May 5, 2023 – The extraordinary story of two of Duval’s most iconic school communities will soon be showcased in a new documentary film thanks to a partnership between Duval County Public Schools and LiT TV Network. Raines and Ribault high schools are the subject of the upcoming film, Legacies of Success on the Northside: […]
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April 13, 2023 – Right now, the plot of land adjacent to Chaffee Trail Elementary School is just dirt and grass. But by August 2024, it will be a 125,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art middle school serving sixth-eighth grade students on Jacksonville’s fast-growing westside. Funded by the half-penny sales tax, the new Chaffee Trail Middle School is the […]
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Nov. 14, 2022 – With active construction underway on one full school replacement and design reveals held for three other full school replacements and one brand new school, the district is passing many milestones in its 15-year master facilities plan. These projects are funded by the half-penny sales tax approved by voters in 2020. Besides […]
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July 12, 2022 – Historic facility improvements, security projects and school rebuilds are in development as planned as Duval County Public Schools’ half-penny funded master facility plan begins to work through year two. Revenue continues to exceed projections Funds collected through the voter-approved, half-penny sales tax exceed the original project budgets. However, market inflation […]
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May 23, 2022 – Dozens of families, community members, dignitaries, and school and district staff celebrated a historic moment on Friday at the formal groundbreaking ceremony of the new Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School, which will be the first major rebuild under the district’s master facilities plan. The new elementary school is expected to open […]
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March 10, 2022 – When Duval voters approved a voluntary half-penny sales surtax in November 2020, they also launched a new body of citizens to oversee the use of the revenue and hold the school district accountable to the promises it made to voters. That body, the Sales Surtax Oversight Committee, has issued its first […]
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Feb. 16, 2022 – On Nov. 3, 2020, voters overwhelmingly approved a voluntary half-penny sales tax to fund a historic facilities improvement program for Duval County’s public schools. Just over a year into the half-penny project, district staff and contractors have been working tirelessly to advance the design, development and renovation of schools across the […]
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June 2, 2021 UPDATE – The information in this post is no longer accurate. It is being saved for archive purposes. An updated post will be available early June. April 1, 2021 – A recurring question at recent community meetings hosted by the district has been whether money from a half-cent sales tax will be […]
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Jan. 15, 2020 – The Duval County School Board has approved the district’s first steps toward implementation of its master facility plan, which is now being funded with a new half-penny voluntary tax approved by voters last year. At its Jan. 11 meeting, the board approved the selection of Jacobs Engineering Group as the top-ranked […]
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Jan. 8, 2021 – Following through on its commitment to accountability, the Duval County School Board has formed a Citizen Oversight Committee to monitor the district’s spending of the new half-penny sales surtax. The surtax, which went into effect at the start of this year, was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. In crafting the […]
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