The first day of school in Lake County will also be day one of a new school bus camera program to catch people violating laws around school buses. The school district says 240 buses will be equipped with the stop-arm safety cameras on Monday, Aug. 10.
Orange County Public Schools leaders are considering whether to ban e-bikes and electric scooters on school campuses following concerns about student safety.
Members of the Orange County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss proposed rules and restrictions for student use of e-bikes and e-scooters. Under the new rules, elementary school students would be prohibited from bringing motorized micromobility devices to schools.
The Seminole County school superintendent is urging parents to talk to their kids after two students at two different high schools were arrested Thursday, accused of having firearms on the campuses.
In Titusville, a 60-day warning period for those speeding in a school zone during school hours is coming to an end next week. Police have been using cameras to catch drivers with a heavy foot.
Deltona High School is now the first school in the nation to test a drone system designed to respond to emergencies — including active shooter situations — directly on campus.
Almost two years after Brevard Public Schools started putting metal detectors in all high schools, the district is now preparing to put metal detectors in all 12 middle schools.
Several Volusia County high schools received bomb threats Monday morning, prompting an investigation and an increase in law enforcement on campuses around the county.
Orange County's Eccleston Elementary is one of seven schools the district is considering shutting down, citing declining enrollment and rising costs. But parents fear their students will now be forced to walk a longer and more dangerous route to their new school if that happens.
A series of recent arrests involving teens accused of making school threats is raising serious concerns among mental health professionals across Central Florida. A mental health expert explains why teens might take these actions, and what parents can do.
A woman accused of attacking a Deltona Middle School resource deputy in November 2024 is now seeking to change her plea from no contest to not guilty. The case stems from an incident where Aponte and her husband, Jorge Rivera, allegedly attacked a school resource deputy during a meeting about their son’s behavior.
A 9-year-old and his mom are sorting out a scare in Brevard County. On Monday afternoon, Alicia Aiken said Endeavour Elementary School sent the boy home and told him to walk to his house two miles away across a major highway.
An Osceola County mother says her 13-year-old son was put in an unsafe situation after multiple students were forced to sit on the floor of a school bus due to overcrowding.
School threat hoaxes can cost upwards of $10,000 to respond to and investigate, on Central Florida sheriff said after a trio of school threat hoaxes in a five-day-span. But the ripple effects extend beyond wasted taxpayer dollars.
Ongoing construction along Oxford Road near English Estates Elementary School in Seminole County has parents concerned about student safety as children navigate blocked and damaged sidewalks during their daily walks to school.
A police report obtained by News 6 Thursday reveals more details about why law enforcement was concerned about a possible threat earlier this month at a Seminole County middle school. The boy seen on school security cameras holding the clarinet “in the position of a shouldered rifle” was also dressed in camo and wearing a tactical vest.
A gun was found at East Ridge High School in Lake County, prompting a lockdown, according to the school district.
Police say a 17-year-old Melbourne boy was arrested on allegations of trying to enter a school with a loaded handgun.
Almost a year after Orlando approved placing cameras outside dozens of schools, the city council is set to decide which company will install them.
Four Volusia County high schools now have metal detectors in place as part of their security protocol, according to an update from the school district Tuesday. More metal detectors are on the way.
UCF’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) also offers crisis support and mental health services through appointments, walk-ins, and a 24/7 crisis hotline at 407-823-2811.
Five local governments will provide officers for public schools in tentative agreements reached by Orange County Public Schools.
The Orange County School Board will begin meetings with five cities in January regarding school resource officer contracts.
Orange County Public Schools is urging parents to take the district’s new threats and weapons course so there is no room for misunderstanding:
Vice President Kamala Harris says she believes the right to be safe is a civil right, and that means a right to live free from gun violence.
Following a series of incidents involving firearms and threats at local schools, Orange County School District leaders are reevaluating safety protocols, including the potential reinstatement of metal detectors.
A 13-year-old boy was pulled from class and arrested after Cocoa Beach police say the student threatened to shoot up a school online, according to a news release issued Monday.
A 13-year-old and a 14-year-old were arrested in Volusia County, accused of posting threats on TikTok and Instagram to commit a shooting at their school, the latest in a string of online threats and rumors across Central Florida in the last few days.
A News 6 investigation has uncovered Florida prosecutors have not reported one conviction for bringing a weapon on a school campus over the last five years, despite law enforcement making 40 arrests.
Melbourne High School will be the first public school in Brevard County to test out new metal detectors for students.
An increase in social media rumors about school threats has Seminole County officials urging parents to talk to their kids about the consequences of making threatening remarks in the wake of a school shooting last week in Georgia.
Authorities in Georgia say the father of the teen charged with opening fire at a high school has been arrested on charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
Five students at an Ocala area high school were detained Monday for a fight where a principal got hurt. The fight happened at West Port High School on SW 80th Avenue in Ocala.
The Volusia Sheriff is asking parents and residents to hit the crosswalks and get involved to keep students safe. It’s for a new School Traffic Safety volunteer program.
Random searches for students could be coming to Volusia County Schools. On Tuesday, the board decided to move forward with the possible policy change and clarified how the searches would be handled.
The Flagler County administrator this week told the school district that the county wants to pull out of its 50-50 agreement to pay for deputies on campus.
Feb. 14 will mark six years since 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, but new mapping technology aims to keep kids safe in school.
Seven Volusia County deputies are coming to middle schools after the school board approved a plan to spend more than a half million dollars to fund the deputies.
Trooper Steve sits down with a school board member and Student Services coordinator to discuss how the district supports students in times of crisis
The Volusia County school district said it is moving forward with a plan to add more school resource deputies to middle schools, without the requested financial support of the county government. But one district official is not letting the matter go without a fight.
Volusia County school leaders are disappointed, they said, that they were denied extra deputies to fill school resource roles.
District leaders are asking the county to add deputies to several Volusia County middle schools after a rocky start to the school year with safety incidents.
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The Osceola County Sheriff and Osceola Superintendent held a news conference on Wednesday to show parents how they plan to keep students, faculty and staff safe this school year.
Orange County Public Schools hosted a full-scale training exercise for active shooters on a school campus Thursday ahead of a new school year.
The Flagler County school board will vote Tuesday on whether it should arm school staff members. The district said the guardian program would supplement school resource officers if an active shooter came to campus.
The city of Orlando voted Monday on what city leaders call a comprise following St. James Cathedral School’s request to close off a sidewalk near their campus.
The Marion County School board has rejected the sheriff’s office proposal “as-is” after a work session with public comment but is set to continue discussions about the SAFE Schools program.
There will be an enhanced law enforcement presence at Deltona High School this week, after false reports of gunshots, according to district officials.
Marion County School Board members are calling on the community for input after a proposal from the sheriff’s office to take over school security.
School leaders in Volusia County want to put more safety measures in place throughout the district, including metal detectors for high school events.
The superintendent for Orange County Public Schools is expected to meet next week with Florida Dept. of Education officials over concerns from a statewide grand jury that the district may have underreported incidents to the state.
A quarter of Nightlock annual sales were shipped just in June, and the owners believe the tragic shootings in Uvalde and Oxford and school districts wanting to prepare for the upcoming school year contributed to the dramatic increase in sales.
Our Solutionaries team tracks down solutions to one of the scariest, most terrifying problems plaguing parents—school safety.
The debate over school safety has reignited talks on everything from bulletproof shields to more funding for mental health services.
Ahead of the school year, the Brevard County sheriff announced in a Facebook video that school resource deputies will be carrying rifles in an effort to increase safety on campuses.
Annual retraining this summer for Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SROs was longer and more intensive than ever before, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
As students throughout Central Florida return to class, school administrators are working to improve campus security with the use of technology including mobile panic alert buttons and gun detection systems powered by artificial intelligence.
