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Tropical Storm Fay caused Duval County Public Schools’ students to miss three days of school at the beginning of this school year.  The District currently has five days built into our school calendar in order to makeup any days missed due to weather. 

Makeup days for students due to Tropical Storm Fay will be on November 10 and December 18 and 19.  The storm also required us to move the end of the first quarter, changing the date for Teacher Planning Day from October 20 to October 24.  Students will need to now attend school on October 20, not on Teacher Planning Day, October 24.

All the votes have been counted, and Stan Jordan will face Ken Manuel in a runoff election on Nov. 4 to represent Arlington schools. Here are the results from other elections in Duval County:

State Attorney-Fourth Judicial Circuit

Angela Corey- 64.42 percent

Jay Plotkin- 35.58 percent

City Council- At Large Group 2

John Crescimbeni- 25.93 percent

Dick Brown- 24.56 percent

Theresa Graham- 19.55 percent

Circuit Judge C4, G11

Adrian G. Soud- 52.57 percent

The FCAT grades for Duval County have just been released. Here's how Arlington-area schools performed:

Elementary

Abess Park Elementary-A 

Arlington Elementary-A

Arlington Heights Elementary-A

Don Brewer Elementary-A

Fort Caroline Elementary-C

Justina Road Elementary-C

Lake Lucina Elementary-B

Lone Star Elementary-A

Merrill Road Elementary-n/a

Parkwood Heights-A

Sabal Palm Elementary-A

Woodland Acres Elementary-C

Middle

Arlington Middle-C

Ft. Caroline Middle-C

Landmark Middle-B