Florida education news: Marching band, parent protest, free lunch and more

BIG BAND: The Tarpon High marching band continues to win accolades and awards . (Times photo, Douglas Clifford) ONE PERCENT MORE: Tampa Bay area business leaders consider joining an effort to get 1 percent of area adults to obtain a college degree . HELPING HAND: A consortium of Florida education foundations gathers to look into how they can help the state overcome some of its persistent academic problems , the Tallahassee Democrat reports. PARENTS PROTEST: Hundreds turn out to blast a planned attendance zone change in Broward, complaining that the district looks at kids as numbers rather than as kids, the Sun-Sentinel reports. FREE LUNCH: Collier decides to eliminate the charge for lunch to students who already qualify for reduced-price meals, the Naples Daily News reports. STOP THAT PRINCIPAL: Lee investigates a school leader accused by parents of bullying teachers and kids , the  Fort Myers News-Press reports. SUSPENDED:

A St. Lucie kindergarten teacher is under investigation after a parent claims the teacher forced a student to clean up urine in her classroom bathroom, the Port St. Lucie Tribune reports. SEEKING INDEPENDENCE: A committee recommends a path for FSU in Panama City to become a self-sufficient university , the Panama City News Herald reports. TIME TO LISTEN: Florida Keys Community College gets a new leader five weeks after its former president dramatically resigned under pressure, the Keynoter reports. SCHOOL USE: Palm Beach considers dropping rent for the Girl Scout troops and other nonprofits that use classrooms after school, the Palm Beach Post reports. NIMBY: An upscale St. Johns community is trying to prevent the school district from building anything but an elementary school next door, the St. Augustine Record reports.

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