Author: Eric Rogers, Florida Today

The new school year is here and new things are planned for Brevard students. Here are some things parents should know.

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About 1,200 customers, or about 4,000 residents, remained under a precautionary boil water notice Friday.

The news comes two months after the college announced it would not raise tuition rates for the eighth straight year.

“The teachers are excited. The kids are excited,” said Principal Donna Witherspoon. “I didn’t see one grumpy face on the campus the whole day”

       

As a result of the vote, teachers lose a series of important contract conditions that will have to be renegotiated in future talks.

“You go 10 minutes that way, and life is very different. You come here, it’s a whole different world.”

       

The National Weather Service in Melbourne predicted a heat index of between 100 and 106 degrees Monday for most of the Space Coast.

“If a kid doesn’t feel physically safe, if they don’t feel emotionally safe, then we can’t really get to the mission of educating and learning.”

       

The mistake was discovered in a third-party review, which determined the district “inadvertently excluded various retirees from the calculations.”

“I think every emotion the kids go through, they don’t realize the teachers are going through that as well, because we want to be ready and prepared.”

       

Ideas floated included eliminating some graduation requirements, moving back to a six-period school day or consolidating or eliminating some schools.

Volunteers will offer free health and dental checks, free haircuts, kid-friendly entertainment and box lunches on a first-come, first-served basis.

School grades will be released soon. In the meantime, see if your school was among the district’s best in English, math and science.

       

Teachers will vote on a pay plan that offers half the increase they sought and that was endorsed by a special magistrate

School grades will be out soon, but in the meantime parents can use our database to see how their school did on this year’s standardized tests.

       

However the vote goes, teachers may not start seeing back pay until the end of August at the earliest

According to the Florida Department of Education, Brevard students scored between 2 and 6% above the average in reading, writing, math and science.

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The crash occurred on northbound I-95, about 9:15 a.m. March 22 at mile marker 193 near Viera.