Interim Schools Superintendent Joseph Burke, left, and teachers union president Leon Fowler talk teacher pay during the latest negotiations on Monday. (Photo by Sean Kinney)
The Keys teachers union lowered its demands for raises, but only slightly, continuing to reject the Monroe County School District’s pay offer in the latest round of contract negotiations on Monday.
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009 05:12 PM EST
School board members Debra Walker and John Dick listen Tuesday as teachers ask for past "step" salary increases to be included in this year's contract.
Nearly 150 teachers filled the Marathon High School media center on Tuesday to ask the Monroe County School Board for 2 percent raises and seniority pay increases this year.
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:44 AM EDT
Keys school administrators said there are likely curriculum problems causing students to score well on a state achievement test but poorly on national tests in the same subjects.
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:08 AM EDT
School Board members listen Tuesday to board-hired forensic auditor Richard Fechter detail the findings of his investigation into district finances.
It looks like the Monroe County School Board now has enough information to take disciplinary action against employees involved in the School District's finance scandal.
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:57 AM EDT
Randy Acevedo is handcuffed following his conviction on Friday.
A six-member jury delivered three guilty verdicts Friday afternoon in the felony misconduct case against suspended Monroe County schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo.
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
Attorney Catherine Vogel has appealed Randy Acevedo's conviction on three felony counts.
Suspended Keys schools superintendent Randy Acevedo wants a new trial.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:51 AM EDT
Now that suspended Monroe County schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo has been convicted of three felonies involving his wife's alleged theft, prosecutors say a plea deal with the wife, Monique Acevedo, is possible.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:43 AM EDT
Monique Acevedo in an undated photo.
Randy Acevedo, the suspended Monroe County schools superintendent, shouldn’t go to prison because his wife has mental problems and he’s the family’s sole provider, his father-in-law said.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:39 AM EDT
Keys schools officials still don’t know why the former superintendent and finance director moved $500,000 in school funds into a Key West teachers credit union last year without telling the school board.
Posted - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 05:17 PM EDT
Given the opportunity to opt out of listening to President Obama’s national speech to school children on Tuesday, few students in the Keys did.
Posted - Friday, September 11, 2009 11:14 AM EDT
