DeSoto County

The state of Florida requires that a person be a United States citizen, be a minimum of nineteen years of age, and have a high school diploma or GED. However, in Florida age is determined by county. For example, Charlotte county has a minimum age requirement of twenty-one years old, whereas Desoto county has a minimum age requirement of nineteen. * Each officer candidate must pass a BAT (Basic Abilities Test), BRT (Basic Recruit Test), and the SOCE (State Officer Certification Exam). After…

and only our law enforcement can make the difference to further implement the current legal repercussions. There is also the pressing issue of deaths and injuries caused by the failure to stop at a bus’s signal. Fairly recently, a driver in Desoto County, Missouri drove past a stopped school bus and struck a child who consequently was airlifted to a nearby hospital. The driver faced the charge of Aggravated Assault: Injury to Child Boarding Bus, and was held in jail with a $100,000 bond (Brown…

For over forty years, there has been a lot of disagreement surrounding the issue of prayers in public school systems. The disagreement is not so much about whether or not school officials should be allowed to lead prayer. Public school officials and employees cannot offer prayer before a sporting event, and they may not invite a guest to offer prayer before a sporting event. This started back in 1962 after the Engel v. Vitale case which banned prayer in all public school systems. “The…

As a new teacher working with lower performing ELLs, I was looking for that one particular tip or strategy that would improve their fluency levels in reading. My students were borderline students and were constantly exposed to failure. Many of these students had poor reading strategies and some were too intimidated to read beyond the first few sentences. I started with the most logical starting point - the text. Many textbooks often have more texts than are needed or texts which may not be…