On a positive note, district leaders' efforts to get students enrolled in 4-year universities are showing positive gains as the number of students planning to attend college increases.

The state’s Legislative session, scheduled to end this week, has been dominated by divisive cultural issues, with Republican allies of DeSantis approving his priority bills on sexual orientation, gender identity, race and education that are expected to aid the governor in his presidential bid.

James Graves, the president of the Newport News teachers union, says that argument is “ridiculous.”

Davis Eidahl, the superintendent of Solon Community School District, got a grant that lets the district train new bus drivers and decided he wanted to sit in the driver’s seat too.