Student-athletes at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton commit to colleges.

Schools and COVID-19 questions. This week Lois answers questions about football players and COVID-19 tests, whether schools will close after Thanksgiving, volunteering remotely and whether schools are following the rules.

Florida's education commissioner said he expects online options to continue for the second half of the 2020-21 school year, but also said those virtual lessons are "falling short" for many students.

Palm Beach County Schools will start using rapid COVID-19 tests after Thanksgiving. Tests have been sent to Miami-Dade and Broward as well.

The Boca Raton principal, William Latson, had told a parent he couldn't say whether the Holocaust had happened.

Many schools across South Florida remained closed Tuesday because floodwaters had seeped inside or the schools were not accessible.

It's possible the state of Florida will require in-person learning for all children in public schools next semester, and many parents are freaking out. They don't want their kids exposed to COVID-19 and say they are satisfied with the online learning offering by South Florida's school districts.

School security officers escorted Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco out of a school board workshop on Tuesday after she criticized the school district for not helping teachers concerned about COVID-19.

The principal who made controversial comments about the Holocaust posted an apology for his remarks on YouTube. The fate of William Latson, the former principal at Spanish River High in Boca Raton, is still in limbo until Nov. 2.

The Broward school board agreed with the 70% of parents and staff who voted in favor of a weeklong Thanksgiving break. School starts Aug. 18, 2021, and ends it on June 9, 2022.

Schools and COVID-19 questions. A reader Asks Lois when teachers will get the raises promised by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Palm Beach County School Board will reconvene at 9 a.m. Nov. 2 to make a final decision on William Latson, former principal at Spanish River High in Boca Raton.

The Broward school district's lawyer has advised against the use of weapon-searching dogs, saying guns aren’t a major problem in the district, despite the mass school shooting in Parkland in 2018.

Superintendent Robert Runcie withdrew his recommended promotion of Scott Fiske, after questions were raised about his qualifications and history of scathing audits.

Hoping life is more normal next year, Broward schools are asking families to pick their favorite 2021-22 school calendar. Deadline to vote is Wednesday.

After voting to rehire the Boca Raton principal whose controversial comments about the Holocaust generated national headlines, the Palm Beach County School Board might walk back that decision.

COVID-19 has disrupted the cheerleading program at Cypress Bay High in Weston and junior varsity football program Western High in Davie, after an athlete at each school tested positive.

The first confirmed student cases were a first grader on the west campus of the Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School and a student at Chapel Trail Elementary.

Broward schools welcomed some grades back on Friday, the first day of open school buildings after almost seven months of closure due to COVID-19. Students in pre-k to second grade came back as well as special education students.

Despite a push to reopen buildings, just 41,705 out of 210,000 families have indicated that their kids plan to return, according to district data.

William Latson, former principal of Spanish River High, had told a parent he couldn't say the Holocaust was "a factual, historical event."

The Palm Beach County School Board will vote on William Latson's reinstatement and whether he's eligible for back pay.

Broward schools finally decided to reopen campuses to students on a rolling schedule starting Oct. 9 and ending Oct. 15.

Palm Beach County parents are going to have to make a COVID-19 choice: Virtual learning or bricks-and-mortar for their kids for the rest of the semester. This is a change to a previous policy that allowed them to change their minds if they give their schools one week's notice.

Parents in Florida have been waiting anxiously for the state to release a report about how the new coronavirus is spreading in schools. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly released the report on Tuesday, but the numbers don't reflect the data many districts have already released.