Author: WSLR News

The day the expanded ‘Schools of Hope’ law becomes effective, two businesses file takeover requests for Brookside Middle and Booker Elementary.

The Climate Adaptation Center event focuses on biodiversity, science and emerging technologies.

Pioneer ‘arbornaut’ Meg Lowman seeks to raise $50,000 for the Myakka Canopy Walkway.

A busload of demonstrators voiced their outrage at the treatment of immigrants.

On Thursday, the Sarasota Legislative Delegation will hold its annual meeting in Venice, ahead of the 2026 session. The Manatee County Planning Commission will discuss Lennar Homes’ plan to build more than 2,000 homes on agricultural land in Parrish.

New buyers increasingly have little choice but to live in these developer-controlled districts.

And recent trends on the campus don’t make it look any better, critics say. Two close observers believe the small school should not be a standalone.

Voters will be asked in 2026 whether they will give program at least another three years.

Terry Conner is trying to make public schools more competitive. School board members seem ready to approve his plan this Friday.

Occupancy at Sarasota charter schools is as low as in public schools.