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After more than a year of wrangling, Orange County commissioners cleared the way to build a new relief high school in the Windermere rural settlement. This week, Darryl Owens looks at what it took to reach the construction compromise, and what might happen next.
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A recent Orlando Sentinel review found problems between the Orange County Clerk of Court's office and a Florida database designed to stop severely mentally ill people buying guns. This week, Darryl Owens discusses the database, the input that makes it work, and what comes next.
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In a historic move for a Florida school district, the Lee County School Board voted last week to opt out of standardized state testing for students. They’ve since reconsidered and voted to opt back in…for now. But Orlando Sentinel columnist and editorial writer Darryl Owens says the southwest Florida county is likely only the first to take a stand against what he views as too much high-stakes testing.
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"When something like [the shooting of Michael Brown] happens, all this does is amplify mistrust of the police department."