Author: WSLR News

For the new superintendent of Sarasota schools, the first two weeks were a trial by fire, between Hurricane Idalia and anxieties swirling around a student who was recently Baker Acted. 

The Chair of the Sarasota School is also a paid employee of an organization that trains conservative activists to advocate for school privatization.

Done with hunkering down? Time to go out and improve your community. Here’s the Activist Calendar.

As far as wind goes, we dodged a bullet, but we’re still struggling with flooding from Hurricane Idalia. Sarasota County Communications Director Jamie Carson gave WSLR News an update on the aftermath.

Manatee County was harder hit than Sarasota by Hurricane Idalia. The intense storm surge closed many bridges and roads, and about 100 residents are currently unable to travel safely home.

WSLR reporter Ramon Lopez was out and about after a state of emergency was declared on Monday, where figures like Sarasota Mayor Kyle Battie and Senator Rick Scott urged the city to prepare.

Jamie Carson: Don’t stare at the cone – think about the potential. And beware of the storm surge.

It’s now two for Siesta Key activist Lourdes Ramirez, zero for Sarasota County in an ongoing legal battle over two high-density hotels approved to be built on the barrier island.

Vast areas of pasture land in rural east Sarasota County are at stake. 

Last fall, the Sarasota City Commission voted to allow developers to build at higher densities in certain areas if their projects include affordable housing. But will it work?