at the time of the crash.
A Sarasota man is facing a careless driving charge after he struck a school bus that carried 10 students Monday afternoon. A Sarasota County Schools bus and a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 were both westbound at 3:40 p.m. Monday on Gocio Road west of Ridgeview Drive when the bus stopped for other traffic in the road, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The driver of the Dodge, Logan Rogers, 24 of Sarasota, failed to stop in time and struck the rest of the 2008 Thomas bus driven by Gerald McArdle, 60 of Venice, according to Highway Patrol. Rogers was charged with careless drivers and the conditions of the students are unknown. Highway Patrol is withholding the students names because they're not sure if all parents have been contacted. McArdle …
Sarasota County School District graduation and dropout rates are both above the state rate.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
More students both graduated and dropped out from Sarasota County Schools last year compared to the previous year, accoridng to data released Nov. 30 by the Florida Department of Education. The school district's graduation rate bumped up seven percentage points in the 2011-12 school year, giving the public high schools a rate just below 78 percent. The Sarasota schools percentage is more than three points higher than the state rate of 74.5 percent. Sarasota County Schools Superintendent Lori White said improving the graduation rate is one of her highest priorities. She said district staff is constantly working to improve instruction, identify students who are not on track to graduate and to provide programs and services to at-risk …
Friday, December 7, 2012
The Friendship Bridge, waterfalls and gardens are the result of a Kennedy Center/MetLife grant.
A metaphoric bridge intended to span and embrace the differences between young students became a literal one, as The Friendship Bridge was officially dedicated on the grounds of Oak Park and Lakeview Elementary schools. The two side-by-side Sarasota County schools have always had a mostly unused bridge between them. Over the years, it had fallen into neglect and was pretty much forgotten—until Brenda Smoak, National Very Special Arts (VSA) Teaching Artist Fellow and Teaching Artist with the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, stepped in. “The students learned about each other and happily helped one another accomplish various tasks,” said Smoak, who is an occassional Patch contributor. “Having students work together like this at such a young …
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dance—The Next Generation will now be able to offer its free program for at-risk students through their high school graduation.
A free Sarasota Ballet program for low income students is now in a larger space that is allowing it to expand its offeirngs. The program, Dance—The Next Generation, takes selected students from Sarasota County Title I Schools, which typically have a large population in poverty, and offers them free dance programs. The DNG program was formally located in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts, but moved into a 6,000-square-foot building at 500 Tallevast Road. The Sarasota Ballet remains at the FSU Center. “This program helps students realize their full potential both in the world of dance and in education. Having the additional room will allow us to support the kids in the program more effectively,” said Lisa Townsend, …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Todd Bowden would oversee Career and Technical Education programs in addition to SCTI, Suncoast Polytech High.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Several programs that deliver career and technical education services to K-12 students and adults in the Sarasota County School District may be reorganized under a plan proposed by Superintendent Lori White. White has recommended that Todd Bowden, the current director of the Sarasota County Technical Institute, Suncoast Polytechnical High School and the Adult and Community Education program, also assume executive responsibility for the district’s Career and Technical Education programs for middle school and high school students. The proposal for reorganization will be presented to the School Board on Tuesday during a work session. Bowden’s appointment is scheduled to be on the School Board agenda Dec. 4 Under the recommended plan, Bowden …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Several schools in Sarasota will honor veterans through concerts, parades, assemblies and other programs.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Sarasota schools will honor military veterans throughout this week and next week with special events planned in the area. Several veterans have been invited to schools to participate in events. High school bands, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) color guards and other school groups will participate in parades and other community ceremonies on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11. Wednesday, Nov. 7: 10-11 a.m.: At Suncoast Polytechnical High School in Sarasota, 16 veterans will speak to small groups of students in grades nine and 10. They include decorated officers who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, including Seaman Jack Windt, who served in World War II with the Doolittle Raiders. Friday, Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m…
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office conduct Operation Bueller to crack down on truancy in schools.
Bueller? Bueller? If kids are planning to skip out on school for a joyride like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies have other ideas. The Sheriff's Office is conducting a truancy sweep, dubbed Operation Bueller, to keep track of students who missed school 10 or more times with unexcused absences during the first 30 days of school. “The intent of the truancy initiative is to express the importance of school attendance and advise students and their parents that law enforcement is interested in their welfare and whereabouts,” said Sheriff Tom Knight. “We continuously work with the community to address the root causes of crime, and the goal of this collaborative effort is to steer these young people toward getting an …
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