School Board votes on Master Facility Plan
By Michele Leivas Fishweir, Stockton, West Riverside escape closure list; public hearing to be held Oct. 29, final board vote Nov. 4 UPDATE: The Duval County School Board approved the proposed 5-year Capital Plan that includes the Master Facility Plan at its Oct. 1 board meeting. The board voted 6-1 to approve the plan, […]
School board considers revised facility plan
Latest plan keeps Fishweir, Stockton schools open, but more revisions are expected By Michele Leivas Fishweir and John Stockton elementary schools would remain open under a revised Master Facility Plan (MFP) proposal, but further revisions to the Duval County Public Schools plan are expected. Presented at an Aug. 15 school board workshop, the revised MFP […]
Master Facility Plan Sparks Concern for DCPS Parents
Communities across Jacksonville are still reeling from a Duval County Public School (DCPS) Master Facility Plan (MFP) proposal that would ultimately see extensive school closures throughout the county. “I think shock is the first thing that anyone who read that list felt,” said Tacoma Perry from the Fishweir Elementary PTA. The list Perry referred to […]
Honors All Around at Stockton Elementary
November marked several honors for the staff and community of John N. C. Stockton Elementary School. Principal Stephanie Brannan was named Duval County Public School’s Principal of the Year for Elementary Region 2. Gifted teacher Jennifer Norton was named Teacher of the Year for the school. She has spent nine years at Stockton pioneering its […]
Stockton Elementary students give back
Fourth and fifth grade students participating in the Stockton Elementary School’s Anchored4Life leadership program have started a “Kindness Campaign” in which they suggest different ways that students can show kindness in the school and throughout the community, according to Jennifer Norton, a teacher at Stockton Elementary and one of the program’s sponsors. Filled with the […]
Autumn in the air at fall festival
The school grounds were filled with families having fun and harvesting memories at the annual John Stockton Elementary fall festival Oct. 25. Along with the traditional fall festival activities, such as a cakewalk, bouncy houses and slides, food and sno cones, face painting and carnival games, this year the school added battery operated motorcars plus […]
