On Saturday, May 18,  JCCI released the culminating report from their eight month-long  Jax2025 community visioning process. The 100-page report, based on survey responses and active input from thousands of community members from all parts of the district, details the community's vision for what they want Jacksonville to look like by 2025. The vision is focused around improvement in ten priority target areas, including Excellence in Education.

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One day, we'll look back at 2013 as a turning point. With an engaged community and a new plan for our schools built with public priorities, there is an enormous amount of positive momentum for public education in Duval County. THIS is our time. And none of it would be possible without the hard work of thousands of ONE by ONE participants, delegates and advocates.

To celebrate this moment, we hope you will join us on Saturday, June 1 at Metropolitan Park for the P.E.P. Rally for Excellence. Keep reading to learn more about the event and how you can get involved!

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According to a new report released by Florida College Access Network, at least 60% fewer Hispanic students and 75% fewer African American students will have the opportunity to attend college with the financial support of Bright Futures scholarships in 2014.

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Today is the start to Teacher Appreciation Week. What better way to kick it off than with the news that Apryl Shackelford, 2013 Florida Blue Duval County Teacher of the Year, was just named one of five finalists for Florida Teacher of the Year?

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Every year the five finalists for Duval County Teacher of the Year receive a grant from the Rotary Clubs of Duval County.  Having recently celebrated the 2013 Teachers of the Year, we thought we would check in with last year's finalists and find out how they used their Rotary grants.

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