As of March 21, Pinellas County public schools had 32 of 123 positions open. Hoping to stem the tide, some of the nurses who remain have launched a campaign to pressure the district to boost their salaries in the next round of contract negotiations.

After last school year's struggles with AI, district leaders are supporting teachers more robustly with policies and resources. Still, more students are getting in trouble for misusing the technology.

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Voucher-holding families told the board Monday that the changes would harm them and service providers and that they weren't afforded adequate opportunity to provide input.