Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Jacksonville Monday for a news conference at a local elementary school.The governor will be joined by Florida Department of Education Commissioner-Designate Anastasios Kamoutsas at Oceanway Elementary School for a 1 p.

J ACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Jacksonville on Monday where he discussed improvements to K-12 student success across Florida.

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According to a news release, DeSantis is set to speak at 1 p.m. at Oceanway Elementary School and will be joined by Florida Department of Education Commissioner-Designate Anastasios Kamoutsas.

Governor DeSantis announced school grades for the 2024-25 academic year and highlighted statewide progress monitoring testing. Continuing the trend from 2023-24, improvements were seen in K-12 school performance grades across all school types.

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The Florida Department of Education released its accountability scores for individual public schools and districts on Monday and no school district received a failing score. Grades for individual schools were also up,