DOZENS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT TONIGHT’S MARION COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO DEFEND THE FUTURE OF A HISTORIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1868. IT WAS INITIALLY A ...

Residents packed a meeting room Tuesday urging Marion County School Board members to keep Fessenden and Anthony Elementary schools open. Bishop James Stockton, former president of the Marion County ...

Two wide-eyed girls nervously rattle off the latest announcements on Fessenden Elementary School’s closed-circuit TV newscast. After detailing the all-important lunch menu, the 5th graders toss the ...

Lisa Coy, the Anthony Elementary School principal who was suspended on Nov. 7, will be moved in January to Fessenden Elementary School, where she will become an assistant principal. The decision comes ...

When Florida crafted its high-stakes assessment and accountability system, the goal was to identify and improve poor-performing schools. Few predicted any school would rise from the bottom of the ...