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More than 121,000 children and teens will start the school year in Duval County schools Monday, many of them attending newly created magnets or specialty schools.
Duval officials hope the newly reconstituted schools would increase enrollments and further diversify district schools.
Officially, parents and students could sign up for these schools until Aug. 1, but Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said Friday the district will continue accepting new applications to the schools beyond Monday.

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL
The Times-Union
 
HIV prevention
HIV prevention is spotlighted at the next Family Support Services of North Florida’s Breakfast Learning Series at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Edward Waters College’s Schell-Sweet Community Resource Center at 1697 Kings Road in Jacksonville.
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JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL
The Times-Union
 
HIV prevention
HIV prevention is spotlighted at the next Family Support Services of North Florida’s Breakfast Learning Series at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Edward Waters College’s Schell-Sweet Community Resource Center at 1697 Kings Road in Jacksonville.
read more

Community Health Outreach, a free medical and dental clinic on Jacksonville’s Westside that opened a new, $600,000 building last year, is again in transition.
The nonprofit’s board of directors is about to begin a search for a replacement for former Executive Director Steve Burnett, who departed last fall, said Les Holman, chairman of the board and the executive committee.
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More than 121,000 children and teens will start the school year in Duval County schools Monday, many of them attending newly created magnets or specialty schools.
Duval officials hope the newly reconstituted schools would increase enrollments and further diversify district schools.
Officially, parents and students could sign up for these schools until Aug. 1, but Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said Friday the district will continue accepting new applications to the schools beyond Monday.

A Texas man was struck and killed by a pickup truck as he tried to cross Atlantic Boulevard late Friday in Jacksonville.
Justin Kinnunen, 35, of Dallas, died at the scene of the collision about 11:30 p.m. at Atlantic Boulevard and Mayport Road. The driver, Wiam P. Battah, 45, of Jacksonville, wasn’t injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The GMC Sierra pickup was westbound on Atlantic when Kinnunen, who’d been standing in the safety zone, attempted to cross the road and was hit, the Highway Patrol said.

Jacksonville police are investigating a shooting that injured a 14 year-old girl during a birthday party at the Picketville Civic Club, 3459 Lane Ave., late Friday night.
The victim sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the head. She was listed in serious condition and taken to UF Health Jacksonville following the shooting shortly before 11 p.m. at the club, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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Community Health Outreach, a free medical and dental clinic on Jacksonville’s Westside that opened a new, $600,000 building last year, is again in transition.
The nonprofit’s board of directors is about to begin a search for a replacement for former Executive Director Steve Burnett, who departed last fall, said Les Holman, chairman of the board and the executive committee.
read more

A Texas man was struck and killed by a pickup truck as he tried to cross Atlantic Boulevard late Friday in Jacksonville.
Justin Kinnunen, 35, of Dallas, died at the scene of the collision about 11:30 p.m. at Atlantic Boulevard and Mayport Road. The driver, Wiam P. Battah, 45, of Jacksonville, wasn’t injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The GMC Sierra pickup was westbound on Atlantic when Kinnunen, who’d been standing in the safety zone, attempted to cross the road and was hit, the Highway Patrol said.

Jacksonville police are investigating a shooting that injured a 14 year-old girl during a birthday party at the Picketville Civic Club, 3459 Lane Ave., late Friday night.
The victim sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the head. She was listed in serious condition and taken to UF Health Jacksonville following the shooting shortly before 11 p.m. at the club, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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